Amazon backs Indian kids fashion brand Hopscotch in $20M funding
Amazon backs Indian kids fashion brand Hopscotch in $20M funding Hopscotch, an Indian brand offering fashion wear for kids, has raised $20 million in a...
Laced, a UK-based resale marketplace for authenticated premium sneakers, raises $12M
Laced, a UK-based resale marketplace for authenticated premium sneakers, raises $12M The $79 billion sneakers (or “trainers,” for our U.K. readers) industry has spawned a...
Reliance’s Zivame customers say their accounts were hacked
Reliance’s Zivame customers say their accounts were hacked Some customers of Zivame, an Indian online women’s intimate apparel store owned by Reliance Retail, have complained...
Google introduces Product Studio, a tool that lets merchants create product imagery using generative AI
Google introduces Product Studio, a tool that lets merchants create product imagery using generative AI At its Google Marketing Live event today, the tech giant...
Datasembly grabs $16M to give brick-and-mortar retail pricing a big data intel boost
Datasembly grabs $16M to give brick-and-mortar retail pricing a big data intel boost Online shopping often feels like a one-way street from the point of...
The Shein-Reliance India alliance could offer inspiration for Chinese startups
The Shein-Reliance India alliance could offer inspiration for Chinese startups Shein is partnering with Reliance to re-enter India, a strategy which, if proven viable, could...
Reliance JioMart to cut 11,000 jobs, report says
Reliance JioMart to cut 11,000 jobs, report says JioMart, Reliance Retail’s online shopping platform, has laid off over 1,000 employees and plans to cut as...
Amazon’s palm-scanning payment tech will now be able to verify ages, too
Amazon’s palm-scanning payment tech will now be able to verify ages, too Amazon One, the retailer’s palm-scanning payment technology, is now gaining new functionality with...
African B2B e-commerce startup Sabi tops $300M valuation in new funding
African B2B e-commerce startup Sabi tops $300M valuation in new funding Sabi, a Lagos-based B2B e-commerce startup providing digital commerce infrastructure to Africa’s informal economy,...
Thrasio cuts stake, loses control in Indian house of brands in likely market retreat
Thrasio cuts stake, loses control in Indian house of brands in likely market retreat Founders of Lifelong Online have bought back a majority ownership and...