The Latest Breaking News from e-commerce

‘Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, recently took its ‘6.6 Greatest Brand Celebration’ as an opportunity to launch “Shopee International Platform”, or SIP, a special program putting into practice its commitment to help Thai businesses take advantage of the borderless digital economy to develop and grow.

Consumer forums, law universities, lawyers, FICCI, CII, and consumer rights activists participated in the meeting

Despite increasing revenue by 65% in the first quarter of 2022, Global-e Online Ltd.’s (GLBE) net loss widened compared to the year-ago period. Although the company has signed new partnerships with global brands, it has reduced its revenue outlook for fiscal 2022 due to macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties. So, is…

Research firm MoffettNathanson slashed its 2025 revenue estimates for each Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP), and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) by double-digit percentages, Reuters reported. MoffettNathanson expects online advertising in the U.S. to grow by 12.5% annually through 2025, down from the previous estimate of 18.5% annual growth. "After years of uber-bullishness, we are truly concerned…

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (NYSE: BABA) stock is expected to hit a "long-awaited inflection point" in the current quarter despite the challenging three months ended March when it reported the slowest revenue growth since going public in 2014, according to anal

PayPal Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) began laying off risk management and operations employees working in Chicago, Omaha, Nebraska, and Chandler, Arizona, this week, Bloomberg reports. PayPal ended 2021 with 30,900 employees, a 33% increase from pre-pandemic levels.  PayPal incurred $20 million in costs tied to its restructuring in the first three months of…

Hibbett Inc (NASDAQ:HIBB) reported a first-quarter FY22 revenue decline of 16.3% year-over-year to $424.1 million, missing the consensus of $427.66 million. Comparable sales decreased 18.9% versus the prior year but increased by 22.9% in relation to the 1Q20. Brick and mortar comparable sales declined 22.0%, while e-commerce sales increased 4.1% The gross…

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google and the Indian government have discussed integrating its shopping services with India's open e-commerce network ONDC, Reuters reports. Google's talks follow the success of its payments business due to the government's initiative for financial transactions, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). An expert emphasized ONDC's need for a…

E-commerce company’s revenues rise 9% to 204bn yuan despite weakening economy

Saudi Arabia is one of the top ten countries in e-commerce, achieving an annual growth rate of more than 32 percent, announced Minister of Commerce Majid al-Qasabi. Speaking at a seminar on the "Role of E-commerce in Strengthening the Saudi-British Economic Partnership," Qasabi stressed that strengthening the e-commerce business system…

Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc (NYSE:BBW) reported first-quarter FY22 sales growth of 28.4% year-on-year to $117.7 million, beating the consensus of $98.29 million. Net retail sales rose 26.6% Y/Y, and e-commerce demand grew 2.1%. Gross profit increased 27.7% Y/Y to $61.8 million. The gross margin of 52.5% contracted by 30 basis points Y/Y. The company…