Amazon stories
AliExpress boosts its UK Brand+ price promise, lifting per-item refunds to GBP £40 and monthly claim caps to GBP £160 on select goods.
Bitget expands Ondo tokenised stocks, ETFs and metals, adding 24/7 tradable US equities, index funds and gold-silver exposure to its spot market.
3DiVi charts a six-stage global face recognition lifecycle to 2026, showing regions split by regulation pace, infrastructure and politics.
Pattern appoints ex-Amazon eCommerce Specialist David Jennison as Europe MD to spearhead marketplace-driven growth and AI-powered expansion.
Amazon leads the concentrated global hyperscale data centre market, as the top 10 providers captured 46% of 2024 revenue.
OpenAI abandons in-chat checkout for ChatGPT, pivoting to web‑navigating shopping agents and referral-led partnerships with retailers.
IBM warns shadow AI, deepfakes and quantum threats will reshape cyber risk by 2026, as autonomous agents speed breaches and ransomware.
ShipStation rolls out expanded fulfilment, inventory and returns tools in Australia and New Zealand to unify eCommerce operations.
Elastic argues that in an AI-obsessed market, robust search across messy data is the real foundation of trustworthy, profitable experiences.
To help women thrive in tech, leaders must move beyond mentorship to active sponsorship, visibility and everyday acts of encouragement.
YouLend seals multi-year deal with Värde, which may buy up to USD $225 million of US receivables to back its embedded lending growth.
Australian retailers face rising insolvencies and online giants; those failing to harness delivery data risk becoming 2026's biggest losers.
Rising cross-border eCommerce returns and stricter marketplace refund rules are squeezing sellers' cashflow and heightening liquidity risk.
OpenAI's Instant Checkout retreat puts retailer sites back in focus, opening a data-led discovery window for fast-moving Australian brands.
YouLend opens a Berlin hub as its fastest-growing market powers EU expansion, after reporting FY24/25 revenue of EUR €230 million.
Australia races to expand data centres as AI demand soars, testing how far densification can go while still hitting net-zero ambitions.
Thrive Global AI reports USD $2.5m in early sales, secures USD $4.5m in bookings and launches a real-time analytics module for brands.
Spreetail launches BEx, a real-time performance hub giving brand partners live insight across marketplaces, ads, fulfilment and finance.
Homedics launches Bridge vibroacoustic cushion in UK, blending low-frequency sound and vibration for 20-minute daily wellbeing sessions.
Audible rolls out cheaper Standard tier in six countries, offering one audiobook and a curated library as subscribers trim digital spend.
