E-Commerce

HP settles fake discount lawsuit for just $4M. Don’t expect much of a payout

When it comes to sales and rebates, PC giant takes 'Keep Reinventing' seriously

Personal Tech19 Apr 2025 | 21

DoorDash sued for allegedly branding customer a fraudster after delivery photo query

Dispute over app privacy escalates into legal brawl

Applications18 Mar 2025 | 55

Wacom says crooks probably swiped customer credit cards from its online checkout

Digital canvas slinger indicates dot-com was skimmed for over a month

Cyber-crime30 Jan 2025 | 3

We’re paying for what we don’t get: East D.C. neighbors frustrated with Amazon’s Prime delivery exclusions

Feature Locals demand transparency - and a refund wouldn't hurt

Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 45

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation admits to hole in security

Belly-busting biz says it's been hit by cowardly custards

Security11 Dec 2024 | 33

China's first space tourism venture sells first pair of tickets

Just two of 'em, at a discount befitting the early stage of development for the kit involved

Science28 Oct 2024 | 14

Fake reviewers face the wrath of Khan

From hell's heart I stab at thee

Software22 Oct 2024 | 28

FTC drops hammer on unwanted subscriptions with 'click to cancel' rule

It 'will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time and money'

Legal16 Oct 2024 | 18

Digital River runs dry, hasn't paid developers for sales since July

Vendor told El Reg the biz's law firm claims merchant debts aren’t valid obligations

Software15 Oct 2024 | 65

Dutch cops reveal takedown of 'world's largest dark web market'

Two arrested after allegedly trying to make off with their ill-gotten gains

Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2024 | 15

Biden tackles trade loophole used by cheap Chinese e-tailers

Removing de minimis exemption could stymie Beijing’s plans to grow its cyber-bazaar abroad

Personal Tech16 Sep 2024 | 22

Amazon antitrust case in Washington DC is resurrected

DC appeals court reverses dismissal, finding enough evidence of anticompetitive behavior to proceed

Personal Tech22 Aug 2024 | 2

Walmart clears out its shares of Chinese e-tailer JD.com

That’s one way to mark the end of an eight-year partnership

SaaS22 Aug 2024 | 1

Shein, Temu escalate epic e-commerce squabble

Chinese fast fashion slingers get their Spider-Man meme moment

Legal21 Aug 2024 | 45

South Korea to force e-commerce marketplaces to pay vendors faster

Platforms owe billions after they stopped paying and sent thousands of SMEs into cashflow crunches

Software07 Aug 2024 | 9

Amazon, you will do a total recall of bad stuff sold through your site, watchdog barks

E-super-souk isn't having any of it

Personal Tech30 Jul 2024 | 92

South Korea creates $445M bailout fund after payment glitch trips up e-commerce giant

Founder forbidden to leave the country, promises to make things right for out-of-pocket vendors

Software30 Jul 2024 | 9

Group of 91 nations agree to continue not taxing cross-border data movement – for now

Promote free use of government data, privacy, canning spam, and more

Public Sector29 Jul 2024 | 10

Adobe exec likened hidden cloud subscription exit fees to 'heroin', says FTC

Read the unredacted complaint against Photoshop giant and its software plans

Applications25 Jul 2024 | 38

TikTok's Asian e-commerce haul quadrupled in a single year

Rescued its partner in Indonesia as it dodged regulations

Off-Prem17 Jul 2024 | 1

Kindle sputters out: Amazon's e-readers couldn't download content for a short time

Updated Support line reports 'high volume of contacts' about the problem

Personal Tech05 Jul 2024 | 26

Tencent ponders banning infomercials hosted by 'virtual humans' on its flagship video service

Beijing's interest in generative AI has its limits

AI + ML18 Jun 2024 |

Feds sue Adobe and execs for stinging subscribers with 'hidden' cancellation fees

Graphic design giant slammed for using graphic design to bury T&Cs

Applications17 Jun 2024 | 24

Beijing wants more outfits like Temu teeming around the world

Calls for massive cross-border e-commerce expansion at home and abroad

Public Sector12 Jun 2024 | 14

IT infrastructure scared away potential buyers of struggling e-commerce site

Whatever gear storied cycling site Wiggle used didn't propel it to a successful sale after the biz hit bumps

CxO31 May 2024 | 42

Amazon Prime Air delivery drones allowed off line-of-sight leash

Sky shipping can now go beyond visual range of operators – starting in Texas and then maybe airspace near you

Personal Tech30 May 2024 | 7

Google goes shopping for Indian e-commerce dominance … at Walmart

Invests $350 million in Flipkart

Channel27 May 2024 | 5

What do Europeans, Americans and Australians have in common? Scammed $50M by fake e-stores

