Welcome to this week’s edition of eFocus, RepricerExpress’ weekly look at the top ecommerce stories and latest Amazon news from around the Web. This week’s round-up includes, Amazon opens a shop on Tmall, Play.com to close in March, the launch of the Apple Watch, Google opens a store in London and online shoppers want greater flexibility when shopping online.
Amazon opens store on Alibaba’s online marketplace Tmall: Reuters reveals that Amazon has opened a store on Alibaba-owned Tmall, in an attempt to expand its Chinese presence. Tmall offers brands such as Adidas and Nike a virtual store front to sell their goods to Chinese shoppers. Amazon is currently selling imported food, shoes, toys and kitchenware. Continue reading…
Play.com to shut down on 24th March 2015: Chris Dawson at Tamebay reveals that Rakuten.co.uk will fully take over from Play.com on the 24th of March. Merchants will have full access to their Play.com accounts until the 1st July to fulfil any remaining orders, process refunds and handle outstanding customer queries. Continue reading…
Apple Watch event, as it happened: Rhiannon Williams at The Telegraph takes a look back at this week’s Apple event, where Apples’ CEO Tim Cook confirmed the price, battery life, release date and apps of the Apple Watch. Continue reading…
Google opens its first ever store in London: Arjun Kharpal at CNBC reports that Google has opened a store in London Google has opened its first ever store in London selling Android phone, Chromecase and other devices such as wearables. The Google Shop will be based in Curry’s PC World on Tottenham Court Road. Continue reading…
Online shoppers want flexibility when shopping online: Aleksandra Ozimek at Evigo reports on a new global study that reveals online shoppers want more flexibility when shopping online. Shoppers want to be able to shop on multiple channels and devices, get different payment and delivery options, and be able to make easy returns. Continue reading…
