My friend and I pooled $10,000 to start an e-commerce company. After months of brainstorming products, we chose pickleball paddles.
To select a profitable product to sell on Amazon, my cofounder and I talked to experts and used data from Helium 10.
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Trishul Chilimbi is building special AI models for shopping and e-commerce
He led a team of Amazon scientists that created Rufus, a new AI-powered shopping assistant.
Mikhail Parakhin recently moved from Microsoft to lead Shopify's engineering and data organizations
Before joining Shopify earlier this year, he helped build AI-powered services such as Bing Chat and Copilot at Microsoft.
I started an e-commerce business with $5,000 up front after writing about financially independent Amazon sellers. Here's how I doubled my budget.
How hard is it really to launch an e-commerce business? I decided to find out for myself.
TikTok is starting to help creators manufacture their own products
TikTok has begun connecting manufacturers directly with creators to make custom goods to sell on Shop, as the company looks to drive up sales.
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At TikTok's first big e-commerce summit, it doubled down on live shopping and learnings from China
TikTok hosted its first US summit for e-commerce agency partners, where it focused on livestream selling and pulling tips from Asia.
Starbucks' mobile orders are a challenge for its new CEO
Starbucks' mobile orders are a challenge for the coffee chain, some store employees said, as its new CEO pushes for people to hang out more in-store.
DoorDash is trying a new way of making deliveries — and it doesn't involve gig workers
DoorDash is using W2 employees to make some deliveries in Austin, Texas, and Fresno, California. That's a big shift from using gig workers.
Cavela is using AI to automate manufacturing and e-commerce. Here's how the startup raised $2 million without using a pitch deck.
Cavela, an AI startup, raised $2M in seed funding without a pitch deck to apply generative AI technology to global manufacturing.
Most DoorDash gig workers spend a surprisingly short time doing the job
DoorDash's gig workers are mostly women, millennial, and spend an average of less than four hours a week making deliveries on the app.
Ordering delivery has gotten wildly expensive
The cost of delivery from Uber Eats, DoorDash, and other services is high for many diners. But the companies say demand is still strong.
A Starbucks worker of nearly 20 years says the chain has gone from 'quirky coffee shop' to 'soulless fast-food empire'
A Starbucks store worker said his experience hasn't been as good since former CEO Howard Schultz left. His store has also faced staffing shortages.
Dozens of angry Chinese suppliers swarmed Temu's office, saying they're tired of giving Westerners refunds without returns
Small merchants in China have been holding rallies this month to protest Temu's fines and refund policies, as multiple outlets reported.
TikTok is hell-bent on growing Shop, but its viral spurts could be hiding a key weakness
TikTok is doubling down on e-commerce, despite mixed results for its Shop product in the first half of 2024.
Shein and Temu use a US tax loophole to keep their prices low. Now, some American brands are, too.
Shein and Temu have attracted criticism for their use of Section 321 shipments. But, American brands have used it to cut costs as well.
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Chinese retail giants tried to juice spending with iPhone and Lululemon discounts in an annual shopping bonanza
618 is seen as a key indicator of China's general retail temperature — and early results were not promising.
AI e-commerce startup Constructor lands $25 million Series B led by Sapphire Ventures without actively fundraising. See the deck it used.
Constructor has raised $25 million to continue building its AI-driven search tech for large retailers.
Shein wants to sell the supply-chain tech it used to disrupt online shopping. Retail experts say brands may have concerns.
Shein is looking to monetize its supply-chain technology, a move that could boost revenue but may encounter resistance from brands, retail experts say.
Shopify COO says in leaked memo that the Shopify Plus brand has 'outlived its usefulness' and will no longer be used
Shopify will no longer refer to Shopify Plus as a brand, though merchants can still sign up for Shopify Plus plans.
Three gig workers explain how they got deactivated on apps from Doordash to Walmart's Spark
These delivery workers for Walmart Spark, Instacart, and DoorDash have been deactivated for bizarre reasons — or no reason at all, they say.