Kenyan B2B e-commerce company MarketForce has shut down operations in three of its five markets in Africa and is in the early stages of launching a social commerce spinout. TechCrunch has learned that MarketForce’s super-app dubbed RejaReja, which enables informal retailers (mom-and-pop stores) to order fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs) directly from distributors and manufacturers … Read more
The drink had all the hallmarks of a beverage sensation. Striking design, bold font, and the punchy name Release. But inside, each bottle was filled with urine allegedly discarded by Amazon delivery drivers and collected from plastic bottles by the side of the road. That didn’t stop Amazon from listing it for sale, though. Release … Read more
Live commerce platform TalkShopLive announced today its new Studio app for creators and brands, bringing an array of management and broadcast tools to mobile, including the ability to virtually collaborate with four people in a livestream, pin comments, simulcast on Facebook and more. TalkShopLive’s new app allows sellers to access the platform’s full toolset right … Read more
Amazon’s second Prime Day-like sale event is here, and if you’re a Prime member, you could use it to get some of your holiday shopping done early. Arriving about three months after the main Prime Day in July, this year’s “Prime Big Deal Days” has brought back some of the steep discounts we saw during … Read more
Anyone who has shopped on Amazon will have seen the Buy Box with its peppy yellow and orange Add to Cart and Buy Now buttons. The US Federal Trade Commission has seen it too, and made it central to an antitrust case filed against Amazon today. The long-anticipated government complaint, joined by 17 state attorneys … Read more
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arrives for a gathering along with her Chinese language counterpart Wang Wentao, on the Ministry of Commerce in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Andy Wong | Pool | through Reuters U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with Chinese language officers in a high-stakes go to to Beijing and Shanghai this … Read more
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo (C) talks to US Ambassador to China Nick Burns (L) as they head to a gathering with Chinese language Premier Li Qiang on the Nice Corridor of the Folks in Beijing on August 29, 2023. Andy Wong | Afp | Getty Photographs BEIJING — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has … Read more
BEIJING — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her Chinese language counterpart expressed a want to enhance commerce circumstances on Monday, as Raimondo started a go to to Beijing aimed toward warming chilly relations, however neither facet appeared prepared to make concessions on the opposite’s predominant calls for. Raimondo joined American officers together with Treasury Secretary … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment BEIJING — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo mentioned Monday it was “profoundly necessary” that america and China had a steady financial relationship, grounded in “direct, open and sensible” communication. Raimondo met her Chinese language counterpart, Wang Wentao, in Beijing after arriving within the Chinese language capital Sunday evening, turning into the newest … Read more