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Xiaomi Gets Into India’s Retail Channels
April 08, 2015

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is expanding its sales channels in India beyond Flipkart to include Snapdeal and Amazon India, along with Indian brick-and-mortar retailers for the first time, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (April 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

ShopRunner’s Growth Continues As Users Double
April 07, 2015

ShopRunner is certainly running when it comes to growth. 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 Today. By completing this form,...

Apple Grabs More of China’s Smartphone Share
April 07, 2015

Apple has taken a bite out of China. 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 Today. By completing this form, you...

Developing The Global eCommerce Economy
April 07, 2015

Studying the global economy cannot be done without studying one key stakeholder — global shoppers. And to be more specific, how global shoppers use the Internet to drive commerce. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

eBay Helping Chinese Merchants Manage Retail Supply Chain
April 07, 2015

eBay may have found its edge with its Chinese merchants by giving them an overseas warehouse presence across four countries — providing some of the merchants a sales boost of 145 percent in one quarter alone, Internet Retailer reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Bitcoin Remittance Startup Buttercoin Shuts Down
April 07, 2015

Buttercoin, a bitcoin startup that hoped to use the cryptocurrency to make it easier for immigrants around the world to send money home, is closing its doors on Friday (April 10), the company has announced. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

IndiaMART’s Tolexo B2B Platform Aims For $1B By 2017
April 07, 2015

Indian B2B marketplace IndiaMART believes its six-month-old Tolexo arm could pass $1 billion in gross merchandise value by 2017 and hit $10 billion in transactions by 2020, according to DNA India. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Community Car Rental Startup Drivy Raises $8.7M
April 03, 2015

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Align Commerce Testing Global Blockchain Payments
April 03, 2015

Bitcoin’s blockchain technology may have found a new application: cutting the time and cost required by cross-border wire-transfer payments. Align Commerce has launched a public beta test of a system to let either businesses or individuals pay invoices globally, the company announced on Thursday (April...