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Full Video: Facebook head of commerce Mary Ku at Code Commerce 2016Full Video: Facebook head of commerce Mary Ku at Code Commerce 2016
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Facebook wants to provide customers with choices in how to shop.

By Recode Staff
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Full Video: Forerunner founder Kirsten Green at Code Commerce 2016Full Video: Forerunner founder Kirsten Green at Code Commerce 2016
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Her venture firm is known for picking winners in the e-commerce space.

By Recode Staff
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Full Video: Stripe co-founder John Collison at Code Commerce 2016Full Video: Stripe co-founder John Collison at Code Commerce 2016
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His payments startup is valued at $5 billion, but he’s in no hurry to IPO.

By Recode Staff
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The gig economy has grown big, fast — and that’s a problem for workersThe gig economy has grown big, fast — and that’s a problem for workers
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It’s not about “sharing” — it’s about service, and it clearly demarcates the served and the servants.

By Paris Marx
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Code Commerce is coming to San Francisco with Jack Dorsey and Apple Pay’s Jennifer BaileyCode Commerce is coming to San Francisco with Jack Dorsey and Apple Pay’s Jennifer Bailey
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Plus Wish CEO Peter Szulczewski, too.

By Jason Del Rey
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Payments startup Stripe says it’s still too hard to sell stuff onlinePayments startup Stripe says it’s still too hard to sell stuff online
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Co-founder John Collison says the company will take payments from anyone, anywhere, so what’s the problem?

By Jason Del Rey and Edmund Lee
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The big winners in e-commerce focus on the experience, says Forerunner’s Kirsten GreenThe big winners in e-commerce focus on the experience, says Forerunner’s Kirsten Green
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Consider the customer.

By Jason Del Rey and Dan Frommer
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Facebook isn’t making money when you shop on Facebook — yetFacebook isn’t making money when you shop on Facebook — yet
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Mary Ku, the head of Facebook’s commerce efforts, says money comes second.

By Kurt Wagner
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Any business on Facebook can now sell goods right from its PageAny business on Facebook can now sell goods right from its Page
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Facebook, an e-commerce company?

By Jason Del Rey
Amazon is putting veteran leaders in charge of its big grocery delivery plans
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The company is accelerating the growth of its retail and delivery options.

By Jason Del Rey
Money2020 will show off what’s next for the payments industry
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In 2013, it was tokenization; 2014 was Apple Pay; and 2015 was MCX (R.I.P.). What are we in for in 2017 and beyond?

By Thomas C. Noyes
Amazon finally just proved it’s very serious about grocery delivery
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How? The steep $299 up-front fee is gone.

By Jason Del Rey
Amazon has 143 billion reasons to keep adding more perks to Prime
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Forget AWS. Without Prime, Amazon is nothing.

By Jason Del Rey
Criteo is paying $250 million to buy e-commerce ad firm HookLogic
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Like Google product listing ads, but for e-commerce sites.

By Jason Del Rey
Facebook is taking on Craigslist with its own used goods marketplace
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And it’s giving it prime placement in the Facebook app.

By Jason Del Rey
Blue Apron is on pace for more than $1 billion in sales as it preps for an IPO
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That’s a lot of meal kits.

By Jason Del Rey
Amazon’s Alexa group is on a massive hiring spree
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Alexa, we’re going to need some more recruiters.

By Jason Del Rey
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Should you buy a mattress online?Should you buy a mattress online?
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Or is it no different from buying one in-store? The Wirecutter’s Kevin Purdy answers your questions on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

By Eric Johnson
55 percent of online shoppers start their product searches on Amazon
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Google who?

By Jason Del Rey
Amazon has scared Target into a management shake-up, just like it did to Walmart
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Target’s chief digital officer is out four months after his promotion.

By Jason Del Rey
FreshDirect dominates grocery delivery in New York. Now it has $189 million to compete elsewhere.
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One of the oldest online grocers gets a huge cash infusion.

By Jason Del Rey
The CEO of Dot & Bo explains why the furniture startup failed
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The millennial-focused online furniture retailer wiped out $20 million in funding.

By Kara Swisher
Amazon’s stock price has soared past $800 for the first time
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And people thought Henry Blodget’s $400 call was crazy.

By Jason Del Rey
Amazon isn’t showing you the best prices unless you are a Prime member or placing a large order
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No matter the intention, it doesn’t look good.

By Jason Del Rey
Walmart will pay Jet.com’s Marc Lore more than $250 million in stock over five years
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And that doesn’t even count the cash.

By Jason Del Rey
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Walmart’s $3.3 billion acquisition of Jet.com is now official. Next comes the hard part.Walmart’s $3.3 billion acquisition of Jet.com is now official. Next comes the hard part.
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It’s an uphill battle as Amazon continues to gain steam.

By Jason Del Rey
Sequoia is leading a $20 million investment in Dia&Co, the Stitch Fix for plus-size women
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The round values the company at about $70 million.

By Jason Del Rey
The next Code Commerce event is set, with Facebook’s Mary Ku and star investor Kirsten Green
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They will join Stripe’s John Collison at the October 25 event during Money20/20 in Las Vegas.

By Jason Del Rey
Jessica Alba’s Honest Company has been in talks to sell to a big consumer product giant
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M&A is heating up in the online consumer packaged goods category.

By Jason Del Rey
This startup will give you money when you shop on other apps
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And it thinks it has solved the big tech obstacle to making that happen smoothly.

By Jason Del Rey
GOAT is a sneaker app that should be dead — but is making millions instead
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It has a new $5 million investment and a cult following among sneakerheads.

By Jason Del Rey
How long before Amazon forces its Indian rivals into a merger or sale?
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Pressure is mounting on Flipkart and Snapdeal.

By Jason Del Rey
Why the chip-card transition in the U.S. has been such a disaster
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Still confused about EMV cards? You’re not alone. There was little formal or official education about the shift, and actual adoption has been piecemeal.

By Michael Reitblat
One Kings Lane sold for less than $30 million after being valued at $900 million
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In the wake of two huge e-commerce acquisitions, a reminder of the tough ones.

By Jason Del Rey
Yeah, everyone calls us ‘an Airbnb for dogs.’ No, we’re not a tech company.
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Advancements in technology have had an amazing impact on the world of business, but that doesn’t make every new startup a tech company.

By Aaron Hirschhorn
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If you can’t hire black and Latino tech workers, you’re not really looking, says Walker & Company CEO Tristan WalkerIf you can’t hire black and Latino tech workers, you’re not really looking, says Walker & Company CEO Tristan Walker
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Those who say talented techies of color don’t exist are spouting “complete bullshit,” Walker says on the latest Recode Decode.

By Eric Johnson
Walmart’s e-commerce growth has started accelerating just in time for its Jet.com deal
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A nice change of pace after five subpar quarters of online growth.

By Jason Del Rey
Home Depot’s stock is flying high. Is it a good time to buy a startup like Houzz?
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Sometimes big acquisitions come from a position of strength.

By Jason Del Rey