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  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
    US retail
    Amazon and Walmart go head-to-head in online discount battle

    Retail giants schedule duelling sales events as they fight for ecommerce supremacy

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  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
    US shoppers ditch Shein and Temu as Trump closes tax loophole

    Once ascendant online retailers are shifting focus to Europe as US-China trade dispute takes a heavy toll

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  • Thursday, 26 June, 2025
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    Coffee apps: they eliminate queues but will cost you your data

    Chains battle to ensure no one has to wait for their caffeine shot

  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
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    Brussels accuses AliExpress of breaking EU digital rules

    Regulators say Chinese online marketplace has failed to enforce penalty policy on traders that post illegal content

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  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
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    Shares of fintech Chime soar in market debut

    Payment group’s explosive start suggests IPO market is beginning to warm up

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  • Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
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    The online bazaar — turning old stuff into income

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  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
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    Walmart is supercharging revenue — but with fewer workers

    Growth in ecommerce and automation sparks questions about future of retail sector’s labour force

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  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
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    Walmart to raise prices despite US-China trade deal

    World’s biggest retailer reports rise in first-quarter sales in face of Trump’s tariffs

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  • Wednesday, 7 May, 2025
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    Uniqlo to Temu: Japan’s shoppers make a generational shift Premium content

    Chinese platforms have broken through barriers once considered impenetrable

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  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
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    Jeff Bezos to sell up to $4.75bn in Amazon stock

    Share sale disclosed after ecommerce giant warns of impact from Donald Trump’s global trade war

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  • Thursday, 1 May, 2025
    Amazon.com
    Amazon warns on trade war hit as profit outlook misses forecasts

    Ecommerce giant says ‘tariff and trade policies’ pose a risk to its earnings

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  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    White House lashes out at ‘hostile and political act by Amazon’

    Spat comes after report alleged tech giant was planning to display price increases caused by Trump’s tariffs

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  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
    Amazon.com
    Amazon pressures suppliers to cut prices to limit Trump tariff shock

    Trade war leads ecommerce group to seek steep discounts from sellers, particularly from China

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  • Tuesday, 22 April, 2025
    US retail
    Amazon and Walmart sellers hoard goods in Canada to wait out tariffs

    Third-party vendors are betting that White House will back down on steep China levies

    The Canadian stalling tactic takes advantage of tariff-exempt warehouses, tax reliefs and rebates
  • Tuesday, 22 April, 2025
    Indian business & finance
    India under tariff pressure to give Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart full market access

    Trade negotiators set to discuss level playing field for US ecommerce groups

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  • Sunday, 20 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    DHL suspends some parcel deliveries to US amid trade war

    German group is first major commercial logistics company to take action after new tariffs come into force

    A white truck is parked in front of a large stack of yellow DHL containers at a logistics centre. The containers are labelled with the DHL logo and the slogan “Excellence. Simply Delivered.”
  • Sunday, 20 April, 2025
    Chinese business & finance
    China tech groups lead multibillion-dollar campaign to help exporters sell at home

    Alibaba, JD.com and Tencent among those aiding switch to domestic sales in national movement influenced by Beijing

    Crowds of people walk along Nanjing East Road in Shanghai, China, beneath rows of Chinese flags
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    Temu and Shein slash US ad spending as trade war hits

    Chinese retailers’ retreat threatens Big Tech advertising revenues

    A promotional video showing someone using the Shein app on a mobile phone
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    EU trade
    EU warns over unsafe cosmetics imported from China

    Bloc registers steep rise in products purchased online not meeting safety standards

    Cosmetics on a table
  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    Special ReportFT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific
    Ecommerce start-up Meesho taps India’s second cities

    Focus on thrifty populations has put platform on a route to a stock market listing

    Two men wearing purple Meesho-branded polo shirts smile while standing in a modern office hallway
  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    US tripling of small-package duties delivers further blow to Shein and Temu

    Ecommerce platforms were already facing closure of duty-free loophole for parcels from China

    Aerial view of a Shein distribution center in Whitestown, Indiana, with the building displaying the company's logo prominently
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    Federal Trade Commission US
    US regulator backtracks on request to delay Amazon Prime trial

    Federal Trade Commission lawyer had initially cited ‘extremely severe’ resource shortfall before changing tack

    Amazon Prime logo on a delivery truck with windmill in background
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    LexDebenhams Group
    Debenhams is back, but it is still boo hoo to UK homegrown fast fashion Premium content

    Group is right to pin its fortunes to the storied British brand

    The Debenhams logo is seen on a smartphone in front of a Boohoo logo
  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
    FT GuidesSupply chains and logistics
    Amazon steps up use of robotics in warehouses

    Machines are used to pick, sort and pack online orders

    A robotic arm with a yellow body and multiple suction grips is handling a crumpled brown package inside an industrial warehouse
  • Sunday, 2 March, 2025
    News in-depthUS-China trade dispute
    China’s small exporters look for plan B as Trump quashes trade loophole

    Tax exemption that provides crucial lifeline to thousands of businesses set to disappear

    People visit a Temu booth at an apparel trade show in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province in December
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