Why warehouses are Asia’s new hot property

They are not glamorous, there are no chandeliers or luxury furnishings, yet warehouses are hot property…

TikTok jumps on online shopping bandwagon

The social media platform TikTok is making a big push into shopping. Read more at https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59563238

Singles Day: Alibaba’s annual event sees slowest ever sales growth

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s Singles Day is known for being the world’s biggest online shopping extravaganza.…

Klarna to offer pay now option ahead of crackdown

Buy now, pay later firm Klarna is planning changes ahead of an expected Treasury crackdown on…

Young people have a popular pandemic pastime: Filling, then abandoning, e-commerce shopping carts

Read more at https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/28/pandemic-window-shopping-abandoning-e-commerce-shopping-carts.html

Mastercard to push up fees for UK purchases from EU

Credit card giant Mastercard is to raise the fees it charges EU merchants when UK cardholders…

Royal Mail delays blamed on ‘exceptional’ volumes of post

Royal Mail has acknowledged delays to its deliveries amid “exceptionally high volumes” of post and anti-Covid…