2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (149+ words) The local bourse doesn’t have exciting, paradigm-shifting brand names. It has boring – but solid – businesses [SINGAPORE] If you listen closely, you can almost hear the global retail hype deflating. Nike will be axed from the S&P 100 index in September…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (928+ words) Payment networks are building systems to identify trusted agents, verify user intent and complete transactions FOR 30 years, commerce has tried to remove the middleman. Artificial intelligence may be putting one back. Just not a human one. The commercial internet began…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (248+ words) EU cited concerns that JD.com might have received foreign subsidies that could distort the bloc’s market [BEIJING] China said on Wednesday (Aug 19) that a European Union investigation into Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com constituted “improper extraterritorial jurisdiction” and ordered…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (326+ words) [NEW YORK] Amazon.com plans to expand its drone delivery operation to cities in at least five more US states in the coming months, the latest step toward turning the decade-old research-and-development project into a commercial service. Prime Air drones…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (662+ words) [NEW YORK] TikTok is exploring a feature that would allow users to send money to each other in direct messages, in a move that would extend the social media app’s push into financial services. The in-development feature, if launched, would…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1054+ words) Have e-commerce platforms become too powerful, and who ultimately pays the price? ON AUG 8, CCTV financial programme Dialogue aired its latest exclusive interview with Nongfu Spring founder Zhong Shanshan. The Chinese business magnate and former richest man was soon back…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (425+ words) Second-quarter revenue rose 15% to US$3.13 billion EBAY forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday (Aug 5), leaning on its push into authenticated luxury goods, collectibles and refurbished products to bring more high-value buyers to its online marketplace. The results…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1464+ words) The economics of e-commerce have changed in recent years amid rising marketplace commissions FOR a long time, South-east Asia’s e-commerce enablers rode the region’s online shopping boom by helping brands do one thing better than anyone else: sell on marketplaces....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (164+ words) This is also as the e-commerce industry matures, shifting away from a race for scale [SINGAPORE] E-commerce platforms in South-east Asia such as Lazada and Shopee are doubling down on their affiliate marketing programmes to fend off rising competition from…...