Facebook is set to launch a new payment system which will be implemented across all three social media platforms including Facebook Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp. Facebook Pay will enable users to shop, make donations, and transfer money between peers on its...

Amazon is set to launch its first non-Whole Food grocery store in LA next year. Despite the growing number of cashier-less Amazon Go convenience stores, its new non-Whole Food grocery store will feature conventional checkout technology. Furthermore, the store will be...

E-commerce platform eBay has partnered with payment giant Afterpay to enable users in Australia to pay for their purchases in instalments. The deal will allow 11 million monthly users to purchase goods from over 40,000 businesses in split payments. Afterpay offers...

One of France’s biggest online retailers, Carrefour, is discussing plans to sell its online electronics store ‘Rue du Commerce’. They are currently in meetings with French e-commerce venture Shopinvest regarding plans to sell the online store to them. Carrefour is...

Amazon has announced that it is investing $40 million towards building a brand new Amazon Robotics facility. This is to expand their reach in technology and develop robots that will increase the efficiency of Amazon’s services. Amazon Robotics’ chief technologist, Tye...

Chinese E-commerce giant Alibaba generated a staggering $23 billion in online sales within its first nine hours of its 11.11 Singles Day launch. Sales soared $1 billion in the first minute and eight seconds, and within the first nine hours, it made two-thirds of the...