@mlncn@social.coophttps://jensorensen.com/2026/07/29/more-e-commerce-chaos/
…reminds me that the legal right a corporation has to a brand is rationalized by the claim that it helps people make informed purchasing decisions. There is rarely much connection between the name on the box and …
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot➡️ Automated systems just don't work for e-commerce/services ⬅️
I get *conflicting* automated notifications from the seller and the courier.
I get *completely incorrect* notifications from the local pharmacy (this has been happening for a year and they don't know how to fix it)
I sometimes get *completely incorrect* notifications from the Royal Mail about pick-ups or deliveries.
It now takes MUCH longer to deal with customer service issues.
@jerome@jasette.facil.servicesGlobal-E acquires Passport
#passport
@me@mastodon.peterjanes.caIn the wake of CEO Tobi Lutke endorsing an electoral system in which votes are allocated based on how much income tax you pay, e-commerce platform Shopify has announced that customers can put in promo code PLUTOCRACY for 10% off any order on any store that uses the platform.
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialIndia eases foreign investment rules for e-commerce companies, a win for Amazon, which lobbied to buy goods directly from Indian sellers and sell them overseas (Aditya Kalra/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-relaxe…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itI no longer understand (e)commerce.
I need a replacement bathtub knob thingy (technically a "trip lever overflow plate"). I checked the usual places - Amazon, Lowes, Home Depot, etc - and they were typically around $10-$20. I looked on Ebay and found one (new!) for $5, including shipping. The same exact knob is $12 on Home Depot.
I order it. Two days later, it arrives - drop-shipped from Home Depot, in a Home Depot box. I saved more than 50% by not ordering directly fro…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialeBay and several ex-executives agree to pay a $56M settlement to resolve a 2021 civil case involving the 2019 stalking and harassment of two e-commerce bloggers (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/ebay-blogger-harassment-stalking-steiner.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAtlanta-based e-commerce logistics company Stord raised $250M led by Strike at a $3B valuation, up from $1.5B after a $200M Series E announced in May 2025 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/amazon-fulfillment-competito…
@tokensane@mastodon.me.ukAnthropic told America’s Congress that Alibaba had been responsible for the “largest campaign to illicitly extract Claude’s capabilities” ever. It accused the Chinese e-commerce giant of generating almost 29m exchanges with its AI model... (from The Economist)
Someone should tell them that sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander.
More generally this is good news. It shows how locking up AI data in proprietary models is a losing game.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialeBay and several ex-executives agree to pay a $56M settlement to resolve a 2021 civil case involving the 2019 stalking and harassment of two e-commerce bloggers (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/ebay-blogger-harassment-stalking-steiner.html
@benny@norden.socialSEO-Contest 2026 läuft. Mein Beitrag heißt Serponado. Ein erfundenes Wort, eine Entität von Grund auf gebaut: reines HTML, volles Schema, Definition zuerst. Mal sehen, wie weit eine sauber gebaute Entität ein neues Wort trägt. https://serponado.org/
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Facebook is a hub for illegal wildlife trade, and that’s by design, report says"
#Facebook #SocialMedia #Animals
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUkraine ratchets up its attacks on warehouses of Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries, signaling a new phase in the war as it seeks to hamper Russia's economy (Sam Meredith/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/23/ukraine-russia-war-wildberries-drones-amazo…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialFacebook is a hub for illegal wildlife trade, and that’s by design, report says https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/facebook-is-a-hub-for-illegal-wildlife-trade-and-thats-by-design-report-says/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSea reports Q1 revenue up 47% YoY to $7.1B and net income up 6% YoY to $428M, both above est., after warding off rivals in Southeast Asia's e-commerce market (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon says its business sales unit, Amazon Business, reached $60B in annualized gross sales in Q2, up ~71% from 2023, and serves 11M organizations worldwide (Matt Day/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLondon-based Primer, which helps e-commerce merchants connect and manage multiple payment providers, raised a $100M Series C led by Sofina (Damisola Sulaiman/Sifted)
https://sifted.eu/articles/primer-raises-100m-series-c/
@arXiv_csGT_bot@mastoxiv.pageReplaced article(s) found for cs.GT. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.GT/new
[1/1]:
- Best-of-Both-Worlds Fairness of the Envy-Cycle-Elimination Algorithm
Jugal Garg, Eklavya Sharma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08986 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csGT_bot/113304502509503455
- Deterministic-Allocation and Anonymous Joint Advertising in E-commerce Platforms
Zhen Zhang, Luowen Liu, Wanzhi Zhang, Zitian Guo, Kun Huang, Qi Qi, Qianlong Xie, Xingxing Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02435 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csGT_bot/114623889823025585
- Chance-Constrained Correlated Equilibria for Robust Noncooperative Coordination
Jaehan Im, Ufuk Topcu, David Fridovich-Keil
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.14141 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csGT_bot/116243473506703974
- The Stability of Online Algorithms in Performative Prediction
Gabriele Farina, Juan Carlos Perdomo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.24207 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_bot/116159080059392879
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@smurthys@hachyderm.ioOrdered cashews but received psyllium husk. Don't know what the world is trying to tell us. 😟
#worry #e_commerce #life
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow eBay CEO Jamie Iannone transformed the company, refocusing on power buyers in categories with especially high resale demand like trading cards and sneakers (Kim Bhasin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/business/ebay-gamestop-auction-turn…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAlibaba stock fell ~6.5% and JD.com fell ~6% after China reprimanded e-commerce players over alleged false advertising during the "618" annual shopping festival (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMeta plans to expand the use of off-platform data, such as e-commerce purchases, from serving ads to personalize content feeds and AI responses (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/946744/meta-website-activity-personalize-feeds
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnalysis: China's low-cost ecommerce exports fell 10.9% YoY in April to $9.81B, the fifth straight monthly decline, amid surging fuel costs and weakening demand (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-tra
@Techmeme@techhub.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialMercadoLibre reports Q1 revenue up 49% YoY to $8.8B, vs. $8.4B est., and net income down 16% to $417M, vs. $433M est.; MELI drops 5% after hours (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/mercadolibre-re…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCoupang reports Q1 revenue up 8% YoY to $8.5B and a net loss of $266M following a 2025 Korean customer data breach, its largest loss since Q4 2021 (The Korea Herald)
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10731616
