When a rare species is a product. Alive or dead, rare or mundane, insects are weirdly easy to find for sale online. However, in some cases, the insects or spiders sold through the various e-commerce sites, both niche and large-scale, may be of dubious provenance. Some may be bred and reared in sustainable programs. Others […]
On Thursday, Facebook revealed its own camera-enabled smart glasses, joining the ranks of tech giants that have tried to popularize computerized specs. Read More
Worldpay estimates that the buy-now-pay-later model could double its share of e-commerce by 2024. Read More
Enlarge / Amazon has experimented with physical retail for years, including this pop-up store inside a Whole Foods in Chicago, Illinois. (credit: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg ) Amazon is looking for its next conquest. After years of growth, most recently fueled in no small part by the COVID-19 pandemic that also has decimated physical retailers across the […]
Enlarge / Boxes move along a conveyor belt at the Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey. (credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg) Amazon and a who’s who of online-only retailers are trying to kill proposed federal and state legislation that would make the companies disclose contact information for third-party sellers. The bills would force Amazon and […]
Cheering fans weren’t the only thing missing from Facebook’s annual developer conference this year. Read More
Enlarge / An Amazon Prime delivery truck drives through the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach on April 22, 2020, in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (credit: Robyn Beck / AFP) The trucks that move goods sold by Amazon and other e-commerce retailers have become a growing source of diesel […]
Enlarge Thousands of Amazon employees, including those who developed private-label goods for the e-commerce giant, enjoyed years of access to sensitive third-party seller data, according to a new report. An internal audit in 2015 traced the issue to lax security protocols, including the use of a tool called “spoofer access,” which allowed Amazon employees to […]
Livestream shopping is one of the hottest trends to emerge from a pandemic-scarred 2020, as retailers and brands embrace this virtual approach to engaging consumers. At Qurate Retail, we have a unique vantage point to observe this global phenomenon, as our HSN team invented live video shopping on TV about 40 years ago, and today […]
Our assignment to generate business better would be fueled by viewers just like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our own journalism, subscribe now . Poshmark, an internet market for second-hand clothes, on Thursday registered for an first public offering using U.S. labs, expecting to ride a spike of interest in IPOs today the company is […]