Chinese e-commerce giant Taobao’s first commercial space in Hong Kong, a furniture and lifestyle store co-run with local home repair platform Papabo, has drawn crowds eager to try the products before placing orders online. On Saturday, about 100 shoppers queued outside PapaHome at China Hong Kong City in Tsim Sha Tsui, for the opening of…
Amazon is testing a new feature that enables users of the Amazon Shopping app to find select products from other sites and go there to purchase them. Currently in beta, the “Shop brand sites directly” feature is live for some U.S. customers and will be rolled out to more, based on feedback, the company said in…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — About a day after stopping inbound shipments from China and Hong Kong, the U.S. Postal Service has reversed course on that ban. This comes as a trade war between the U.S. and China continues to develop. The Trump Administration put a 10-percent tariff on Chinese goods. The future of Chinese sites like…
The days of a simple cure are long over. We’ve arrived in 2025 — an era where health and wellness are buzzwords, diagnosis and prognosis can take place over Zoom, and a marketplace of products to make you feel and look your best is at your beck and call. Naturally, the internet is filled with…
Tech firms are escalating their push to turn every outfit spotted on social media into an instant shopping opportunity, with startup Aesthetic launching the latest entry into the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered clothing recognition field. The launch adds to the growing competition in “see-now-buy-now” fashion AI technology, where established players like Google Lens and Pinterest already…
Mobile shopping is reportedly gaining ground during this year’s holiday shopping season. The growth is being driven by the convenience provided by refinements retailers have made to the mobile shopping experience, Reuters reported Friday (Nov. 29). While consumers used to browse on their mobile phones but go to a desktop computer to make their purchases, that has changed,…
You’ve got a big, expensive purchase to make. Maybe you’re buying airline tickets, furniture or a car. It is safer and smarter to do so on your cellphone, or instead on your desktop or laptop? Does it matter? Recently, a viral social media post by Jessie Frazelle, the CEO of software company Zoo, started a…