Is Shein guilty of organized crime?
Attorneys for three artists who claim Shein stole their work are going after the fast-fashion giant like it’s the mob.
What’s Temu and why is it everywhere?
The ecommerce app that offers everything at cheap prices exploded after a Super Bowl ad.
What’s up with livestream shopping?
The West has yet to recreate China’s success in the space.
In fashion: Chinese ecommerce on US shores
Dirt-cheap Chinese brands are deepening their focus on the US.
India’s new ecommerce system, explained
India’s Open Network for Digital Commerce could make ecommerce easier for smaller sellers. Would it work elsewhere?
Eight ecommerce trends to keep an eye on
Apple will become an ad player. Malls will primarily be for logistics. Retailers will depend less on 3rd-party retailers. And more.
YouTube is going all-in on livestream ecommerce
Facing pressure from Apple’s privacy policy and Amazon’s retail dominance, Alphabet is making a push into ecommerce with YouTube “shoppable videos.”
Bolt: The $6B ‘1-Click’ checkout startup taking on Amazon
Amazon invented the “1-Click” checkout in 1999. Now, Bolt is making it available to non-Amazon competitors.
Depop helps teens make bank by selling old shirts. Here’s how.
Gen Z teens are taking their talents to Depop and making big money flipping vintage items.
OpenStore is rolling up the rebels
Keith Rabois is back with OpenStore, a Shopify roll-up that just raised $30m at a $250m valuation.
Is c-commerce the key to ecommerce?
Conversational commerce, which brings chat to the shopping experience, could be worth $142B in retail by 2024.
Suck it, lemonade stands. Mighty is here to make kids ecommerce CEOs.
Mighty is what you get when you crossbreed lemonade stands with Shopify.
Amazon built a giant 3rd-party ecommerce business. Now others want in.
Older retailers like Express, J.Crew, and Urban Outfitters want to copy Amazon’s 3rd-party marketplace model.
Squarespace just went public. It all started in a dorm in 2003
Squarespace started in 2003 in a University of Maryland dorm. Here’s a timeline of its path to success.
PayPal goes ‘post-purchase’ with Happy Returns acquisition
Items purchased online are 3-4x more likely to be returned. For PayPal -- which provides services across the retail journey -- this acquisition makes a ton of sense.
Ecommerce platform Vinted is minted
Vinted, the platform for buying and selling used goods, just raised $303m
Etsy is doing really well. It’s also selling some truly weird stuff
An investigation found miracle cures and medieval weaponry are selling on Etsy. The company is working hard to change that.
After parting ways with PayPal, eBay is making a payments comeback
eBay used to rely on PayPal. Now, its in-house payments platform is growing more popular.
Snap’s latest story: An acquisition to power up its ecommerce apparatus
Snapchat sees commerce as the future of its business. It’s taking a major step toward that future by buying Fit Analytics.
For the next big ecommerce trend, look down and east
Livestreamed ecommerce is taking China by storm. Here’s how.
Wine recommendation app Vivino raises $155m, with hints of a marketplace to come
With 67m reviews and 13m wines in its recommendations database, Vivino wants to build out its wine marketplace.
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