HANOI Amazon.com is entering Vietnam, where it is seeking to cater to a fast-rising middle class. But it will face logistical hurdles and many rivals. "Amazon is after Vietnam's 100 million market," said a local journalist covering the tech industry. The U.S. e-commerce group -- whose founder and CEO Jeff Bezos recently became the world's richest person on Forbes' list -- will partner with the Vietnam E-commerce Association of online merchants, also known as Vecom, in the Sou

By keeping abreast of the latest eCommerce technologies, UK’s biggest online retailers saw their sales spike by 23% last year. Ocado, ASOS, AO.com, Made.com, and Feelunique are just among those who made the list. Their revenues, which increased to £8.4 billion from £6.8 billion in the previous year, can be attributed to mobile commerce as online shoppers are increasingly making purchases with their smartphones, according to the new report of services firm RPC. Artificial int

eBay have taken the drastic step in Australia to ban fulfilment by third party retailers specifically citing Amazon as a company that they don’t want fulfilling Amazon parcels. The terms in this article are a bit confusing. What they (eBay) are really driving at is stopping DropShipping as opposed to RA/OA, but if you are a multi-channel retailer and using Amazon Logistics to help fulfil your eBay orders, you will have to get another 3PL just for your eBay orders. This is a b

Eagle-eyed Amazon merchants might have noticed an Amazon UK announcement in Seller Central on Thursday this week. It was a simple and short update but it’s rather significant Full Story via TameBay