The Network · 2026-03-30 02:26:50 · Japan Times
Global digital trade negotiations have hit a critical impasse, with Brazil blocking a deal to extend a long-standing moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions. This failure at the World Trade Organization leaves a major pillar of the digital economy in limbo, threatening to upend the rules governing cro...
The Vault · 2026-03-31 20:27:07 · Decrypt
Mercado Libre, Latin America's dominant e-commerce and fintech player, has quietly terminated its flagship cryptocurrency project, the Mercado Coin loyalty token. The move signals a sharp strategic retreat from a consumer-facing digital asset, redirecting the company's crypto ambitions toward the development of its own...
The Lab · 2026-04-01 10:27:04 · GitHub Issues
A critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in a core WooCommerce JavaScript library exposes every merchant's admin panel and potentially storefront pages to attack. The `@woocommerce/number` package, which registers as the `wc-number` script in WordPress, depends on a vulnerable version of the `locutus` libra...
The Vault · 2026-04-02 05:56:59 · Seeking Alpha
FitLife Brands has disclosed a significant revenue stream from its Irwin Naturals brand on Amazon, revealing a current annual run rate between $9 million and $10 million. This figure highlights the growing importance of the e-commerce channel for the company's supplement business. However, this positive development is ...
The Vault · 2026-04-02 23:26:57 · TechCrunch
Amazon is passing the cost of global energy market volatility directly onto its third-party sellers, implementing a new and open-ended 'fuel and inflation surcharge.' The e-commerce giant announced the fee as a direct response to rising costs driven by the war in Iran and broader market instability, labeling it as a te...
The Vault · 2026-04-06 01:56:48 · Inc42
The story of beauty marketplace Kult has evolved from a narrative of a fresh start into a chaotic game of Whac-A-Mole for its employees and vendors, with new problems emerging as fast as old ones are addressed. Nearly 100 employees have gone unpaid for months—some since November 2025—while brands and vendors are also l...
The Vault · 2026-04-12 03:22:23 · TechCrunch
The aggressive expansion of e-commerce giants Flipkart and Amazon into India's smaller cities, coupled with heavy discounting, is creating intense pressure on the country's nascent quick commerce sector. This strategic move by the deep-pocketed incumbents directly challenges the core market and operational model of sta...
The Vault · 2026-04-12 07:02:58 · DailySocial
General Atlantic, investor pertumbuhan global, telah menyelesaikan akuisisi mayoritas atas Sociolla, platform e-commerce kecantikan dan gaya hidup Indonesia. Transaksi strategis ini memberikan General Atlantic kepemilikan pengendali sebesar 54% di perusahaan yang didirikan oleh Christopher Madiam dan John Rasjid. Langk...
The Lab · 2026-04-13 12:23:00 · GitHub Issues
A pending pull request for the Shopsys Platform e-commerce framework moves to eliminate a critical, previously suppressed security vulnerability. The PR explicitly addresses CVE-2026-4587 in the `hybridauth/hybridauth` library by upgrading the dependency to the patched version 3.13.0. This action removes temporary audi...
The Office · 2026-04-14 13:22:41 · Habr
История успеха интернет-магазина дверей началась с полного отсутствия физической инфраструктуры: не было ни офиса, ни склада, ни шоурума. Основатели, один из которых ранее работал в аналогичной компании и видел все её слабые места, стартовали в декабре 2011 года с капиталом в 15-20 тысяч рублей, сайтом и договорами с ф...
The Lab · 2026-04-16 16:52:49 · TechCrunch
A new data signal from Adobe reveals a seismic shift in online retail traffic, with visits driven by AI agents exploding by 393% in the first quarter. This isn't just a surge in bot activity; these AI-driven visitors are converting into sales more effectively than their human counterparts, directly boosting retailer re...
The Vault · 2026-04-16 16:52:56 · Hollywood Reporter
The parent company of iconic home shopping networks QVC and HSN has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a stark signal of the immense pressure facing traditional retail media. The move underscores a fundamental and lasting shift in consumer habits away from scheduled television programming and toward on-demand ...
The Lab · 2026-04-18 15:22:39 · GitHub Issues
A critical security exposure has been identified within the build chain of Shopware 6's administration interface. The flagged dependency, `html-loader-0.5.5.tgz`, contains seven vulnerabilities, with the most severe scoring a maximum 9.8 on the CVSS scale. This high-risk package is embedded in the Nuxt component librar...
The Lab · 2026-04-19 16:22:26 · Decrypt
A new class of AI-powered shoppers is not just browsing—it's spending more than human customers. In the first quarter of 2026, traffic from AI agents to U.S. retail websites exploded by 393%, according to data. This isn't merely a spike in automated clicks; these AI-driven visitors are generating higher revenue per vis...
The Vault · 2026-04-19 21:22:28 · Seeking Alpha
Walmart is covertly testing a new logistics strategy, transforming the back rooms of its physical stores into micro-fulfillment centers for its online marketplace. This move, reported by the Financial Times, represents a direct challenge to Amazon's delivery supremacy by leveraging Walmart's vast, underutilized real es...
The Vault · 2026-04-20 20:52:41 · The Verge
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has revealed a largely unredacted 16-page court document that details the mechanics of Amazon's alleged price-fixing scheme. The filing, part of a 2022 lawsuit, alleges the e-commerce giant orchestrated efforts to artificially inflate prices across the retail market, particularly a...
The Vault · 2026-04-21 19:22:50 · Ars Technica
Newly unsealed internal emails provide a direct look at alleged collusion between Amazon and its competitors to artificially inflate prices online. California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleges the communications reveal coordinated schemes where Amazon and a rival would knowingly halt price-matching, allowing one to ra...
The Office · 2026-04-30 00:24:07 · BFM Business
Pour la première fois, la cellule interministérielle VigE-commerce s'est réunie ce mercredi avec un mandat clair: surveiller et lutter contre les dérives des plateformes de vente en ligne. Cette mobilisation inédit signo une escalade dans la réponse gouvernementale face à un phénomène qui préoccupe de plus en plus les ...
The Vault · 2026-05-03 23:54:06 · Bloomberg Markets
GameStop Corp. has submitted a $56 billion takeover proposal for eBay Inc., offering $125 per share in cash and stock, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing an interview with GameStop Chief Executive Ryan Cohen. The approach marks a significant escalation by the video game retailer under Cohen's leadership, ...
The Vault · 2026-05-04 00:54:06 · Handelsblatt
Ryan Cohen, CEO des angeschlagenen Videospielehändlers Gamestop, erwägt einem Medienbericht zufolge ein Übernahmeangebot für den Online-Marktplatz Ebay. Die Transaktion könnte einem Bericht der Nachrichtenagentur Bloomberg zufolge rund 56 Milliarden US-Dollar schwer werden. Mit dem ungewöhnlichen Vorstoß will Cohen ein...