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Ecommerce

  • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
    JD.com
    JD.com’s founder ‘still running’ ecommerce group from overseas

    Despite stepping down as chief in 2022, Richard Liu has continued to quietly steer the business from London

    Richard Liu, founder and chair of JD.com
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon earnings jump on cloud computing strength but margins narrow

    Shares slip nearly 8% after surge in crucial infrastructure investments exceed net income during the quarter

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  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    #techAsia
    China ecommerce shifts gear and TSMC heads to Europe Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    The Big Read
    Why investors fell out of love with Ocado

    During the pandemic it was seen as a British tech success story. But its progress since has been less convincing

    Montage image of an Ocado van and a chart with a generally negative gradient
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    News in-depth
    Chinese online store Temu faces supplier backlash over business model shift

    Internet marketplace taking on Amazon and Shein aims to cut delivery times by storing goods closer to shoppers

    The Temu app on a smartphone with the Temu logo in the background
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Mobile payments
    Payments using digital wallets surge in Britain

    Better security and looser limits on spending fuel mobile transactions as cash continues its decline, report finds

    A woman with a smart phone using contactless payment
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Italy cracks down on local Amazon unit over tax and labour practices

    Milan-based authorities seize €121mn from logistics arm over contributions and its relationship with delivery workers

    A worker packs a box at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Passo Corese, Rieti, Italy
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon beats back union bid for UK recognition

    GMB ballot at Coventry warehouse falls just short of majority

    Striking Amazon workers speak to a lorry driver on a picket line in Coventry last year
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    News in-depthShein
    Donald Tang: the master of reinvention brought in as Shein’s public face

    Executive whose rise on Wall Street won fame in his native China faces tough task at fashion group planning London IPO

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Shein
    Shein to launch €200mn fund to tackle fashion waste as it awaits IPO approval

    Fast-fashion group faces allegations over its supply chain and lack of sustainability

    Workers produce garments at a factory in Guangzhou, China, that supplies Shein
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: July
    Direct sales put emerging jewellers in the spotlight

    Ecommerce can provide resilience in a rocky retail landscape but requires a clear strategy and a decent budget

    A person using a laptop, looking onto an ecommerce website
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Shein, Temu and the parcel wars

    Restricting trade is not the best way to make Chinese retailers meet product standards

    Workers at rows of tables using sewing machines
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Lex
    Amazon should not join Shein and Temu’s race to the bottom Premium content

    As US group faces antitrust lawsuits, it is better to let challengers flame out in a bid for market share

    An Amazon logo on the side of a building
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    EU-China relations
    EU takes aim at China’s Temu and Shein with proposed import duty

    European Commission plans to scrap €150 threshold below which goods are exempt from customs duties

    Temu’s app on a smartphone screen
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon’s international unit on track to swing into annual profit

    Change in fortunes comes after tech giant reorganises warehouses and delivery operations in key overseas markets

    Amazon parcels on a conveyer belt
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Shein
    Shein keeps option of Hong Kong IPO as back-up plan

    Fast-fashion group’s ambition of listing in London is facing scrutiny in UK and China

    Shein clothes on rail
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon set to take on Temu and Shein with new discount section

    Ecommerce giant seeks to mirror cut-price rivals’ business model of direct-from-China offerings

    A delivery worker moves Amazon packages on a cart through a street in New York
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Shein
    Shein files confidential paperwork ahead of possible London listing

    Singapore-based online fashion group is still waiting for green light from China’s regulators

    Shein sign at a store in Singapore
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    THG PLC
    THG signs tie-up with Sports Direct owner Frasers

    Ecommerce group to sell luxury goods websites, including Coggles, to retailer

    THG signage on a warehouse building
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    China’s 618 online shopping event marks first-ever sales drop

    Ecommerce festival loses lustre as platforms offer year-round discounts

    Aerial view of workers sorting packages at a JD.com warehouse in Beijing
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    LexChina
    China’s shopping slump will force ecommerce laggards overseas Premium content

    A sales drop has exposed the gap between rivals with a global presence and those relying on domestic customers

    Alibaba Cloud logo
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Shein
    Labour resists calls to close tax loophole used by Shein

    Rivals demand crackdown on Chinese-founded fast-fashion company ahead of its planned London IPO

    Customers hold Shein shopping bags outside a Shein store in Tokyo, Japan
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon’s workers at UK warehouse to vote on union representation

    Results of ballot of 3,000 Coventry-based staff due on July 15

    Amazon workers with GMB union placards during a strike outside the Amazon fulfilment centre in Coventry in January 2023
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    News in-depthShein
    Shein chases new revenue streams as it prepares for London listing

    Ecommerce company has been diversifying away from fast fashion and trying to improve customer loyalty

    A person walks past an advertisement for Shein in London
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Shein
    US senator urges UK to investigate Shein’s labour practices ahead of IPO

    China hawk Marco Rubio says allegations of ‘unethical and irresponsible business practices’ should be vetted before London listing

    Marco Rubio at a hearing
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