Sentences with phrase «e-commerce giant»

Last Friday, e-commerce giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and natural and organic grocer Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) took the world by surprise when the two companies announced that Amazon would acquire Whole Foods in a $ 13.7 billion all - cash transaction.

Alibaba Group's 11.11 Global Shopping Festival in past years has been mainly an online sale, but for 2015 the e-commerce giant has recruited tens of thousands of Chinese brick - and - mortar stores to participate in the annual 24 - hour event through omnichannel retailing.

The e-commerce giant has continued displacing brick - and - mortar retailers and has expanded its grip on the retail industry generally, forcing even its largest counterparts to respond on the digital front.

E-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), fresh off its acquisition of Whole Foods, should acquire the social media company, according to Recode's Kurt Wagner.

The e-commerce giant, already the largest retail advertiser in the U.S., is cranking up its spending even more as it strives to harness all of consumerism and to lead in new categories such as grocery and fashion.

Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has closed a US$ 1 billion funding round, with plans to raise an equal amount over the next few months, says a Bloomberg report quoting unidentified sources.

The Web search and media company said earlier this month the IRS had denied its request for a private letter ruling on whether the spinoff of its stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant would be considered tax free.

This makes Codapay (backed by e-commerce giant Rakuten, Golden Gate Ventures and a Skype cofounder) the first multi-currency payment gateway in the region to allow their merchants» customers to pay with bitcoin.

Amazon is down 5 percent after a report said that President Trump has a «deep - seated antipathy toward Amazon» and might want the e-commerce giant to pay more in taxes, or find a way to break it up.

Brands now caught in the cross-fire say they were punished by Alibaba after refusing exclusive deals as the e-commerce giant tried to muscle out the competition — a charge Alibaba denies.

Security researchers have issued several warnings to customers of Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing arm of e-commerce giant...

Amazon's Prime membership price increase came one week after the e-commerce giant announced they have 100 million Prime members globally.

With many other ways for the e-commerce giant to grow, it'll be interesting to breakdown how Amazon makes money in 2018.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group launched an investment spree in 2014, injecting huge amounts of capital in film and TV program production companies, including ChinaVision Media Group (renamed Alibaba Pictures Group), Huayi Brothers, state - backed digital content provider Wasu Digital TV Media, Beijing Enlight Media, and more.

With an unprecedented demand for «lite» apps in emerging markets, the E-commerce giant Amazon has very quietly released its own Android web browser.

Since making the list of 20 finalists for Amazon's second headquarters, South Florida's economic development leaders have been busy tackling «intensive» data requests from the e-commerce giant.

But buying Amazon's pricey stock isn't the only way to get exposure to the e-commerce giant, analysts from BMO Capital Markets argued in a recent research note.

In late 2013, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron met with Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma in Shanghai during the signing of an agreement calling for the e-commerce giant to help promote British - made goods on Tmall.com, China's largest B2C shopping website.

The e-commerce giant opened the process to virtually every large metropolitan area in the United States.

Uber has rescinded a job offer it made to Amazon's top voice - shopping VP, Assaf Ronen, to become its top product exec, after it discovered a discrepancy related to his tenure at the e-commerce giant, according to a memo from CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

Opening a store on Tmall — China's largest B2C online marketplace and part of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, whose retail shopping sites in the PRC have 367 million annual active buyers — «allows us to sell our wines to Chinese consumers in a marketplace which we believe will build our brand,» Kingston said in a statement.

The e-commerce giant reached a record close of US$ 1,451 on Wednsday, raising its market capitalisation by US$ 17.69 bn to US$ 702.46 bn.

Taobao, the internet shopping site under the e-commerce giant Alibaba, has updated its list of prohibited goods and services on the platform, which now includes those related to cryptocurrencies.

The Stonecrest City Council voted 4 - 2 on Monday to de-annex 345 acres of land if the Seattle - based e-commerce giant picks the area for what the company calls HQ2, a corporate hub which could lead to the creation of thousands of jobs.

E-commerce giant Amazon is going all out to get Indians to access the Internet — and its own website.

The Seattle, US - based e-commerce giant started beta testing these speakers in India in February for a global rollout later in the year, two sources have told FactorDaily, adding the in - car speakers were being tested elsewhere in the world, too.

The move follows a similar transaction in January, when e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) led a $ 2.6 billion bid to privatize department store operator Intime Retail Group Co Ltd (1833.

We've joined hands with e-commerce giant JD.com — China's largest retailer online or offline!

J.C. Penney, like many of its peers, had to shutter locations and shift strategy to compete with e-commerce giant Amazon and other online sellers.

SoftBank is the largest shareholder in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.

By collaborating with its affiliates — including Hema, B2C e-commerce site Tmall, bike - sharing platform Ofo and mapping - services provider AutoNavi — Alibaba is working to create communities empowered by convenient, integrated online and offline services that are driven by the Chinese e-commerce giant's technology and infrastructure.

The U.S. e-commerce giant has offered to purchase a 60 % stake in Flipkart.

Amazon has emerged as new contender for Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart.

The e-commerce giant is selling the longest fixed - maturity paper ever by a Chinese company.

Amazon chief executive officer Jeff Bezos said the e-commerce giant has exceeded 100 million paid Prime subscribers and will continue to invest to meet «ever - rising» customer expectations.

The e-commerce giant has paused construction of its newest tower in its headquarters city after the City Council proposed a tax on the largest businesses to help fund affordable housing.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has launched a surprise cryptocurrency mining platform, unconfirmed sources surfacing today claim.

Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify on Tuesday raised its revenue guidance for the 2018 fiscal year after reporting that first - quarter revenues rose 68...

But it will need the e-commerce giant as an official partner if it's going to be able to have its mattresses qualify for two - hour delivery through Prime Now.

E-commerce giant Amazon has officially entered into the foray by releasing Fire TV, priced at US$ 99.

SHANGHAI (AP)-- Gucci America has quit the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, the second defection since the Washington, D.C. - based group allowed Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to become a member in April.

Overstock.com (OSTK), the parent company behind the tZero ICO, plunged on Tuesday after the e-commerce giant announced 4 million in new share offerings.

In China, e-commerce giant JD.com is setting up a new system to improve traceability of its products using blockchain technology.

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron today met with Jack Ma and other top executives of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group as the British head of state completed a second day of his three - day trade mission to China.

The e-commerce giant is in the hunt for a locale to host its second headquarters — an office that could employ as many as 50,000 new workers.

South County officials have identified two sites that they believe hit all the targets for Amazon's HQ2 — a second headquarters location for the Seattle e-commerce giant that could eventually employ 50,000 workers.

The Stonecrest City Council voted 4 - 2 on Monday to de-annex 345 acres of land if the e-commerce giant picks the area for what the company calls HQ2, a corporate hub where Seattle - based Amazon says it will one day house 50,000 jobs.

Investors include Google, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, and Silicon Valley juggernaut Andreessen Horowitz.

E-commerce giant Amazon said Thursday it's in the market to build a second North American headquarters, a massive complex the company says one day could hold 50,000 jobs.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s stock slipped 0.5 % in afternoon trade Thursday, paring earlier gains of as much as 1.2 %, as investors prepare for the China - based e-commerce giant's fiscal fourth - quarter results, due out before Friday's open.