$250 bn e-commerce boom redraws India's retail buying & triggers a safeguard demandIndia's e-commerce sector is poised for massive growth, projected at $250 billion. Gen Z shoppers are driving this expansion, favoring new ...
27 Apr, 2026, 01.54 PM IST
Outside Lands 2025 Live Stream: Start date, schedule, time, headliners, lineup, major acts and how to watch music festival onlineOutside Lands 2025 Live Stream details are here. This is how to watch music festival online on Prime Video. Outside Lands 2025 continues in...
09 Aug, 2025, 09.52 PM IST
Walmart-backed Flipkart turns to videos and livestream to woo Indian online shoppersWhile the concept of online retailers using videos to boost sales has been around for years, Flipkart hopes this strategy will give it an e...
27 Jun, 2025, 11.47 AM IST
TikTok to enter Japan's ecommerce industry: Nikkei reportTikTok will launch its online shopping platform, TikTok Shop, in Japan in June 2025, inviting local companies and individuals to join as se...
27 Apr, 2025, 10.05 AM IST
'Livestream' shopping thwarts some high-tech tools to stop fake merchLivestream shopping in the U.S. faces challenges with counterfeit goods influx. Technology by platforms like TikTok and Amazon aims to comb...
07 May, 2024, 04.26 PM IST
Alibaba banks on aggressive Singles Day pricing to recoup sales mojoWhile Alibaba has announced that it will offer 80 million products at their lowest prices this year during Singles Day, which began in late...
31 Oct, 2023, 04.44 PM IST
How TikTok’s strange trend of humans playing robots is spurring hope for US shoppingTikTok has emerged as a social commerce juggernaut, expecting to sell $20 billion in merchandise through its media platform this year — fou...
14 Aug, 2023, 09.18 PM IST
VIVO signs contract with Swirl for livestream shoppingLivestream purchases have seen a 76 percent increase from pre-pandemic period to 2021, with Europe, the Middle East, and North America lead...
21 Jul, 2023, 10.50 AM IST
Chinese livestreamers set their sights on TikTok sales to shoppers in the US and EuropeSince 2019, western e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Facebook have experimented with livestreaming e-commerce after seeing the success ...
19 Jul, 2023, 10.28 AM IST
Apple expands retail presence in China, opens store on WeChat platformThe move by Apple comes as Chinese consumers increasingly turn to social media platforms such as WeChat and ByteDance's Douyin, the Chinese...
11 Jul, 2023, 11.29 AM IST
TikTok emerges as threat to Amazon with $20 billion shopping pilotFor the company, best known for viral dance challenges and owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd., TikTok Shop is its fastest-growing feature with...
05 Jul, 2023, 09.48 PM IST
YouTube to launch its first official shopping channel in South KoreaYouTube will launch its first official shopping channel for live commerce in South Korea on June 30, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesd...
21 Jun, 2023, 09.36 AM IST
YouTube to launch its first official shopping channel in South Korea - YonhapYouTube will launch its first official live commerce shopping channel in South Korea on June 30. It will be a 90-day project that will enab...
21 Jun, 2023, 09.33 AM IST
Meesho is building a livestreaming platform to counter Flipkart, MyntraMeesho, for its livestreaming platform, is looking to bring on board influencers, who will have access to sellers and companies while Meesh...
20 Dec, 2021, 06.59 AM IST
Alibaba spotlights social welfare in last hours of toned-down Singles' Day shopping festThe e-commerce giant has this year toned down the marketing hype amid ongoing regulatory tightening from Chinese authorities, saying its fo...
11 Nov, 2021, 10.52 PM IST
InMobi's Roposo pivots to live commerce from short videoUsers on the Roposo platform will now be able to discover products recommended by creators on live streams and shop from hundreds of creato...
13 Oct, 2021, 06.07 PM IST
Why open a store? Chinese merchants go live-streaming insteadThese days, shoppers are making their way back to once deserted malls and shops as China emerges from its long winter of coronavirus shutdo...
14 May, 2020, 02.53 PM IST