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Amazon launches in Singapore with massive 100,000 sq ft Prime Now warehouse
Take my moneyImage: victoria ho/mashable After years of preparation, Amazon has finally launched its same-day Prime Now delivery service in Singapore. The service brings two-hour, and even one-hour deliveries, for tens of thousands of household items, from eggs and cold beer to diapers and detergent. SEE ALSO: Amazon Prime Day: Amazons not-so-secret plan to rule the retail world To achieve the rapid delivery times, Amazon’s opened its largest Prime Now warehouse to date, at 100,000 square feet of space near the Jurong district. Image: VICTORIA HO/MASHABLE
Stripe strikes a deal with two of China’s biggest mobile payments players
Alipay and WeChat Pay are coming to Stripe.Image: Getty Images/Mashable Composite Online payments firm Stripe has struck a deal with two of China’s biggest mobile payments providers, effectively opening its clients to a huge, new market. Stripe will now allow the hundreds of millions of users on Alipay and WeChat to pay on its platform. With this deal, retailers who use Stripe to process payments will now be able to welcome Chinese shoppers onboard the majority of whom use the two Chinese platforms when they shop online. Far fewer use credit cards. SEE ALSO: China’s answer to PayPal is coming […]
You can now buy Nikes on Instagram
Buy Nikes on Instagram.Image: Camp/Epa/REX/Shutterstock You can already buy Nikes on Amazon or using AR. But soon, you may be able to buy them on Instagram too. Nike plans to “seamlessly” offer its sneakers to customers on Instagram, the company said this week. SEE ALSO: The unique thrill of vintage shopping on Instagram Right now, details are unclear of exactly how Nike will use the app to sell shoes, but the new commitment positions the sneaker brand as one of the first major companies to invest its resources in Instagram as a way to sell products directly to consumers. Most […]
Walmart and Amazon are battling for retail’s future. Is anyone else in the running?
Image: Getty Images How do you compete with Amazon and Walmart? That’s the question ringing in the ears of everyone who works in U.S. retail. Amazon’s blockbuster $13.7 billion deal to buy Whole Foods solidified the notion that the retail giant is not content to just dominate ecommerceit’s coming for your real-world stores too. Walmart is attacking from the other direction. Already established as the dominant U.S. store with more than 11,000 locations, it is now on a buying spree to establish itself as an ecommerce player. Everyone else faces a very tough way forward. Many department stores and clothing […]
Amazon’s Prime Wardrobe makes a play against all those at-home shopping subscription boxes
Stich Fix, Fabletics, Trunk Club … watch out. Amazon just took aim at all those at-home try-on shopping subscription servicesand every other e-commerce sitewith Prime Wardrobe. Prime Wardrobe is Amazon’s entry into the apparel box space. The “fitting room that fits into your life” allows you to choose a bunch of clothes and accessories on Amazon to try on at home. Amazon will send you all those items for free, and then you only pay for the items you keep. SEE ALSO: Walmart is definitely buying Bonobos for $310 million “You have the freedom to try new styles, and there’s […]