E-commerce

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  Alibaba's Cloud and mobile business soar, but total revenue disappoints

  Alibaba Group's Cloud computing and mobile business are surging, but its reported revenue in the second quarter missed analysts' estimates, amid a slowing Chinese economy.

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  Alibaba upgrades anti-counterfeiting system following complaints

  Amid complaints that the e-commerce company does little to fight fake goods, China's Alibaba Group is giving foreign vendors a direct line to report any counterfeit products spotted on its retail sites.

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  Food delivery startup Sprig to turn driver contractors into employees

  Sprig, a startup whose mobile app lets users order food and have it delivered, is changing the status of its delivery drivers from contractors to employees.

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  Samsung adds payments to its smart TVs

  Samsung Electronics is stepping up its payments push with the launch of a payment service that lets users buy content on some of its newer smart TVs.

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  Yahoo picks up fashion commerce site Polyvore

  Marissa Mayer knows fashion, and she's bringing more of it to Yahoo with her latest acquisition announced Friday.

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  10 UX best practices for ecommerce success

  Experts in user experience and ecommerce share their top tips for how to get consumers to enjoy, stay and buy on your website.

• Could Bitcoin's frothy venture funding dry up?

  Bitcoin: What is it, really? A digital currency? An investment? An Xbox game? For many people it's not clear, but that hasn't stopped venture capitalists from going gaga over it.

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  Here's why Amazon drones may never land at your door

  Amazon's ambitious plan to use flying drones to deliver packages is far-fetched, but not just because of technology limitations or air traffic regulations. Amazon's fulfillment center network, as it stands now, is too limited to serve even a tiny fra...

• Google's antitrust settlement means few changes

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust settlement with Google will create few changes in the way the company operates, both critics and fans of the deal said.

• Minding Online Store a Case of 'Not My Job'

  Last month, a federal judge ruled that eBay had fulfilled its obligations to investigate and control users who were trying to use its Web site to sell counterfeit Tiffany goods -- a decision that put the onus on Tiffany to monitor eBay's site itself.

Whitepapers about e-commerce

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