Internet
They were little known before the pandemic, but startups in the flourishing digital payment industry are now worth a fortune as COVID-19 has forced people to increasingly embrace e-commerce.
Mar 19, 2021
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Internet
Online shopping has been with us for many years. The World Wide Web opened up to the commercial world back in the mid-1990s. However, the web itself has been displaced to a large degree by social networking and online life ...
Mar 4, 2021
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Business
Amazon has quietly purchased the Australian-based e-commerce platform Selz, which enables businesses to build their own online stores.
Feb 16, 2021
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Business
Pandemic-driven lifestyle changes that have put the internet at the center of seemingly everything proved a financial boon for Amazon and Google in the final three months of last year.
Feb 3, 2021
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Business
Chinese consumers are expected to spend tens of billions on everything from fresh food to luxury goods during this year's Singles' Day online shopping festival, as the country recovers from the pandemic.
Nov 10, 2020
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Business
A banknote has been sitting in my wallet for six months now. As time ticks on, it burns an ever greater hole in my pocket.
Sep 10, 2020
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Business
The coronavirus pandemic has sent stock markets into freefall and industries to the wall, however many firms enabling more private, online and tech-based living are emerging as potential winners.
Mar 22, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
If you've tried ordering groceries for delivery this week, it isn't you. In a coronavirus era, the old rules and expectations have been thrown out the window.
Mar 19, 2020
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Business
Amazon is finding itself in a new role in the coronavirus crisis as hunkered-down consumers increasingly turn to the tech giant for anything from toilet tissue to streaming television.
Mar 18, 2020
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Business
Amazon on Tuesday made a priority of medical supplies and household staples, putting shipments of other goods on hold to focus on key items during the coronavirus outbreak.
Mar 18, 2020
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