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DeepSeek Deploys What It Calls Faster Version of Its Open-Source Model

China’s DeepSeek has unveiled what it calls a faster and leaner version of its artificial intelligence model. The company describes the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 model, announced Saturday (Oct. 17) as offering “[s]tronger benchmark performan

The latest granted patents have targeted these 3 types of products! Sellers must stay vigilant at all times!

Temu agrees to data privacy curbs to settle US lawsuit

Temu will pay US$3 million to the state as part of the settlement. The post Temu agrees to data privacy curbs to settle US lawsuit appeared first on Inside Retail Asia.

US retail sales growth masks uneven holiday demand

US retail sales growth hides underlying weakness in consumer demand as inflation boosts headline figures ahead of the holiday season. The post US retail sales growth masks uneven holiday demand appeared first on Retail Insight Network.

Regional Banks See Growth in Spite of Economic Gloom

Several of America’s regional banks posted robust third-quarter earnings last week amid strong commercial loan demand. And as Reuters reported Friday (Oct. 16), these earnings add to indications that the U.S. economy is still resilient even

Crypto Hardware Wallets Become New Entry Point for Hackers

Last week, cryptocurrency hardware wallet company Ledger said it was investigating a hack that drained $90 million from its devices. As Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Oct. 18), this reprsents the latest example of a vulnerability in what w

Indian Consumers Embrace Cash Ahead of New Instant Payment Fees

Indian consumers are reportedly increasing their cash usage ahead of new fees on the country’s popular digital payment system. Beginning next month, the United Payments Interface (UPI) system will apply a small fee on all transactions great

October 19 E-commerce Morning Report: Xiaohongshu Double 11 merchants' GMV rises up to 5 times; Amazon tightens NWD brand restricted sales

Global Food Prices Climbed 5.8 per Cent in September Despite Near-Record Grain Output

Disruptions to maritime trade and fertiliser supply chains pushed international food commodity prices up 1.5 per cent month-on-month in September.

Sellers, Check Yourselves Quickly! Another Peak-Season Hit Product Has Blown Up

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Sales surged significantly! Hunan ceramics seller breaks through with Amazon multi-site strategy

Breaking through for growth

Amazon's seller backend can manage multi-platform businesses such as Walmart, drawing attention to data usage

Many factories "have orders but struggle to make money"! Yet Aukey raked in 1.1 billion a year on this platform

Quite a few domestic home furnishing companies have already found a path to break through:

Google’s Indexing API Docs No Longer Explain How To Get Approval via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google removed the Indexing API approval form and steps from its docs. Default quotas are listed, but the pages don't say how to request more. The post Google’s Indexing API Docs No Longer Explain How To Get Approval appeared first on Searc

From 651 people to 4 people! Another veteran major factory in Shenzhen enters bankruptcy liquidation

Weekly major events roundup.

E-commerce Weekly Report: Double 11 Shopping Festival Kicks Off in Full Force; WeChat Launches Short Drama Platform; Three Sheep's Comeback Countdown

Luxury Shoppers Put Their Money Where Their Feet Are

A banana-shaped heel is an unusual place to look for evidence of consumer spending discipline. But in luxury retail, financial restraint can apparently come with very adventurous footwear. There’s growing interest in eccentric designer shoe

Overseas-expanding company Transsion Holdings listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with net profit up 46% year-on-year last year

Anker sold 63.62 million in a year! This new platform opens up to domestic entities for onboarding

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New York Fed Finds Surging Costs Turn Executive Outlook Negative

Service sector firms in New York State and nearby areas became pessimistic about the business outlook in early October, for the first time since December 2025, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in its October “Business Leaders Surve

Acorns Acquires Frich to Scale Financial Education

Acorns has expanded its financial education community by acquiring Frich, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 14) press release. Frich is a community where young Americans learn about money from each other, while Acorns is a financial wel

Marqeta and Coinbase Take Stablecoin Spending Mainstream

Marqeta’s enterprise customers can now offer stablecoin-backed cards powered by Coinbase, the companies said in a Friday (Oct. 16) press release. This offering is enabled by a new collaboration that integrates Marqeta’s card issuing platfor

Upgrade’s Bank Ambitions Show How FinTech Growth Expands Choices

As FinTechs scale, they bring banks more deposits, loans, transactions and fees while gaining more choice over which institutions provide the funding and infrastructure behind them. Upgrade facilitated more than $53 billion in credit throug

Federal Judge Denies Gemini and CFTC Bid to Erase 2025 Settlement

A federal judge refused to overturn a $5 million settlement that cryptocurrency exchange Gemini reached with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in January 2025 and has already paid, CoinDesk reported Friday (Oct. 16). The CFTC has sin