9 Best Articles in 2022
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A Look at the Past 20 Years of China’s E-Commerce Industry
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From 2019 · The leaps and bounds of China’s e-commerce industry since the beginning of the 21st century introduced a new shopping experience to Chinese consumers while fundamentally changing the country’s entire business environment. Caijing magazine reporters He Xiaoqing and Ye Nan trace the overall development of the Chinese e-commerce industry but also dig deeper – for example, by analyzing innovative business models.
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How E-Commerce Is Driving Technological Innovation in Manufacturing
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From 2019 · China’s e-commerce platforms are eager to expand into manufacturing. In their efforts to work more closely with factories, NetEase, Pinduoduo and Alibaba have adopted different approaches, which this article from tech media platform Huxiu.com compares, detailing successes, failures, and ongoing challenges. Anyone interested in digital collaborations and the expanding reach of the tentacles of Chinese internet companies will find this report informative.
Summary · Shared by 3, including getAbstract
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E-Commerce is a Bear — Medium
medium.com
~11 min read · From 2015 · In two decades of e-commerce in the US, we have produced only two standalone e-commerce companies of meaningful enterprise value: Amazon…
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The Wall Street Journal
How Amazon Wins: By Steamrolling Rivals and Partners
The Wall Street Journal
~16 min read · 2020-12-22 · CEO Jeff Bezos still runs the e-commerce giant with the drive of a startup trying to survive. That strand of its corporate DNA is becoming a liability, as its tactics to dominate nearly every…
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Marker by Medium
The Real Reason It’s So Hard to Order Groceries Online Right Now
Marker by Medium
8 min read · From 2020 · Turns out online grocery shopping was not built like the rest of e-commerce
Reader View · Shared by 106, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, mike hirshland, Scott Monty, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao
baymard.com
The Current State of Checkout UX (18 Common Pitfalls)
baymard.com
20+ min read · From 2020 · After e-commerce sites have invested vast resources in “first in mind” strategies, Pay Per Click campaigns, beautifully crafted homepage imagery, perfect category taxonomies, faceted search logic,…
Reader View · Shared by 122, including Marius Bleuer, Chris Heilmann, Davy De Pauw, Oliver Raduner, CSS Weekly, Stéphanie Walter, Christian P. Stobbe, James Young 🇺🇦, tcherno
CB Insights
6 Trends Rising E-Commerce Players Are Leveraging To Compete Against Amazon
CB Insights
~13 min read · 2021-03-24 · Amazon is the most formidable force in e-commerce. Here's how emerging e-commerce players are protecting their businesses from being disrupted by the retail giant.
The New York Times
Amazon’s Great Labor Awakening
The New York Times
20+ min read · 2021-02-18 · Covid-19 has cemented the e-commerce giant’s hold on the economy — but it has also spurred employees all around the country to organize.
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Quartz
What does Amazon do? A guide to understanding the e-commerce giant — Quartz
Quartz
~12 min read · From 2017 · To call Amazon an e-commerce company feels completely inadequate.
Reader View · Shared by 40, including Gerd Leonhard, Noel Jacob
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Rest of World
How online shopping works on the world’s most remote islands
Rest of World
~16 min read · Mar 29th · E-commerce giants don’t reliably deliver to the remote islands of French Polynesia, so locals made their own online shopping service.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 139, including Adrian Swinscoe, David Papandrew, Colin Wright, Walter Hickey, Karen K. Ho, Merkstatt
tubefilter.com
Shopify's latest acquisition dovetails into its ambitions in the creator economy
tubefilter.com
1 min read · Apr 12th · Shopify is making a big move in the creator economy. The e-commerce platform, which has been around for nearly two decades, has acquired Dovetale, which E-commerce platform Shopify will soup up its…
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CNBC
This 35-year-old turned her side hustle into a $141 million company—here's the 5-step business plan she used
CNBC
3 min read · May 4th · In 2014, Tori Gerbig quit her $35,000-per-year job to grow her e-commerce side hustle, Pink Lily. Today, she runs the $141 million company full-time with her husband. The 35-year-old entrepreneur…
Morning Brew ☕️
E-commerce is flatlining in the first quarter
Morning Brew ☕️
1 min read · May 9th · Online sales are dwindling and customers are returning to physical stores.
Reader View · Shared by 105
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The New Yorker
How E-Commerce Is Transforming Rural China
The New Yorker
20+ min read · From 2018 · JD.com is expanding its consumer base with drone delivery and local recruits who can exploit villages’ tight-knit social networks to drum up business.
Reader View · Shared by 105, including Anthony Hamelle, Thomas Pleil, mdy, Klaus Eck, Stephanie A Kowalski, Ward Plunet
TechCrunch
TikTok invests in social commerce via new Shopify partnership
TechCrunch
5 min read · 2020-10-27 · TikTok is further investing in social commerce with today’s announcement of a new global partnership with e-commerce platform Shopify. The deal aims to make it easier for Shopify’s over 1 million…
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Smashing Magazine 🇺🇦
Infinite Scrolling, Pagination Or “Load More” Buttons? Usability Findings In eCommerce
Smashing Magazine 🇺🇦
20+ min read · From 2016 · What is the best UX pattern to display products on an e-commerce website: pagination, a “Load more” button or infinite scrolling? An eCommerce UX study.
Reader View · Shared by 292, including Chris Messina, Rodrigo Prior, Matthias Sala, Fabricio Teixeira, Luzius Meisser, Stephanie A Kowalski, Alligator.io 🐊, René Clausen Nielsen, Jonas Kamber, Ryan Boren, Casey Smith, Charlie Oliver, Helmi, David Hellmann, Kunal Bhatia (in NYC till 5/22), Florian Hanke 🍎, Courtney Bolton ★, Mark Kaigwa, Dominik Grolimund, Matthias Lampe
Guardian Tech
Shopify – the good shop to Amazon's bad shop
Guardian Tech
8 min read · 2020-06-14 · Shopify is the second-largest e-commerce platform in the US, yet remains anonymous. Will its new app change all that?
Reader View · Shared by 66, including Christian Surchi, Jason Fried, Vikram Dutt, Vladimer Botsvadze, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
McKinsey & Company
The future of work after COVID-19
McKinsey & Company
~11 min read · 2021-02-18 · The pandemic accelerated existing trends in remote work, e-commerce, and automation, with up to 25% more workers than previously estimated potentially needing to switch occupations.
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The Economist
Why retailers everywhere should look to China
The Economist
4 min read · 2020-12-30 · That is where they will see the future of e-commerce
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Digital Psychology
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From 2018 · A free library of psychological principles and examples to elevate your SaaS, e-commerce or other digital products.
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baymard.com
The Current State of Mobile UX (18 Common Pitfalls)
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9 min read · 2021-04-08 · Our latest benchmark of Mobile UX reveals that 52% of e-commerce sites still have severe mobile UX issues — leading to users abandoning their mobile shopping experience. Here are 18 common Mobile UX…
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Stackline's News and Insights — Top 100 Fastest Growing & Declining Categories in E-commerce
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1 min read · From 2020 · A recap of the Top 100 fastest growing & declining categories in March 2020 vs. March 2019
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