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Retailers laying off workers but hiring e-commerce experts for online sales
Even as retailers lay off hundreds of thousands of workers globally in response to the pandemic they are busy recruiting e-commerce experts. Read more…
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China increases scrutiny on monopolistic e-commerce, payment platforms
China will increase scrutiny on e-commerce marketplaces and payment services belonging to the likes of Alibaba Group. Read more…
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Alibaba Group beats sales forecasts on China e-commerce growth
Alibaba Group beat third quarterly revenue estimates, driven by e-commerce growth after China emerged from coronavirus lockdowns Read more…
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“Malaysia’s Bill Gates” on turning Netccentric into digital growth ecosystem
Serial entrepreneur Ganesh Kumar Bangah sets his sights on building Asia’s ‘digital ecosystem’ via digital media firm Netccentric. Read more…
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Taiwan gives e-commerce site Taobao six months to re-register or leave
Taiwan gave e-commerce site Taobao Taiwan six months to re-register as Chinese-backed rather than foreign or leave the island. Read more…
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E-commerce: work starts to identify country of origin in Indian systems
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – E-commerce companies in India like Amazon.com’s local unit and Walmart’s Flipkart have begun to update their back-end systems to allow sellers to identify the country of origin on all new product Read more…
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E-commerce players in India will ask sellers to list the country of origin
E-commerce players in India such as Flipkart will consider asking sellers on their platforms to list the country of origin on products. Read more…
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Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi to launch e-commerce service in India
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp will launch an e-commerce service in India this week o enable customers stuck at home to buy its products Read more…
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User details of Indonesia’s largest e-commerce platform, Tokopedia, leaked
Tokopedia, Indonesia’s largest e-commerce platform, is investigating an attempted hack and claims that user details had been leaked online. Read more…
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India’s lockdown disrupting e-commerce companies Amazon and Flipkart
India’s coronavirus lockdown is disrupting e-commerce companies including Amazon and Flipkart, despite government assurances it would not Read more…