ecommerce

TikTok To Invest Billions In Southeast Asia For E-Commerce Push

ByteDance looks to Southeast Asia amid Western pressure, and pledges significant investment in region to bolster e-commerce

1 year ago

5G: The Connected Consumer

What will 5G mean to consumers? Will we enter a world where digital communications have no limits? How do the…

5 years ago

Amazon Buys Online Pharmacy In Health Care Move

The purchase of US pharmacy PillPack is seen as a notice of Amazon's intent to establish itself in the healthcare…

6 years ago

Amazon To Get More Competition As Walmart, Google Link Up

ANALYSIS: Physical retailers are struggling to compete with Amazon, but now an alliance between the biggest may give it a…

7 years ago

Mobile Payment Values Rise Threefold As Importance To Retailers Grows

Worldpay figures show 336 percent rise in mobile payment values thanks to wider adoption and wider support

7 years ago

Amazon Reports Record Prime Day Sales And Subscriber Growth

ANALYSIS: Amazon’s quest for retail industry domination is boosted by record Prime Day, more subscribers and soaring stock price

7 years ago

Travel For Free On The Tube Using A Lucozade Bottle

Next week you'll be able to travel for free on the tube using a special Lucozade bottle as part of…

7 years ago

What Will The Japanese Smart Home Look Like?

Japan has traditionally been ahead of the curve when it comes to tech. Panasonic shares its vision of what the…

8 years ago

Doddle: The Right Network Infrastructure Makes Click & Collect, Well, A Doddle

INTERVIEW: CTO Gary O'Connor explains how a network infrastructure transformation has fuelled the rapid growth of UK-based click & collect…

8 years ago

Credit Cards Hacked In Six Seconds Using Distributed Technique

Visa's online payment system fails to pick up on multiple invalid credit card attempts across multiple websites

8 years ago

Barclays Trials Contactless Android Cash Withdrawals

The system lets users tap an NFC-equipped Android device or contactless card to receive cash on in-branch machines

8 years ago

How Barclays Avoids Downtime Chaos

Bala Chandrasekaran of Barclays, explains how the bank hopes to avoid a repeat of last year's Christmas banking disaster

8 years ago

Vodafone Pay Can Make Contactless Payments From A PayPal Account

From today, Vodafone Pay users can add a PayPal account within Vodafone Wallet App and make contactless payments using Android…

8 years ago

Businesses Can Speak To Facebook Messenger Lite Users From ‘Day One’

Facebook Messenger head says stripped down version for Android might not have some functionality, but is still attractive for businesses

8 years ago

IoT-Powered Amazon Dash Buttons And APIs Arrive In The UK

Amazon Dash lets customers order toilet paper, washing powder and condoms with the push of a button and APIs allow…

8 years ago

Are Free Returns Hampering UK E-Commerce?

Barclaycard research claims that managing returns is damaging profits for many British online businesses

9 years ago

Why Do Some Payment Technologies Rise And Others Fall?

Barclaycard's Nick Kerigan tells us what can payment companies can learn from tech providers

9 years ago

UK Leads Europe In Contactless Payments As Transactions Treble In One Year

Visa Europe figures reveal over three billion contactless payments took place in Europe over last 12 months, with the UK…

9 years ago

Alibaba’s AliCloud Reports 175 Percent Growth

Aliyun cloud lands revenues of $165 million (£114m) on 500,000 paying customers

9 years ago

eBay Will Smarten Up Shopping With Purchase Of Analytics Firm Expertmaker

Acquisition of Expertmaker will bring machine learning and AI to eBay online auctions by better matching shoppers and sellers

9 years ago

One In Three Europeans Would Leave Their Bank For Better Digital Services

Fujitsu survey reveals banks must keep customers happy online or they might jump ship to rivals - or even Facebook,…

9 years ago

AWS Partners With Digital Currency Group For Blockchain Cloud Testing

DCG companies will get to use AWS cloud environments for blockchain testing and developing

9 years ago

Amazon Takes Prime Now To Leeds And West Yorkshire

One-hour delivery for over 15,000 Items now available for Amazon Prime Members in Leeds

9 years ago

Braintree: ‘Contextual’ PayPal Commerce Makes Online Retail Acceptable

Braintree's Harper Reed says contextual commerce services like PayPal Commerce will help retailers attract and retain custom

9 years ago

Sainsbury’s Creates 150 Tech Jobs In Latest Online Push

New digital jobs will be created in Manchester to work on a variety of projects for supermarket giant

9 years ago

Amazon Prime Now Arrives In Berkshire, Hampshire And Surrey

Locations in the Home Countries will be able to enjoy one or two-hour delivery with Amazon Prime Now

9 years ago

Millennials And Mobile Helping To Establish UK As ‘New Retail’ Leader

Ecommerce innovation puts the UK way out in front of European rivals when it comes to consumer loyalty, Accenture c;ao,s

9 years ago

PayPal Credit Takes On Card Companies With Zero Percent Interest

Open to everyone, PayPal Credit looks to simplifying the way you pay for big-ticket goods online

9 years ago

Free Software Will Help Detect Faulty And Malicious USB-C Cables

HP, Intel and Microsoft-backed USB-C authentication guidelines will help protect against security threats and damaged devices

9 years ago

Japan Prepares ‘Pay By Fingerprint’ System

Japanese government launches biometric payment scheme to encourage tourists ahead of 2020 Olympic Games

9 years ago