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Tmall plans to grow its marketplace globally in 2015
One of the most important developments in 2014 was the rise of Chinese ecommerce. If there was any doubt earlier this year that China is serious about ecommerce, China’s Singles’ Day surpassing sales for Black Friday and Cyber Monday last month—thanks in large part to the popularity of ecommerce sites owned by Alibaba Group—proved otherwise. […]
LeWeb previews its innovative ecommerce events in Paris
LeWeb has been one of the leading internet and technology-centric events in Europe and the world over for several years now. What’s exciting about the latest edition taking place in Paris from December 9-11 is the fact that some of the most creative members of the ecommerce community will be sharing their thoughts onstage. Roxanne […]
U.S. ecommerce continues to grow up and out
As the day when Americans spend the most amount of money on online and offline shopping —Black Friday— approaches, now is the perfect time to take a close look at the world’s largest e-commerce market this side of China (also previously featured on the Lengow blog). Black Friday always takes place the day after Thanksgiving […]
Alibaba and the nine merchants: a look at Chinese e-commerce
As the eyes of the e-commerce world closely watch Alibaba Group this month while it prepares to become a publicly listed company in the United States, now is a good time to take a closer look at the world of Chinese e-commerce. Given the fact that China has the world’s largest population—nearly 1.4 billion—and its […]
Amazon Sponsored Links ad network may launch in 2014
The news of e-commerce leader Amazon’s plans to grow even further with its own advertising network has been one of the biggest announcements in the past few days. The company’s success, especially in the United States (where it led all e-commerce websites with $74.45 billion in net sales in 2013), has been noted for many […]