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E-commerce
Why you can buy the same product at different retailers for vastly different prices
Oct 1, 2024
When a retailer buys a product from a manufacturer as is and slaps its own label and price tag on it, the practice is called white labelling.
Despite all the recent growth, e-commerce still has room to expand
Sep 17, 2024
About 20% of retail sales are online these days.
What if your deepfake was circulating halfway across the world in China?
by
Jennifer Pak
and Charles Zhang
Jun 21, 2024
Deepfakes of foreigners have been cropping up more frequently on Chinese social media.
Non-store retail sales grew more than 10% since last November
Dec 14, 2023
$1.2 trillion was spent outside of brick-and-mortar stores this year — much of it online. Here's some of the trends shaping e-commerce spending.
Paperless billing is costing the paper industry. But storeless shopping helps.
Nov 3, 2023
Revenue for the U.S. paper mill industry has declined in recent years. E-commerce, though, has stirred a boom in cardboard packaging.
From e-commerce to brick and mortar
Oct 26, 2023
After years selling on Etsy, Mimi Striplin of The Tiny Tassel in South Carolina saw a "need to create a space for people that looked like me.”
An app's worth is partly the data it's got on you, the customer
Sep 18, 2023
Retail apps like Instacart are valued more and more for their consumer data — and advertising possibilities.
For public good, not for profit.
E-commerce and running a business 24/7
Jun 9, 2023
In a world connected via the internet, small businesses are taking advantage of social media to promote their brand.
Layoffs signal retailers are adjusting to more sharp turns
Apr 17, 2023
Retailers like Walmart and Best Buy are cutting staff as consumers pull back on discretionary spending.
This year, it's inflation, not contagion, that's driving online commerce
by
Matt Levin
Dec 26, 2022
While growth in e-commerce is not as strong as it was at the height of the pandemic, shoppers are still going online to look for good deals.