E-commerce
The biggest obstacle may be the dearth of smartphones.
“You’re not changing the world at $500 million in revenue,” says Brian Lee, CEO of a company that makes $150 million in annual revenue.
Pinterest -- not just for pinning anymore. Buy, buy, buy.
The slow death of RadioShack seems to have taken the consumer electronics industry by storm.
Mattresses and eyeglasses aren’t the only markets desperately in need of fixing.
So we’re all rich, right?
Amoruso will stay on as executive chairman and continue leading Nasty Gal’s creative and brand marketing teams.
Bitauto’s sites provide information on new and used vehicles for Chinese car buyers.
Nearly 35 percent of Christmas day online sales occurred over phones and tablets.
Levchin’s latest venture, Affirm, is an online lender that’s offering a new way for consumers to buy goods.
Hootsuite is building products to help brands determine when to show you ads or sell you goods.
The investments come with strategic relationships that could prove even more valuable.
What is the Silicon Valley fixture up to?
The mobile payment space may be getting a lot of attention, but it still has a long way to go.
The company provides global e-commerce, payments and marketing services.
“No matter what my investments, I think I will always be famous for my hummus,” says the founder of the Wondermall app.
Germany’s biggest tech IPO since the dot-com bust.
Who would have thought he’d go so divergent within a few months?
The Silicon Valley Internet giant has been like catnip to Wall Street’s shareholder warriors over the years.
Rocket is looking to expand its e-commerce efforts in regions not already dominated by Amazon or Alibaba.
Can Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer make it rain? Or will she get soaked?
Bonus: Audio of Jack Ma’s welcome speech. Also: Oysters!
Rocket posted sales of $1 billion in 2013 via e-commerce and online marketplaces.
The New York Internet company ups it focus on the key demographic that many ignore.
When mobile shoppers actually buy stuff, it’s mostly through mobile websites, not apps.
Featuring Kara, Jason and Amy!
Part three of Re/code’s special series on the instant gratification economy.
Part two in Re/code’s special series on the instant gratification economy.
The family marketplace is looking to further expand into e-commerce services.
San Francisco-based SherpaVentures said it had finally closed its first round, raising the $154 million it said it would to invest in early-stage startups aimed at e-ommerce, software and digital media. Launched in early 2013 by former Goldman Sachs banker Scott Stanford and longtime VC Shervin Pishevar, the firm has already been investing actively, with bets in a series of companies, such as Munchery, Coin, Shyp and BackOps.
No rest for the weary!
In Part One of this LA Stories series, Nellie Bowles has kale shakes with engineers and sits in freeway traffic, chatting up venture capitalists on Bluetooth.
The leader of the world’s largest retailer speaks!
This is the company’s fourth round of layoffs in the last 10 months.
A mobile exec gets a chance to see India and its vastly growing pool of mobile and broadband users.
The Chinese company made a $202 million investment in the Amazon Prime competitor last year.
A tiny but lucrative loophole that is up to the discretion of the Chinese Internet giant.
Alibaba mobile retail sales accounted for 76.2 percent of all mobile retail in China in 2013, according to iResearch.