Consumer spend in the U.S. for the first day of Amazon Prime Day recorded 11.7% year-on-year growth according to data by Adobe Analytics. This year, Amazon is holding its Prime Day event this week across many regions. Adobe’s report noted that consumers spent $7.2 billion on the first day as compared to $6.4 billion on […]
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A TikTok glitch seems to be allowing some teens access to the TikTok Shop tab, despite the e-commerce offering supposedly being restricted to users who are 18 and older, per TikTok’s policy. The issue occurs when a teen originally lies about their age when signing up for TikTok, by entering in a date of birth that
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Amazon’s AI-powered shopping assistant, named “Rufus,” is now live for all U.S. customers in the Amazon mobile app, the retailer announced on Friday. The assistant, which lives on the bottom right of the app’s main navigation bar, is designed to offer customers help with finding products, performing product comparisons, and getting recommendations on what to
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The European Union has designated adult content website XNXX as subject to the strictest level of content regulation under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA) after it notified the bloc it had passed the usage threshold of more than 45 million regional average monthly users. It’s the fourth porn site to be named a very
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Etsy has been grappling with an influx of generic “junk” and AI-generated products on its platform. The service revised its seller policy on Tuesday, introducing new labels that clarify whether a seller made, designed, sourced or handpicked an item. This marks the first time it has dealt directly with artificial intelligence in its seller policy,
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Berlin-based food delivery giant Delivery Hero has warned investors it may “ultimately” face an antitrust fine of up to €400 million. The development, reported earlier by Reuters, follows unannounced raids by European Union authorities on the offices of Delivery Hero and its Spanish subsidiary Glovo back in November 2023 and July 2022. The EU did
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In its latest step targeting a major marketplace, the European Commission sent Amazon another request for information (RFI) Friday in relation to its compliance under the bloc’s rulebook for digital services. The development highlights areas where EU enforcers are dialling up their scrutiny of the ecommerce giant, with the bloc asking for more info about
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Afloat, a gift delivery app that lets you shop from local stores and have gifts delivered to a loved one on the same day, is now available across the U.S. The startup announced on Monday that it is rolling out its service nationwide after previously only being available in select cities, including Atlanta, Dallas, Charleston, Fort
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TikTok is gearing up to challenge Amazon’s Prime Day event in July. The social network announced on Thursday that TikTok Shop is holding a “Deals For You Days” sales event in the U.S. starting on July 9. The announcement comes a few days after Amazon revealed that its annual Prime Day sales will take place
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Amazon is facing another competition lawsuit in the U.K. The latest claim, which was filed Thursday, is seeking more than £2.7 billion in damages — or around $3.4 billion at current exchange rates — before the U.K.’s Competition Appeals Tribunal. The case is being brought by Andreas Stephan, a professor of competition law at the
