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Alibaba's Global E-Commerce Arm Weighs US IPO: Report

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's international online shopping unit is exploring a US initial public offering, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday citing people...

Amazon Launches Programme To Identify And Track Counterfeiters

Amazon has launched its Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX), an initiative to help retail stores label and track marketplace counterfeits as part of the e-c...

Amazon Plans To Trim Employee Stock Awards Amid Tough Economy

Amazon.com Inc said it plans to reduce employee stock awards, a part of its compensation plan, as the e-commerce giant navigates an uncertain economy.

Poste Italiane Launches Grocery Home Delivery Service

Poste Italiane (Italian Post) has launched a new express courier service – Fresh – to offer home delivery of fresh groceries.

Alibaba To Split Into Six Units, Seek IPOs

Alibaba Group plans to split its business into six main units covering e-commerce to cloud in the biggest restructuring of its 24 year history, five o...

Amazon, Other Retailers Revamp 'Free' Shipping As Costs Soar

There is no such thing as free shipping. Even so, Amazon.com Inc and other online retailers who use so-called free delivery to cultivate customer loya...

Amazon Rolls Out Contactless Technology To 200 Locations

Amazon.com palm-scanning or cashier-less checkout technology is in more than 200 establishments in and outside the company, a vice president told Reuters.

X5, Yandex Eats And Delivery Club Join Forces For Online Deliveries

Russia's X5 group has announced it is expanding its partnership with online delivery aggregators Yandex Eats and Delivery Club to offer delivery of food an...