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Pinduoduo Founder Moves On As Business Beats Out Alibaba
March 17, 2021

Even as Pinduoduo, founded in 2015, overtakes Alibaba to become China’s largest eCommerce company, a shakeup at the top continues. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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China’s Tencent To Host Alibaba’s Bargains App, Taobao Deals
March 17, 2021

Alibaba Group — the biggest eCommerce platform in China — will host its bargains app, Taobao Deals, on Tencent’s WeChat platform, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. The move was prompted by China’s antitrust regulators, who are in the midst of an aggressive campaign to reel in...

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Even Sotheby’s Is Pushing NFTs To The Mainstream?
March 16, 2021

One of the best ways for new technology to gain mainstream acceptance is to get a stamp of approval from a trusted brand, from a marquee name within a vertical. Such an embrace fosters trust. And that may be the for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) which got a...

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eCommerce’s Trillion-Dollar Year Is (Easily) In Sight 
March 16, 2021

A trillion dollars is a lot of money, by any stretch of the imagination. Now it’s a bit of a benchmark, perhaps a psychological one. After all, on Wall Street not all that long ago, investors waited with bated breath to watch Apple and other...

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Data-Driven: Vroom CEO Takes Fast Lane To Car Buying’s Connected Economy
March 16, 2021

There are a lot of things U.S. consumers associate with the car buying experience. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

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Smaller Grocery Delivery Services Specialize to Stand Out Against Retail Giants
March 15, 2021

As consumers adopt digital ordering and delivery services to fulfill more and more of their routine needs, a wide range of businesses are trying their hand at grocery delivery. Amid the razor-thin margins of grocery delivery, the largest companies tend to be at a huge...

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With Pandemic Boost, eCommerce On Track To Hit $1 Trillion By 2022
March 15, 2021

With the pandemic having dramatically shifted the way U.S. citizens shop, eCommerce is expected to have its first $1 trillion year in revenue by 2022, according to the latest Adobe Digital Economy Index report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Report: India Poised To Demand Amazon, Other eTailers Treat All Sellers Equally
March 14, 2021

India is poised to enact new regulations that would require eCommerce firms such as Amazon and Flipkart to treat all sellers equally and operate transparently when it comes to those relationships, Reuters reported, citing draft regulations. A spokesman for the country’s Ministry of Commerce reportedly...

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Buyers Get Paid To Keep Returns Amid eCommerce Surge
March 08, 2021

You buy it. You keep it. On the fence about keeping it? We’ll pay you to keep it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...