5+ hour, 40+ min ago  (445+ words) A new kind of online shopping behaviour is emerging in South Korea, and it's less about buying products, and more about the rush of clicking "order. According to a recent report, young consumers are increasingly turning to what are being…...

9+ hour, 37+ min ago  (821+ words) India's online shoppers may be losing between "25, 000 crore and "28, 000 crore every year due to so-called "dark patterns" embedded across digital commerce platforms, according to a new report by Datum Intelligence. The report, titled Dark Patterns in India's Online Marketplaces, estimates…...

11+ hour, 33+ min ago  (478+ words) Flipkart Group is betting bigger on creator-led commerce, partnering with Meta to turn social content into a direct shopping channel. The company announced it has joined Meta's affiliate ecosystem, allowing creators to tag products from Flipkart and Myntra directly in…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (410+ words) Advertising and commerce agencies are increasingly snapping up specialists focused on Amazon and Walmart as competition intensifies in the fast-growing retail media segment, according to an Adweek report. A wave of acquisitions is underway as independent agencies look to build…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (374+ words) Amazon's long-running attempt to build a dominant e-commerce presence in India continues to face structural and competitive challenges, according to a Bloomberg report. Despite investing billions of dollars over the past decade, the company has been unable to establish the…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (276+ words) India's leading digital commerce companies, including Eternal, Amazon, Swiggy, Meesho and Zepto, have come together to launch the Digital Commerce Coalition (DCC), an industry-led platform aimed at advancing collaboration across the country's fast-growing e-commerce and quick commerce ecosystem. The coalition's launch…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (782+ words) You open a news app, scroll for a few seconds, and suddenly an ad appears: maybe for shoes you searched yesterday, or a product you only thought about. It feels almost intentional, like the internet is watching you. In a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (354+ words) Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group) has entered into an exclusive partnership with British cookie brand Ben's Cookies, marking the company's India entry. The move expands DS Group's premium food retail portfolio and introduces Ben's Cookies' bakery-led retail format to the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (461+ words) Eternal founder Deepinder Goyal has said Blinkit has a "better shot at winning" against Amazon in India's fast-growing quick commerce market, arguing that the ecommerce giant faces structural challenges in adapting to rapid-delivery operations. Speaking to the Financial Times, Goyal…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (468+ words) Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced a new artificial intelligence retail solution that allows retailers to build their own conversational shopping assistants using technology developed for Amazon's Alexa for Shopping. Called Agentic Shopping Assistant (ASA) on AWS, the service provides…...