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UK cleaning products company Eco 360 joins Temu, surpassing 3,000 sales within eight weeks of launch

2026 Amazon UK Prime Big Deal Days: Third-party seller growth reaches twice that of Amazon's own retail

The e-commerce dividend is receding! These categories in Russia are booming in concentration

An overview of high-potential tracks and seasonal hit products in the Russian market.

A matter of taste: Why consumers are buying more than just products

As AI makes creative work easier to produce, a distinctive human point of view is becoming a brand's most valuable asset. The post A matter of taste: Why consumers are buying more than just products appeared first on Inside Retail Asia.

Enova Tops $1 Billion Quarterly Revenue as Online Lending Surges

Online lender Enova saw its revenue exceed $1 billion during a quarter for the first time in its history in the third quarter, with strong growth across its portfolio, CEO Steve Cunningham said Thursday (Oct. 22) during an earnings call. “W

Severe product shortage! This new market at the "Taobao 1.0 stage" is desperately calling for Chinese sellers

The market is short of products, and the opportunity is huge.

New incremental blue ocean! This platform is competing for high-quality Chinese sellers

New sellers can enjoy up to $75,000 in onboarding support

Global renowned brand Dyson files a case! This battery pack's appearance is protected by a patent!

By "signing up for every campaign they see," this home goods seller achieved monthly sales of 300,000 and a 30% profit margin on eMAG

Tax loophole fears cloud UK marketplace VAT reform

UK retailers warn that proposed marketplace VAT exemptions could weaken tax enforcement and reduce funding for business rates relief. The post Tax loophole fears cloud UK marketplace VAT reform appeared first on Retail Insight Network.

OpenAI Aims to Lock In $30 Billion Funding Round by Next Week

OpenAI is close to finalizing a funding round in which it could raise as much as $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation, CNBC reported Thursday (Oct. 22), citing unnamed sources. OpenAI told investors Thursday that it aims to s

FTC Data Shows Investment Scams Fuel Fivefold Surge in Seniors’ Fraud Losses

Fraud losses reported by older adults increased fivefold between 2020 and 2025, leaping from $600 million to $3 billion, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Monday (Oct. 19). The FTC shared this data in a press release outlining finding

Uber Deploys OpenAI Agents to All 30,000 Employees

Uber has made OpenAI’s ChatGPT Work available to all its 30,000 employees around the world after initially piloting it with 1,000 employees, OpenAI said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. ChatGPT Work is an agent designed to take on com

Credit Card Delinquencies Creep Up to 2.6% Among Major Issuers

Credit card delinquencies crept up in September, while net charge-offs declined, according to the latest edition of Seeking Alpha’s Credit Pulse, released Thursday (Oct. 22). This report tracks monthly delinquency and charge-off rates at se

Nvidia and Reflection Make Open Models Enterprise-Ready

Chinese labs have led the open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) race for most of the year. This week, the U.S. stacked up its own entries, with Nvidia and Reflection releasing models built for enterprise work. DeepSeek and MiniMax respon

American Airlines Says Loyalty Program Drives Revenues and Margins

American Airlines’ loyalty program, AAdvantage, differentiates the company from its rivals and provides a competitive advantage, executives said Thursday (Oct. 22) during a third-quarter earnings call. “We said we’d lead in loyalty, and we

Bitcoin-Backed Loans Add Debt to Leveraged Crypto Trading

Bitcoin holders borrowing to finance leveraged trading retain their original investment and take on another source of exposure. Their coins continue to fluctuate, the financed position produces its own gains or losses, and the dollar loan r

Best Platforms for Custom Team Apparel and Group Orders

Compare the best platforms for custom team apparel and group orders, with Fourthwall ranked first. Find the right fit for team stores, payments, and delivery.… Continue reading Best Platforms for Custom Team Apparel and Group Orders The pos

Procter & Gamble Sees Resilient Consumer Demand Despite Higher Commodity Costs

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) company Procter & Gamble expects the costs of raw materials, energy and transportation to be higher throughout its fiscal year 2027, the firm said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release outlining its results for

FinTechs Face Tough Licensing Choices as They Outgrow Early Setups

Launching a FinTech often starts with a simple plan. Get the right state licenses, team up with a bank and start moving money. But success brings a new problem. Once a company adds overseas customers, large business clients or cryptocurrenc

David’s Bridal Plans to Spin Off Pearl in $350 Million SPAC Deal

David’s Bridal plans to separate its Pearl division, with Pearl becoming an independent public company offering a digital wedding planning, media and commerce platform, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. To enable this

Coast Secures $35 Million to Expand Financial Platform for Physical Economy

Financial technology firm Coast announced in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release that it has raised $35 million in a new growth equity funding round to expand its payment and expense management platform built for physical economy businesses.

Discover a merchant's retail stores with UCP location search and lookup

Shopify storefronts now support the UCP location capability, dev.ucp.common.location.search and dev.ucp.common.location.lookup, starting with UCP 2026-08-25. When you negotiate these capabilities over the storefront MCP endpoint, your agent

Cloudflare Reports Millions of Exploit Attempts After PHP Flaws Disclosed

Cloudflare reported millions of attempts to exploit newly disclosed vulnerabilities in PHP, or Hypertext Preprocessor, as companies and governments raced to secure websites and online services built on the widely used programming language.