Alibaba has announced an expansion of its cross-border ecommerce initiatives, including the launch of 11 official country pavilions on its Tmall Global platform and cooperative partnerships between Juhuasuan, Alibaba’s group-buying platform, and 26 foreign embassies in China.
Amazon saw “skyrocketing” sales of Confederate flags after other retailers decided to stop selling them, spiking an amazing 3,000% in 24 hours.
A listing of recently announced expansions, additions and closures in retail distribution centers, including Toys R Us, Amazon, HSN Inc. and Ace Hardware.
Merchants are expanding cross-border into new ecommerce markets. But how do they know what country they should target? In this video taken June 2 at IRCE 2015, The GRIN Labs founder Carl Miller discusses some of the some of the prime criteria for expanding into new cross-border markets.
Not to be outdone by Walmart, Amazon announced it will make 1 million items available for free same-day shipping to Prime members in 14 metro markets.
Multichannel Merchant will have its camera rolling at IRCE 2015. Stop by Booth 308, watch, and listen to Multichannel Merchant’s editors interview the ecommerce industry’s biggest thought-leaders. Here’s a look at who will be sharing their knowledge on-camera with Multichannel Merchant’s editors.
Walmart reported dips in Q1 sales and earnings, due to a strong dollar, technology and ecommerce investments and bad weather; ecommerce growth was slower.
Paris-based online luxury retailer Monnier Freres has selected Borderlinx as the company’s international ecommerce partner. Here’s how Monnier Freres will implement Borderlinx’s global solution to help it meet and exceed its international business goals.
The Korea Pavilion is the first official online country pavilion dedicated to providing consumers in China with one-stop shop for genuine Korean products and travel and cultural information.
Global beauty retailer Sephora has launched its first and only Chinese online flagship store on a marketplace used by consumers in China. Here’s why Sephora says joining this marketplace will significantly help in its ecommerce and overall retail strategy for China.