This week, Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has unveiled plans to expand its network of fresh food stores, 7Fresh, across China as well as made its foray into the Korean market with a new office set up in Seoul. JD.com said it [...]

This week, we find out that online shoppers in Asia-Pacific are most likely to abandon their carts, with 52% doing so, compared to 46% in North America and 43% in Europe. Moreover, just 25% in this region expressed interest in [...]

This week, we see Google making a USD$550m (£415m) move in China's e-commerce market and more Australian consumers window shopping than actually buying online. It may have long exited the Chinese search market, but Google appears to be making its [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly Amazon watch brings you some of the company’s biggest moves from the past seven days, analysing how the giant is revolutionising the retail space. In this week’s edition: Amazon Throws USD$2bn More at India; Amazon Doesn’t Dominate Private-Label [...]

This week, online consumers in Australia learn that they soon will no longer be able to shop on Amazon.com's international sites – a result of the e-commerce giant's move to sidestep the country's new GST rule. From 01 July 2018, [...]

In this piece, Joe Rohrlich, EVP & general manager, Bazaarvoice tells RetailTechNews how having consumer ratings and reviews on your website has become essential to meeting shopper expectations. According to their latest Shopper Experience Index, businesses with customer-generated content on their [...]

Amazon has done it again — according to its latest earnings report, fourth quarter revenues exceeded estimates at USD$60.5bn (£45.5bn) and annual sales hit USD$178bn (£134bn), up 31% since 2016. Clearly, Amazon is getting things right. With an easily navigable [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly Amazon watch brings you some of the company’s biggest moves from the past seven days, analysing how the giant is revolutionising the retail space. In this week’s edition: The State of the Amazon Marketplace; Smart Speakers to Surpass [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly Amazon watch brings you some of the company’s biggest moves from the past seven days, analysing how the giant is revolutionising the retail space. In this week’s edition: Amazon on Hunt for Indian Deal; Kroger Fighting Back with [...]

M&A in the retail space has made headlines across the globe in recent weeks, with big ticket deals involving Sainsbury’s and Asda, and Walmart and Flipkart, being finalised. But what is driving this recent surge in activity in the industry? [...]