E-commerce
Forerunner Ventures has had a very good month as an investor in both Dollar Shave Club and Jet.com.
Ben Sun, an early Jet investor, writes about his optimism for the e-commerce site’s sale to Walmart
Virtual ID “cards” will dramatically change how quickly and easily we use web services, make online transactions and more, while dramatically decreasing the potential for fraud and identity theft.
Competing bidders weren’t why Walmart paid a premium.
Jet.com CEO Marc Lore will also run Walmart.com
Amazon vertically integrates into the sky.
A marriage of necessity.
It’s cold out there for unprofitable startups.
The company is adding 18 warehouses in the third quarter of this year.
Uber wants to be everywhere, which increasingly means being in other apps.
“The U.K. is a leader in enabling drone innovation,” Amazon crowed.
That’s a lot of razors.
For every Mark Zuckerberg, there are hundreds if not thousands of wealthy tech veterans buying reasonably priced art.
Chinese consumers have a huge unsatisfied demand for Western goods like electronics, shoes, shampoo/beauty, diapers and nuts. Sound familiar?
Hint: It’s not when people call it crazy.
The former Yahoo exec moves into the startup world.
After an 18-month launch hiatus, AmazonFresh is expanding once again.
Except for TVs.
If its warehouses are as full as they were during the 2015 holidays, Amazon’s profit will suffer.
No, it’s definitely not a cult. Never mind the “people points.”
Consumers want value more than ever, The RealReal’s Julie Wainwright says.
Onward and upward!
Free delivery, but the fee for restaurants to participate is steep.
As if Amazon needed more power.
A cool, if obvious, new feature.
The company needs to make a few changes before it can truly become a home for high-end designers.
New rules suggest Amazon will have to change its business practices in India.
Companies like Fabletics and Adore Me have recently come under fire for poor management of their subscription businesses, based on the “negative option” model pioneered by Columbia House.
It’s the first of many “experiments,” eBay President Devin Wenig said in an interview.
Joe Martin used to run eBay’s rating system.
Shellhammer is joining eBay’s innovation team after selling his startup Bezar in a small transaction.
“We are going to be, potentially, walking into a very dark situation.”
Vegas!
Uber India and Snapdeal are discussing a deal that would allow Snapdeal users to hail an Uber in the e-commerce company’s app.
Think about what you’d need to have in place to build a successful e-commerce business.
WWD reports that the wheels of the plan have just gone into motion.
The Googler is taking the job vacated last June by media exec Joanne Bradford.
The companies orbiting the commerce giant are not going to have pretty Q4 reports, most likely.