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Alibaba Splits into 6 Entities

Apr 4, 2023 |

Under the new organizational restructure plan, the Chinese ecommerce giant will divide into 6 major business groups: Cloud Intelligence Group (including cloud, AI, DingTalk and other businesses), Taobao Tmall Business Group (including…

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Amazon’s New Benefit for its Consumers – and for Suppliers

Apr 4, 2023 |

Amazon is making public on its website and app the approximate sales for each product. The new metric is social proof that helps popular products stand out. At present it is testing a new product label…

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WTO Progresses with its Ecommerce Work

Apr 4, 2023 |

The WTO has been negotiating at its JSI committee on ecommerce issues for a number of years, as readers of this Newsletter will be aware. Recently the committee has been…

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Bridging the Digital Divide Remains a Major Challenge in the Least Developed Countries

Apr 4, 2023 |

The digital connectivity divide separating the globe’s least developed countries (LDCs) from the world as a whole shows no sign of narrowing. In fact, it is widening on key factors,…

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Promoting Women on International Women’s Day

Apr 4, 2023 |

According to the International Finance Corporation, although “the digital economy” is a very broad category, women could add over $300bn to ecommerce markets alone in Africa and South-East Asia between 2025 and 2030 through…

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