BogusBazaar ripped off shoppers and scraped card details, but not in China

Cyber-crime08 May 2024 | 10

Amazon search results now less self-centered, boffin says

Self-preferencing pushback in Europe and US seems to have had some effect

Networks12 Apr 2024 | 8

Pandabuy confirms crooks nabbed data on 1.3M punters

Nothing says 'sorry' like 10 percent off shipping for a month

Cyber-crime02 Apr 2024 |

Amazon fined in Europe for screwing shoppers with underhand dark patterns

E-commerce titan to appeal sanction amounting to three hours of annual profit

Personal Tech29 Mar 2024 | 58

Alibaba bins listing for its Cainiao logistics limb

Already backed away from cloud spinout, now gradually breaking up with its own breakup plan

Off-Prem27 Mar 2024 |

South Korea cracks down on offshore e-commerce, with seeming focus on China

Seoul wants AliExpress and Temu to step up customer service, maybe Meta too

Public Sector13 Mar 2024 |

Cisco is a fashion retailer now, with a spring collection to prove it

Promises quarterly lookbooks of branded tat, powered by branded kit

Offbeat12 Mar 2024 | 19

Alibaba Cloud posts modest growth, mostly thanks to other Alibaba business units

Customers from beyond the Chinese giant are being let go if they've signed for low-margin contracts

Off-Prem08 Feb 2024 |

China’s e-commerce players commit to broaden overseas

If all goes to plan, more Chinese goods will flow into the global market

Off-Prem15 Dec 2023 | 6

ByteDance slides around Indonesian social commerce ban with $1.5 billion buy

Takes huge stake in local superapp Tokopedia, for the good of the small business community

Legal12 Dec 2023 |

OpenCart owner turns air blue after researcher discloses serious vuln

Web storefront maker fixed the flaw, but not before blasting infoseccer

Patches24 Nov 2023 | 48

China’s annual e-tail frenzy broke records – trust us, say government, Alibaba and JD.com

5.26 billion packages shipped, 639 million on Saturday alone. But nobody's puffing up the cash pile

Channel13 Nov 2023 | 6

Amazon unveils new drone design, plans liftoff of aerial delivery in UK, Italy

Smaller, quieter, and expected to deliver millions of packages in coming years

Science19 Oct 2023 | 52

Indonesia, TikTok's best market, bans social commerce

Made-In-China network's attempt to merge sales and socials stalled in the market all web giants covet

Legal28 Sep 2023 | 4

Square blames last week's outage on DNS screw-up

It's not hip to be this Square

Personal Tech11 Sep 2023 | 8

Uncle Sam cracks down on faked reviews and bad influencers

Big $50,000 fines for misleading posts... unless it's political, natch

Personal Tech30 Jun 2023 | 21

Google uses India to test ‘deliver to the house near the post office’ feature

Ads and search giant also open sources offensive stereotype database, and gives Amazon a poke

Software29 Jun 2023 | 16

Amazon a prime target of warehouse law protecting bathroom breaks

Glad these lawmakers didn't bottle it

On-Prem18 May 2023 | 31

Meta wheels out Deloitte to plug the metaverse. Is anyone actually convinced?

Comment All these analysts know is that their gut says... maybe

Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 37

Shopify sees $1.5B loss turn into $68M profit, celebrates by firing 20% of staff

Thanks for your service, now push off

Personal Tech04 May 2023 | 4

SHEIN has the look of America's next tech-meets-geopolitics fit-up

Chinese fast fashion vendor could be this season's TikTok thanks to alleged tax evasion, slave labour, toxic goods, and an outsized carbon footprint

Personal Tech29 Mar 2023 | 18

The most bizarre online replacement items in your delivered shopping?

A consumer campaign group's food hall of shame: sticky tape instead of loo rolls, dog chews for chicken breasts

Offbeat27 Mar 2023 | 100

Google suspends top Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo

Alleges it’s infected with malware – but not the version in its own digital tat bazaar

Security21 Mar 2023 | 4

You're Shipt outta luck: App sued for treating delivery workers as contractors

'No, no, they're shoppers, not employees' ain't gonna fly with DC AG

Personal Tech27 Oct 2022 | 47

EU companies claim Google still abusing its Shopping power

Search giant's 'Shopping Units need to go,' say coalition of 43 online comparison tools

Legal17 Oct 2022 | 10

PayPal decides fining people $2,500 for 'misinformation' wasn't a great idea

It'll just go back to randomly shutting down accounts

Personal Tech10 Oct 2022 | 85

Amazon halts work on ‘Scout’ delivery-bot that delivered parcels no faster than humans

Meanwhile in China, Alibaba runs 500 delivery-bots and they’ve delivered 10 million items to Easy Street

AI + ML07 Oct 2022 | 62

WordPress-powered sites backdoored after FishPig suffers supply chain attack

And two other security snafus in this web publishing world

Patches15 Sep 2022 | 18

Microsoft to stop accepting checks from partners

Maybe it's putting the savings into discounts for Windows Server and M365 it's told the channel to sell?

Software06 Sep 2022 | 44