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Dubai CommerCity is launching a new startup incubation program with NQuBator to support high-potential entrepreneurs and emerging digital commerce companies. The…
China’s live commerce market reached a size of approximately $900 billion in 2025, approaching the scale of the total e-commerce market in the United States. According…
The e-commerce market in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continued to grow in the first half of 2026 despite a broader contraction across the Gulf region. As consumers…
Two logistics centers belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest e-commerce platform, were targeted in drone attacks carried out by Ukraine. Major fires broke out at the…
The United Arab Emirates has launched the nationwide distribution process for Jaywan, the country’s first national payment card system. The cards, which will be…
A major fire that broke out at a logistics center in Incheon belonging to South Korean e-commerce company Coupang was brought under control after more than 61 hours of…
The European Commission fined AliExpress €550 million on the grounds that it failed to adequately assess and mitigate the risks related to the sale of illegal, unsafe,…
Two major e-commerce warehouses belonging to Wildberries, one of Russia’s largest online retailers, were targeted in drone attacks carried out by Ukraine. Eight people…
Styli, the digital fashion platform backed by Landmark Group, is becoming one of the most remarkable players in the rising e-commerce ecosystem of the Gulf Region.…
Rakuten France, one of the long-established platforms in the French e-commerce market, will permanently cease operations at the end of 2026 after sales negotiations…
The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has launched an e-commerce council to bring the country’s rapidly growing digital commerce sector together under a…
The “Illicit Trade Report 2025” published by the World Customs Organization revealed that cross-border movements of illicit goods are increasingly shifting toward…
Sürat Kargo, which has structured its operational processes end to end through digital transformation investments, increased its transaction volume by 20 percent in the…
The European Central Bank’s Consumer Expectations Survey, conducted in April 2026, revealed that more than half of consumers in the euro area had made at least one…
Kazakhstan-based technology and e-commerce company Kaspi.kz announced that it has completed the acquisition of fully licensed Rabobank A.Ş., which operates in Türkiye.…
Boston Dynamics is testing its four-legged robot Spot for use in the final 50-foot stretch between the delivery vehicle and the customer’s door, one of the most…
Amazon Leo, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite internet network, has signed an agreement with Herotel to connect households and small businesses in rural areas of South…
By Muhammet Emin Kantarci | CEO, Podbul Inc. Imagine an e-commerce business model where you don’t need to hold inventory, you don’t deal with 3PL warehousing, shipping,…
WORLDEF Prime Antalya 2026 will bring together leading representatives of the e-commerce, retail, and modern commerce ecosystem at Kremlin Palace Antalya on 8–10…
By Aytaç Akıncı | Founder & CEO, Ship to More Digital Transformation in E-Export – We are all experiencing, with great excitement, the new golden age of global trade…
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