ecommerce

Amazon.com’s Middle Eastern rival Noon.com is set to draw as much as $2 billion in financing from investors including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund over three to four years, as it seeks to capture a larger slice of the Gulf eCommerce market. The investments from the Public Investment Fund and others will be used to […]

Pinterest will roll out new features for brands to promote products and ideas to users, in an effort to grow online shopping on its platform. Brands can now upload their product catalogues and Pinterest will automatically pull items into a slideshow advertisement that will be tailored to users based on their interests, the company said. […]

Remarkety, an eCommerce data-driven marketing platform, announced the launch of Email Capture Booster. Unlike traditional email capture solutions, Remarkety’s solution strategically interacts with the customer at a crucial trigger point within their shopping experience, as soon as they add-to-cart. “Our customers had been asking us for a new way of addressing cart abandonment, one that […]

Fanplayr, the global eCommerce intelligence solutions provider, urges businesses to prepare for technology changes that will impact holiday sales during this pivotal year; particularly with Deloitte forecasting an 11 to 15 per cent increase in 2021 holiday eCommerce sales. Several changes have led to the proverbial perfect storm leading up to this year’s holiday sales […]

Online spending is rising, with over 2 billion people buying products or services online. Frost & Sullivan found that eCommerce in the United States (US) is projected to reach $700 billion by 2023. The risk of fraudulent activities in eCommerce propels merchants to seek fraud prevention strategies in-house or in collaboration with external parties. These […]

WPP and Snap have announced a global partnership called The AR Lab to help brands build and deliver immersive experiences for consumers using Augmented Reality (AR). With a particular focus on eCommerce, the partnership combines Snap’s AR technology with WPP’s integrated capabilities across creative, media, commerce and technology, allowing WPP clients to better connect with […]

Sitecore was born out of the frustration of a web developer. Five friends — Thomas Albert, Jakob Christensen, Peter Christensen, Ole Thrane, and Michael Seifert — launched a system integration company called Pentia A/S in 1998. Thrane was in charge of developing several volumes of websites built with Microsoft technologies. Disgruntled by the repetitive tasks, […]

Cart.com, the first end-to-end eCommerce services provider, announced a strategic partnership with Clearco, the world’s largest eCommerce investor, to transform the way that eCommerce founders access financing as they grow their businesses. Through the partnership, Cart.com’s eCommerce clients will gain direct access to Clearco’s capital financing from within their Cart.com dashboard, enabling them to obtain […]

Aramex’s early adoption of communication APIs and opening new channels for customers elevated engagement and prepared the logistics company for its future expansion   Aramex, the leading global provider of logistics and transportation solutions, was looking for solutions to offer more personalised customer interaction channels in 2018. It operates in over 65 countries with more than […]

Ninety minutes of wait time is no joke. I had called the airline multiple times regarding my refund status for a cancelled flight. But when I did manage to connect to an agent, he didn’t know my situation and what the management had decided about refunds.  Meanwhile, the situation at the airline contact centre was […]