Tag: E-Commerce Discretionary

Amazon.com is facing a long-awaited lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission. While the company being broken up is the most dramatic potential outcome, it might not be the worst outcome for the online retailer and cloud company. 

Alibaba plans to list its logistics unit Cainiao on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the company the Chinese e-commerce giant said in a regulatory filing Tuesday.

E-commerce giant Amazon on Monday said it will invest up to $4 billion in artificial intelligence firm Anthropic and take a minority ownership position in the company.

Amazon said it plans to add 250,000 U.S. workers for the holiday shopping season, 67% more than the number of people it hired for the past two years, as it scrambles to expand next-day delivery for shoppers.

Alibaba needs to be “user first” and “AI-driven,” new CEO Eddie Wu told employees on Tuesday, as he laid out the strategic priorities for the Chinese tech giant.

Shares of Chinese tech giant Alibaba fell 3.5% on Monday, after the company said in a surprise move that outgoing CEO Daniel Zhang will also be stepping down as chairman and CEO of its cloud business.

A gloomy economic backdrop has weighed on Alibaba and other Chinese stocks, with grim factory data Thursday continuing the trend. But there is reason for hope, because the latest release wasn’t as bad as expected and there are other glimmers of resilience.

Alibaba launched on Friday two new artificial intelligence models — Qwen-VL and Qwen-VL-Chat — the company says can understand images and carry out more complex conversations.

Amazon.com Inc. has relaunched its Amazon Shipping delivery service after a pandemic-era pause, the company confirmed on Friday. The news, reported on earlier in the day by the Wall Street Journal, marks the return of a segment of the online retailer that went head-to-head with the likes of FedEx Corp. FDX, -0.85% and United Parcel Service Inc.

Shares of Farfetch were tumbling after the e-commerce company for luxury fashion posted mixed results and lowered its forecast of the value of orders processed.

Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as its focus on lower-priced products to attract customers amid an economic slowdown paid off.

Technology firm Sea Ltd missed estimates for second-quarter revenue on Tuesday, as consumers held back spending on Internet and discretionary services, sending its U.S.-listed shares down 12% in trading before the bell.

TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Rakuten Group (4755.T) shares surged on Monday morning after the e-commerce giant reported narrowing losses at its cash bleeding mobile unit last week alongside assurances that it can cover its debt burden for the next financial year.

China’s Alibaba Group Holding reported its strongest quarterly revenue growth in almost two years on Thursday, boosted by a mid-year shopping festival that attracted bargain hunting consumers amid a sober economic environment.

Alibaba ’s cloud unit is bringing Meta Platform’s open-source artificial intelligence model to its clients, in a significant moment for the global AI race.

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U.S.-listed Chinese stocks rose on Tuesday on hopes that authorities’ three-year crackdown on technology companies is coming to a close.

Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares rose 3% Monday amid hopes that the yearslong scrutiny of its financial arm Ant Group is coming to an end.

Alibaba’s grocery unit Freshippo expanded its number of physical stores in China, the company said on Friday, as the business prepares to spin off from its parent company and go public.

The U.S. antitrust regulator is planning to file a suit targeting Amazon.com’s core online marketplace in the coming weeks, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing documents and people familiar with the matter.

Shein, the fast-fashion e-commerce juggernaut, is poised to keep gobbling up market share in the U.S., according to UBS .