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• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a blog post that the company will lay off more than 18,000 employees. In November, reports came out that the firm will eliminate 10,000 jobs but the number of planned job cuts has been expanded. Jassy said the majority of the layoffs will be from the retail and recruiting divisions. The e-commerce giant admitted they hired too rapidly during the Covid pandemic. via CNBC Zoom out: Tech companies cut the most jobs in the US in...Devamını Oku

06 Oca 2023

• Tech startup Rokt said it raised its valuation to $2.4 billion in a second funding round led by investment firm Square Peg and asset manager Wellington Management, adding that it is planning an initial public offering encouraged by the e-commerce boom. The demand for marketing software companies like Rokt has increased with the pandemic-time growth in e-commerce, with the company using AI and machine learning to analyze shoppers.

06 Ara 2022

• GameStop reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and announced a partnership with crypto marketplace FTX, sending the video game retailer's shares up 10% in extended trading. Zoom out: Last year, GameStop was at the center of a social media-fueled trading frenzy that sent its shares soaring. The company has gotten new leadership since then in an effort to reverse years of languishing sales and has been bolstering its e-commerce capabilities as online shoppi...Devamını Oku

09 Eyl 2022

• Swiss luxury group Richemont sold 47.5% of its e-commerce operation YOOX Net-A-Porter to its rival Farfetch. In exchange, Cartier-owner Richemont will acquire 50 million Farfetch shares with an expected €2.7 billion writedown. Another 3.2% of YOOX Net-A-Porter was sold to Dubai Mall developer Mohamed Alabbar. Backstory: Investors have been pressuring Richemont to get rid of its e-commerce operations as it continually generated losses. The deal came after months of ...Devamını Oku

25 Ağu 2022

• Canada's Shopify is laying off 10% of its workforce as the e-commerce company struggles with slowing growth due to easing lockdowns that have led consumers to return to brick-and-mortar stores. Shopify’s shares tumbled 14% on Tuesday, ratcheting up its losses to 75% of its value so far in the year.

27 Tem 2022

• A California judge rejected Amazon's request to dismiss a case by one of the company's engineers claiming that the e-commerce giant had failed to compensate employees for their remote work-related expenses during the pandemic. The class-action lawsuit could help several thousand Amazon employees be entitled to between $50 to $100 a month for home internet and office expenses.

03 Haz 2022

• IKEA will pour €3 billion into new and existing stores across the globe to boost its e-commerce capacity through 2023, focusing especially on out-of-town outlet centers, as the company tests in the London area a new system of managing logistics and stores. "We feel we have a catch-up to do on the back-end of our operation (and) we have realised that by including stores in our last mile and fulfilment design network we can create a win-win situation. Instead of build...Devamını Oku

10 May 2022

• Chinese e-commerce startup Shein is in talks for an investment round of $1 billion, Bloomberg reported, noting that the fast-fashion company is currently valued at $100 billion (€90.5 bn). Zoom out: A valuation of $100 billion would put Shein in third place among startups globally behind TikTok creator ByteDanceLtd. and Elon Musk's SpaceX.

04 Nis 2022

• US consumers are due to spend a record $1 trillion shopping online in 2022 thanks to a shift away from physical stores during the pandemic that lingered in consumer habits, Adobe Analytics reported. "The pandemic was a consequential moment for e-commerce. Not only did it accelerate growth by nearly two years, but it also impacted the types of goods consumers are willing to buy online." — Adobe Digital Insights Lead Analyst Vivek Pandya

16 Mar 2022

• The Saudi sovereign wealth fund is looking to claim $22 billion (€19bn) worth of stocks in global markets, as well as further investing in international business in a bid to double the portfolio’s value by 2025. Zoom in: The stock purchases will focus on e-commerce and renewables, sources said. The Saudi wealth fund has gained $500 billion in value since receiving a massive kingdom reserve subsidy during the early days of the pandemic.

14 Oca 2022