In a statement Canada’s e-commerce giant Shopify Inc said, it has partnered with China’s TikTok to work on a feature that would let shoppers buy directly from the social media app. As a result, Shopify merchants who also have TikTok business accounts would be able to add a shopping tab to their profiles, said the company…
In a significant development, SoftBank-backed used-car platform Kavak has become Mexico’s first ever tech “unicorn”. The startup was valued at $1.15 billion in its latest funding round last month, said its CEO Carlos Garcia. Since its founding in 2016, Mexico City-based Kavak has raised more than $400 million in total funding with SoftBank, Greenoaks Capital…
The technology has proven itself in a small store format. It is harder to get it working in bigger spaces especially those with a high ceiling and larger production rates. As per a report from the Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com Inc is testing its cashierless checkout technology for bigger stores and in larger spaces. It…
The strategic decision comes a day before Black Friday and the crucial holiday shopping season in the U.S. On Thursday, Amazon.com Inc, the world’s largest online retailer, stated it would no more block Australian shoppers from accessing its U.S. site. The development comes midst a customer backlash in the world’s 12 biggest economy. Australian shoppers…
Although the new innovation center does not aim to replace Walmart’s internal research lab, it nevertheless aims to be the test bed for emerging technologies which when mature will filter down the company’s other stores nationwide. Sam’s Club, a unit of Walmart Inc, stated it will open a new store and innovation center in Dallas,…
The move is likely to impact the revenues of brick-and-mortar supermarket stores. Bloomberg has reported citing 3 sources familiar with the matter at hand as saying, Amazon.com Inc is mulling a plan to open as many as three thousand Amazon Go cashierless stores in the country in the coming years. With the news reaching the…
The 3-way deal, ahead of SoftBank’s planned listing of its domestic telecoms unit – likely to be the largest Japanese IPO in nearly two decades, could boost demand for online shopping and mobile payments among Japan’s tech-savvy shoppers. In a move that sees Japan’s SoftBank Group tightening its grip over Yahoo Japan, the conglomerate disclosed…
The effect of Brexit is steadily having an impact on the British economy. As per the results of a survey, British shoppers are increasingly looking for bargains to offset rising inflation with employers finding it difficult to recruit migrant workers. These trends are a result of 2016’s Brexit referendum. As per the British Retail Consortium,…
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