A visitor to Shein.com will immediately be greeted with multiple pop-ups touting big discounts. Once they dodge those, they can browse row after row of …
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Etsy Shares Dive After E-Commerce Company Cuts Workforce
Shares of Etsy Inc dropped on Wednesday after the e-commerce platform announced it would slash 11 percent of its workforce as it seeks to cut …
Worldview: Why China’s E-Commerce Giants Withheld Singles’ Day Results
🇨🇳 China’s e-commerce giants withhold Singles’ Day results. For the second year in a row, e-commerce major Alibaba did not disclose gross merchandising value (GMV), …
New York Magazine Launches E-Commerce
New York magazine will launch its first retail website in collaboration with Fourthwall, an e-commerce merchandiser that helps brands create business platforms. The shop will …
BoF LIVE | How E-Commerce and SMEs Are Transforming Africa’s Fashion Industries
Please join us on Wednesday, July 19 at 16:00 BST / 11:00 EDT for #BoFLIVE as BoF’s head of content strategy, Robin Mellery-Pratt is joined …
Can Indie Fashion Compete With E-commerce Juggernauts?
Ssense, the Canadian fashion e-tailer once valued at north of $4 billion, is perhaps best known for its currently ongoing biannual-ish sale — not only …
Chinese E-Commerce Giants Entice Cautious Consumers With Steep Mid-Year Discounts
China’s e-commerce platforms are competing fiercely in the country’s first major shopping festival after the pandemic, offering steep discounts to entice frugal consumers in more …
TikTok Seeks $20 Billion E-Commerce Business Despite US Setback
ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok aims to more than quadruple the size of its global e-commerce business to as much as $20 billion in merchandise sales this …
Start-Up E-Commerce Platform Temu Expands to Europe
Ultra-low-cost e-commerce platform Temu, owned by PDD Holdings, has started selling to European markets, including France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. …
It’s Time to Rethink Your China E-Commerce Strategy
It’s been over two years since Chinese authorities suddenly pulled the plug on the public listing for Alibaba-owned Ant Financial in an apparent retaliation to …
Walmart Sees More Than 2,000 Job Cuts in E-Commerce Warehouses
Walmart Inc will cut more than 2,000 jobs at five US e-commerce warehouses, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The layoffs include more than 1,000 roles at …
Etsy, Other E-Commerce Companies Feel Squeeze of SVB Collapse
Etsy on Monday resumed payments to merchants with Silicon Valley Bank accounts after the e-commerce platform paused their payouts over the weekend following the US …
Inside the Battle to Run Fashion’s E-Commerce
When Glossier laid off more than 80 employees last year, mostly from its technology team, the shakeup wasn’t just about flagging sales. The brand that …
Why Beauty Is the New ‘It-Bag’ for Luxury E-Commerce
High-end e-tailers are moving beyond handbags and six-inch platforms – to $325 serums and peptide-packed proprietary blends. On Jan. 10, Moda Operandi added beauty to …
Why Beauty Is the New ‘It-Bag’ for Luxury E-Commerce
High-end e-tailers are moving beyond handbags and six-inch platforms – to $325 serums and peptide-packed proprietary blends. On Jan. 10, Moda Operandi added beauty to …
The BoF Podcast: Highsnobiety to Partner with Prada on E-Commerce Launch
NEW YORK, United States — Highsnobiety, a media authority on streetwear and the culture that surrounds it, will launch its long-awaited global e-commerce platform late …
BoF LIVE | The Future of Customer Engagement in Luxury E-Commerce
2nd November at 16:00 GMT / 12:00 EDT Featuring Kristin Maa, senior vice president of growth of Saks Fifth Avenue and Lydia Pang, chief executive …
The Debrief | Inside the Luxury E-Commerce Race
Subscribe to the BoF Podcast here. Background: The launch of Net-a-Porter in 2000 changed fashion forever, heralding the first phase of luxury e-commerce, and inspiring …
2022′s Holiday Delivery Challenge: Softening E-Commerce Demand
FedEx, United Parcel Service and other delivery firms that struggled with too much pandemic-fueled demand from online retailers like Amazon and Walmart, now have the …
Richemont’s E-Commerce Ambitions: End or New Beginning?
Last month, Richemont said it would sell 47.5 percent of Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) in exchange for an estimated 12-13 percent stake in Farfetch. The Swiss …