Tag: Ecommerce
Chinese Regulation For Internet Firms “Necessary”: Alibaba CEO
The CEO of Alibaba Group recently commended the Chinese regulators, in their attempt to repair ties after the debut of its former financial services...
European Union Regulators Eye Antitrust Rules For eCommerce
With the boom of eCommerce both before and during the pandemic, European Union regulators are taking another look at antitrust rules regarding internet sales...
Private Equity Firm Advent To Buy 75% Stake Of UK’s Hermes...
Boston-based Advent International, a global private equity firm focused on overseas buyouts, has purchased a stake in the United Kingdom’s parcel delivery group Hermes...
Blackstone Acquires £120M In UK eCommerce Warehouses
Private equity firm Blackstone has agreed a £120 million (US$138.3 million) deal to buy 22 logistics sites across the UK as online shopping soars...
eCommerce Search Merger Aims To Compete With Amazon
When you’re competing with Amazon, it helps to have strength in numbers. That’s the thinking behind this week’s merger between two eCommerce site search...
China: Jack Ma’s successor said to face “big challenge”
China’s Alibaba Group Chairman Jack Ma is leaving the firm on Tuesday, September 10, at a time when business has taken a dive, Reuters...
Pricing Algorithms and Implications for Competition
May 2019
CPI Cartel Column edited by Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz (Global Economics Group) & Donald Klawiter (Klawiter PLLC) presents:
Pricing Algorithms and Implications for Competition By...
US: PayPal and MercadoLibre tie up
MercadoLibre, the Latin America eCommerce technology company, announced Tuesday, March 12, that it intends to offer approximately US$1 billion of common stock.
In a press...
India: Walmart CFO sounds off eCommerce Rule changes
Walmart CFO Brett Briggs said that even though the retail giant anticipated the regulatory changes in India regarding foreign eCommerce companies, it was disappointing...
India: Walmart dismisses Flipkart CEO post merger
Walmart announced on Tuesday, November 13, that Binny Bansal, the CEO of Flipkart, the Indian eCommerce company Walmart recently acquired, has resigned effective immediately.
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