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.
Category: E-Commerce
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Amazon Cuts 100 Wondery Jobs Amid Podcast Strategy Shift
The tech giant is leaning more into video and the creator world.