3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (705+ words) For years, the knock on Costco was that its digital experience lagged far behind the e-commerce giants. While Amazon and Walmart poured billions into logistics networks, app development, and same-day delivery infrastructure, the warehouse club seemed content to let its…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (696+ words) Xinli Chemical reported August consolidated revenue of NT$148 million (approximately $4.7 million), up 37.7% month-over-month and 52.26% year-over-year, setting an all-time monthly record. Cumulative revenue for the first eight months reached NT$771 million (approximately $24.4 million), up 11.34% year-over-year, also marking the best performance for…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (284+ words) Caliverse, a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Innovate (286940.KS), unveiled its immersive commerce service "Lotte Giants Virtual Styling Shop" on the 10th, aimed at professional baseball fans. The service combines AI-powered virtual models with digital twin technology, allowing fans to virtually…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (327+ words) App user numbers also continued to climb. Last month, Coupang's monthly active users (MAU) reached 35.95 million, up roughly 510,000 from July. That is 1.57 million more than the 34.38 million recorded in October last year, before the data breach. Compared with Naver Plus…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (480+ words) South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed fines exceeding 1.35 trillion won (approximately $999.2 million) in just the first seven months of this year—four times last year's annual total. Two cartel cases alone, involving sugar and flour price-fixing, accounted for…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (471+ words) The conflict over South Korea's sanctions against Coupang for a data breach is escalating beyond a simple regulatory matter into friction across the broader US-South Korea alliance. Within the US Congress and the White House, warnings are emerging that Washington…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (745+ words) Amazon (AMZN) is spending more money than at any point in its three-decade history, and Wall Street is debating whether the $220 billion capital expenditure program will crush margins or set the stage for the next leg of growth. The stock…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (559+ words) TikTok and Kearney, in a joint study, projected that TikTok-driven K-culture consumption will generate approximately 40.64 trillion won (approximately $29.4 billion) in economic ripple effects for the South Korean economy by 2030. A survey of 3,300 respondents across 10 countries found that 88.7% said TikTok helps…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (321+ words) Jessica Fisher, Charter's chief financial officer, acknowledged the pressure during a July earnings call. "We continue to see expanded fixed-wireless competition versus a year ago, including lower sales from low-income consumers, ongoing mobile substitution, and fiber overlap growth at a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (756+ words) That argument matters because one of the biggest concerns surrounding commerce platforms is that AI assistants could increasingly control product discovery and purchasing, potentially weakening the direct relationship between merchants and existing platforms. Rosenblatt's view is that large language models…...