E-Commerce

In 2024, US shoppers spent more than $14 billion online during Amazon’s 48-hour Prime Day sale. Here, Front Row’s Alexandra Carmody shares how Deal Day strategies can drive lasting success beyond immediate sales spikes.

The German e-tailer’s deal to acquire the London-based luxury site, and become a global luxury e-commerce giant, is only as viable as its ability to make the whole enterprise profitable. BoF unpacks what it could take to get there.

The merger between the luxury e-tailers has potentially far-reaching implications for the troubled sector.

Under the terms of the transaction, Richemont will take a 33 percent stake in Mytheresa. The deal brings Richemont’s years-long slog to offload the troubled YNAP to a close.

Join us for a BoF Professional Masterclass that explores the topic in our latest Case Study, “How to Create the Perfect E-Commerce Site.”

Plans to begin taxing US imports worth less than $800 would shut a loophole that that has helped fuel the Chinese-linked e-commerce players’ growth.

The best websites balance the jobs of inspiring customers via lush graphics and compelling storytelling, and maximising sales with a design that’s convenient, intuitive and easy to navigate. This case study explores how to achieve both goals and create the ideal online shopping experience.

BoF shares insights on the application of AI into omnichannel strategies to meet increasing consumer expectations that retail experiences be ‘composed’ to match their preferences, sourced from BigCommerce’s recent thought leadership.

Senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young and executive editor Brian Baskin are joined by BoF sports correspondent Daniel-Yaw Miller to examine how Nike’s recent struggles — from internal restructuring to marketing missteps — have impacted its dominance and what the brand is doing to reclaim its status.

Growth is slowing, competition is getting intense and regulators have the fast-fashion retailer in their sights. But despite investor panic over its prospects, Temu remains an e-commerce powerhouse — one that Western competitors must continue to watch.

In the new season of the hit Netflix show, the resale platform makes a cameo, hoping that the appearance will boost its US business, which now accounts for 20 percent of its sales.

The e-commerce retailer recorded the first drop in its return rate in more than three years, and unlike many of its peers, has held fast to its policy of free shipping for online returns.