e-commerce

Consumer

Walmart Ups its Guidance for the Year

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Walmart announced that it’s raising its outlook for the year, thanks in part to a rocking start to the holiday shopping season.

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Consumer

Google TikTokifies Its Shopping Service

Google is revamping its shopping service into a more Instagram-slash-TikTok-esque feed, showing users an infinite scroll of products.

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Consumer

Temu Faces a Supplier Revolt

Suppliers are upset Temu is swapping to a more Amazon-esque supplier model and trying to drive prices ever-downward.

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Patent Drop

Walmart AI Patent Signals Continued Pressure to Compete with Amazon

A patent from Walmart for an in-house machine learning development framework highlights that the company’s strategy to compete with Amazon extends to its tech.

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Big Tech

Who has Liability in the Shifting World of e-commerce?

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Amazon has largely dodged liability for the products sold on their virtual shelves. But could the legal tides be shifting?

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Big Tech

Amazon Reignites its Warehouse and Logistics Expansion

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The e-commerce king has either leased, bought, or announced the addition of 16 million square feet of warehouse space this year.

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Patent Drop

Shopify Image Patent Highlights Convergence of AI, Advertising

It’s recent patent expands upon its current AI tools as it aims to keep up with the rest of the tech and e-commerce industry.

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Patent Drop

Alibaba’s Neural Network Efficiency Patent Signals AI, Cloud Goals

Alibaba wants to shave down its neural networks to make AI easier to deploy.

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Consumer

Walmart’s Market Cap Jumps to All-Time High After Stellar Earnings

The retail giant posted $161 billion in quarterly revenue, marking a 6% increase and beating its earlier sales target.

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