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  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    Boohoo.Com PLC
    Boohoo slashes profits forecast as consumers cut back

    Fast-fashion retailer warns sales will be lower than expected

    An advert for Boohoo’s men’s clothing range
  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    The Big Read
    What Lina Khan’s antitrust case could mean for Amazon

    The FTC chair alleges the ecommerce giant illegally uses its monopoly power to overcharge consumers and hobble competitors. But will she prevail?

  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    TikTok Inc
    Indonesian ban on social media transactions deals TikTok major blow

    Video app can no longer facilitate ecommerce sales on its platform in what had been its largest market

    Zulkifli Hasan, Indonesia’s minister of trade, said the rules, which apply to all social networks, were to ensure fair competition
  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    Unhedged
    Amazon & the FTC Premium content

    Investors seem to agree with Lina Kahn

    A montage of the New York skyline and $100 bank notes
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    LexJune Yoon
    The Lex Newsletter: TikTok wants to be Amazon for Gen Z Premium content

    Social media group is branching out into ecommerce but the US is not the only country with concerns about the app

    Logo for TikTok and a smartphone screen showing the TikTok Shop app
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    WhatsApp Inc
    WhatsApp launches in-chat payments service for businesses in India

    Parent company Meta seeks to tap its messaging service’s biggest market to boost revenue

    Tourists walk past WhatsApp ads in Mumbai
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Instacart Inc
    Instacart shares close up 12% after public market debut

    Grocery delivery group’s listing on Nasdaq is latest sign of thaw in IPO activity

    The Instacart logo on a smartphone and the Instacart website on a computer screen
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    LexIPOs
    Klaviyo: marketing appetite for IPOs Premium content

    Boston-based start-up could offer a gauge of investor appetite for new stock issues

    Klaviyo has raised the price range for its IPO to $27 to $29 per share, up from $25 to $27
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    THG PLC
    THG shares plummet after group lowers annual sales forecast

    Ecommerce company reports wider interim losses in wake of high inflation and beauty division’s poor performance

    A THG product on a conveyor belt
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    Instacart Inc
    Instacart’s cut-price IPO to test Wall St appetite for new tech listings

    Stock market debut values US grocery delivery company at less than a quarter of 2021 price

    Instacart employees pack bags at a Whole Foods Market store in Los Angeles, California
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    Alibaba
    Former Alibaba chief Daniel Zhang steps down from cloud unit

    Leadership shake-up comes as ecommerce group starts breaking up its empire

    Daniel Zhang
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    LexGetir
    Getir: down round highlights rapid delivery sector crash Premium content

    Higher interest rates have dried up flow of venture capital as consumers return to in-store shopping

    A courier for food delivery service Getir rides a scooter along a street in Barcelona, Spain
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Claer Barrett
    ‘Drip pricing’ is a scandal

    Companies are stealthily adding extra charges to the advertised prices of goods and services

    A person checks airline ticket prices on a laptop
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Getir
    Getir valuation slashed to $2.5bn as delivery start-up raises new cash

    Istanbul-based grocery app company, which had been valued at nearly $12bn in early 2022, raises $500mn

  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    Amazon.com
    Amazon threatened with legal action over sales of ‘unapproved’ drugs

    US watchdog steps up scrutiny of prohibited medicines sold through internet retailer

    Signage outside an Amazon sort centre
  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    Roofoods Ltd
    Deliveroo to return extra £250mn to shareholders

    London-based food delivery group gains confidence after losses narrow

    A Deliveroo driver waits outside a cafe
  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    TikTok takes on Shopee and Tokopedia in Asean ecommerce race

    Buyers and sellers flock to shopping feature while authorities fret

    A clothing retailer in Hulu Langat on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur engages with buyers on TikTok Shop
  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    Amazon.com
    Amazon offers concessions over third-party sales to appease UK antitrust watchdog

    US tech giant addresses CMA concerns with proposed measures to help marketplace vendors

    Packages on an Amazon conveyer belt
  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    iRobot Corp
    iRobot takes $200mn loan from Carlyle as Amazon deal price is cut

    Roomba maker seeks lifeline as proposed acquisition by ecommerce company attracts antitrust scrutiny

    iRobot’s Roomba vaccuum on a store shelf
  • Saturday, 22 July, 2023
    Ocado Group PLC
    Ocado and AutoStore settle three-year row over ecommerce tech

    Online grocer and its Norwegian rival had been embroiled in an intellectual property dispute

  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    THG PLC
    THG sells two lossmaking businesses as ecommerce group slims down

    Company wants to streamline and reverse lacklustre performance

    A THG warehouse in Manchester
  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
    Shein
    Chinese fast-fashion rivals Temu and Shein take ‘war’ for US to court

    Antitrust suit launched as ecommerce companies top app download charts for sales of ultra-cheap clothing

    A Temu logo seen on a mobile phone
  • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
    EU tech regulation
    Amazon becomes first US company to challenge EU digital rules

    Seattle-based group files legal action against proposed legislation designed to rein in Big Tech

    A man carries a box in an Amazon warehouse
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Boohoo.Com PLC
    Boohoo raises ‘serious concerns’ about Revolution Beauty board

    War of words between companies continues after ousted senior directors reinstalled by remaining independent director

    A person holds a smartphone with the logo of Revolution Beauty on the screen
  • Monday, 26 June, 2023
    Lex
    Ecommerce: TikTok’s high views are no match for Amazon’s logistics Premium content

    Video app wants to cash in on the boom in online shopping but faces obstacles that the US giant does not

    TikTok logo on phone
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