The global e-commerce company is allowing retailers from countries other than China to sell goods internationally via its platform. Mother company Alibaba will expand its international services provided by its subsidiary AliExpress to Turkey, Italy, Russia and Spain. By using the business model of their fast-growing subsidiary, Alibaba will be able to challenge the world’s
Facebook is hosting cyber criminal marketplaces
Stolen goods are being traded and sold on Facebook’s dozens of cybercriminal marketplaces, according to Cisco Talos, a cyber threat security firm. It is not the first time Facebook has encountered these problems. Brian Krebs, security reporter, alerted the social media site in 2018 to multiple marketplaces that were openly offering fraud services. Talos discovered new groups
Amazon comes up with new e-commerce tools and services
For small and mid-sized enterprises that are selling on Amazon’s platform, the company is providing new assistance. Amazon has already released 50 new services and e-commerce tools during 2019 to help small businesses grow their business on its platform. The marketplace platform invests billions of dollars every year to support SMEs. Their goal is to help sellers reach new
Amazon aims to be semi-climate neutral in 2030
E-commerce giant Amazon will present its strategy to operate entirely CO2-neutral in the long term later this year. The closest target, according to its ambitions, is to carry out half of all logistics shipments by 2030 in a climate-neutral way. Internally, Amazon refers to the endeavour with the project name 'Shipment Zero'. Shipment Zero is one of a series of initiatives
IKEA considers launching a marketplace
IKEA is considering launching its own marketplace to sell their own products and other company’s goods. This new marketplace would sell products from IKEA and other retailers. It will not be limited to furniture but will also offer a range of home-related products such as art and DIY. It is already known that IKEA has been testing selling on marketplaces such as Alibaba and