Tag: e commerce

Stock market today: Asia stocks mostly up as China's technology stocks rally

HONG KONG -- Shares in Asia were mostly up Tuesday, with Chinese technology stocks surging after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with entrepreneurs...

Amazon tests sending customers directly to brands’ websites when it doesn’t stock their products

Remember that Christmas movie “Miracle on 34th Street,” where Macy’s in-store Santa, Kris Kringle, sends a frazzled shopper to a competitor’s store to...

Hong Kong's post office continues to suspend packages for US

Hong Kong’s post office has announced it would continue to suspend shipping items containing goods to the United States until further notice, despite...

Fast fashion, laptops and toys are likely to cost more due to US tariffs on Chinese imports

A sweeping new U.S. tariff on products made in China is expected to increase the prices American consumers pay for a wide array...

Amazon to close 7 warehouses in Canada and eliminate 1,700 jobs

Online retailer Amazon said Wednesday that it's closing all seven of its warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec in the next two...

US 'notorious markets' report warns of risks from online pharmacies

BANGKOK -- Nearly all of the world’s 35,000 online pharmacies are being run illegally and consumers who use them risk getting ineffective or...