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              Ecommerce

              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                Russia
                Russian court approves scandal-hit Wildberries merger

                Two people were killed in September shootings at headquarters of retailer co-founded by country’s richest woman

                A woman receivers her order at Wildberries in Moscow
              • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
                Alibaba
                Alibaba sells stake in Chinese hypermarket operator at steep discount

                Sun Art deal is ecommerce group’s second major divestment of bricks-and-mortar assets in less than a month

                Customers shop inside an RT-Mart hypermarket in Shanghai, China
              • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
                Commercial property
                Boom in US retail real estate defies prediction of ecommerce apocalypse

                Availability of outdoor shopping centre space is at its lowest in nearly two decades

                A TJ Maxx store in Hyattsville, Maryland
              • Friday, 20 December, 2024
                Lex
                Second-hand fashion creates only third-rate profit Premium content

                Lithuanian start-up Vinted’s absence of a fee helps to expand its marketplace

                The Vinted logo
              • Sunday, 15 December, 2024
                China’s ecommerce merchants set up shop in Russia’s online marketplaces

                Ozon and Wildberries welcome Chinese sellers looking for new markets as sanctions hit both countries’ traders

                Employees an Ozon pick-up point in Moscow work at their desks
              • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
                EU tech regulation
                EU set to crack down on Asian online retailers Temu and Shein

                Brussels considering a tax to slow surge of goods sold on sites that evade custom duties and checks

                Shein and Temu icons displayed on a phone screen
              • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
                PDD Holdings
                Temu owner PDD misses sales estimates amid China slowdown

                Shares drop after tech group warns on ‘intensified competition’

                The PDD app icon on a smartphone screen
              • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
                Boohoo.Com PLC
                Boohoo urges investors to reject Mike Ashley’s demand to join its board

                Tycoon’s company Frasers is UK fast-fashion retailer’s largest shareholder and has accused it of mismanagement

                A woman poses with a smartphone showing the Boohoo app in front of the Boohoo logo
              • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
                PDD Holdings
                EU to pursue Temu for alleged sale of illegal products

                Consumer groups have raised concerns about toxic goods sold on platform

                A person uses a smartphone displaying the Temu app
              • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
                US retail
                Walmart and Amazon threaten US drugstores in prescription delivery

                Launch of same-day services adds to pressure on struggling pharmacy chains such as CVS and Walgreens

                A person with pill bottles and an Amazon box
              • Friday, 18 October, 2024
                Boohoo.Com PLC
                Boohoo chief to step down as fast-fashion group launches strategic review

                Retailer says it remains ‘fundamentally undervalued’ and announces £222mn debt refinancing

                Boohoo digital advertisements displayed  in the windows of the company’s London headquarters
              • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
                Toxic slime and other dangerous toys sold online in Europe

                Toy Industries of Europe finds many products on marketplaces in the ‘kids’ category are unsafe

                One of the offending toys, pic supplied by Toy Industries of Europe
              • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
                Chinese business & finance
                ‘800lb gorilla’: luxury brands battle China’s hit grey-market app

                Sales of top labels on DeWu make up estimated 70% of country’s grey market as consumers hunt for lower prices

                Montage showing a Coach jacket and Burberry scarf on the DeWu app with a guest arriving at the Coach Spring 2025 Runway Show and a model on the runway wearing an original creation from the womenswear winter 2024 collections in London from the house of Burberry
              • Monday, 7 October, 2024
                Yoox Net-a-Porter
                Richemont to sell struggling Yoox Net-a-Porter to Mytheresa

                Losses at YNAP have cost its parent billions of euros in writedowns

                A close-up view of the Net-a-Porter website on a computer screen
              • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
                News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
                Trump flags made in China: how tariff-flouting campaign kit flooded the US

                US manufacturers say wrongly labelled online goods are eroding their election-year hopes

                Donald Trump supporters fly a flag at a rally for the former president in Las Vegas, Nevada, this month
              • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
                News in-depthShein
                How China’s ‘Shein village’ grabbed the fast fashion supply chain

                Thousands of factories depend on the retailer but rivals are putting pressure on a model based on speed and thin margins

                A large room full of piles of bundled clothing products
              • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
                THG PLC
                Profit outlook dents THG as it considers separating Ingenuity arm

                Ecommerce group says it is ‘progressing options’ to demerge division

                A sign on a THG office building in Manchester
              • Monday, 16 September, 2024
                Amazon.com
                Amazon orders staff back to office 5 days a week

                Company says in-person presence makes work ‘simpler and more effective’ as it rolls back pandemic-era remote policy

                People inside Amazon’s New York office
              • Monday, 16 September, 2024
                Shein
                Shein faces greater political scrutiny ahead of planned London IPO

                Labour MP calls for UK government to ban imported products made by forced labour in Chinese region of Xinjiang

                Clothes at the Shein pop-up store in New York
              • Friday, 13 September, 2024
                Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe
                In-house lawyers: best examples in legal work

                Examples of best practice among company legal teams in Europe

                A futuristic digital interface showing multiple checklists with checkmarks, as a person uses a stylus to mark tasks complete while working on a laptop
              • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
                LexUK retail industry
                UK fast fashion cannot match Shein’s style

                Rise of Chinese company has hurt Asos and Boohoo but many problems are of their own making

                Montage featuring three models wearing fashion clothing and the logos of Boohoo and Asos
              • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
                LexAlibaba
                Alibaba will get a boost from China’s mainland traders Premium content

                Chinese retail investors are a formidable force and known for their enthusiasm for tech names

                A company logo of Alibaba at its office building in Beijing, China
              • Friday, 6 September, 2024
                LexUS retail
                America’s dollar stores are now living in a Temu world Premium content

                The Chinese online retailer has made inroads among low-income shoppers

                A person enters a Dollar General store in Los Angeles, California. A banner on the entrance reads "EVEN LOWER PRICES",
              • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
                PDD Holdings
                Temu owner PDD builds $38bn cash pile as it denies investors payouts

                Chinese online retailer accumulates biggest net cash position of any listed group not to pay dividends or buy back shares

                A hand holding a smartphone displaying the Temu logo on an orange background. In the background, there is a blurred image of a laptop screen showing the Temu website with promotional banners.
              • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
                LexPDD Holdings
                Temu’s global expansion now looks fraught with difficulty Premium content

                Owner PDD warns revenue growth will trend downwards amid rising competition and economic slowdown

                A hand using the Temu app on a smartphone, displaying various shopping categories and items.
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