Category: E-Commerce

How Pinterest Is Courting Gen Z With ‘Safer’ Social Media

Bill Ready, the company’s chief executive, is shifting the virtual pinboard platform toward shopping and things that “make you feel better.”
AWS Cloud-Computing Outage Left Smart Bed Customers Without Sleep

The widespread outage involving the cloud-computing provider Amazon Web Services was particularly disruptive ensnared unexpected consumers earlier this week: People who just wanted to sleep well.
How Depop Captured the Heart of Gen Z

With bargains on secondhand treasures, and a social media feel, the e-commerce app has taken the “energy” of a good thrift store online.
Tariffs Are Reshaping China’s Trade. This Tanzanian Sees an Opportunity.

An interview with a 26-year-old entrepreneur, who has taken seven trips to China to buy handbags, clothes and jewelry. “China is the center of everything,” she said.
Parisians Protest Shein’s First Physical Store

As the Chinese online fast-fashion retailer prepares to open a physical space in a venerable department store, France pushes to stem the company’s presence in the country.
How ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Built a New Culture of Consumption

‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ built a delirious new culture of consumption — and trapped users in a vortex of debt.
Trump Suggests China May Have Approved a TikTok Deal, Without Details

The president wrote on Truth Social, “appreciate the TikTok approval,” after a call with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. But he also suggested the deal and other issues were still in progress.
‘Freedom’ Shirt Becomes a Meme and an Instant Commodity

Mere hours after Charlie Kirk’s killing, the internet was flooded with replicas of his T-shirt.
Air Mail, a Digital Weekly, Is Expected to Be Acquired by Puck

Graydon Carter, a former editor of Vanity Fair, had been shopping around his media start-up for a year.
The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds

Scammers are using A.I. tools to make it look as if medical professionals are promoting dubious health care products.
Ssense Seeks Bankruptcy Protection as Luxury E-Commerce Falters

The retailer based in Montreal cited a lender-driven sale process and the end of the de minimis loophole as final blows.
Claire’s, Teen Jewelry Chain, Files for Bankruptcy a 2nd Time

Once ubiquitous for ear piercing at the mall, Claire’s faced financial volatility along with other bricks-and-mortar retailers. It last filed for bankruptcy in 2018.