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Riyadh, June 18 (IANS) E-commerce giant Amazon has launched its shopping site in Saudi Arabia, rebranding Souq.com as Amazon.sa.<br /><br />The launch which comes amid growing interest in online shopping amid the coronavirus crisis across the world also reflects that Amazon's business interest in the kingdom did not dwindle even in the face of the e-commerce giant's CEO Jeff Bezos' tensions with Riyadh following the publication of his leaked private conversations with his girlfriend last year.<br /><br />With the rebranding of Souq.com, customers are automatically redirected to the new Amazon site.<br /><br />"The new store brings together the best of Souq's local know-how and Amazon's global retailing experience. The store's selection ranges from local products to those from all over the world, including Amazon US," Amazon.sa said on its homepage on Wednesday.<br /><br />Amazon, which aquired the Middle East e-commerce platform Souq.com in 2017, made a similar change last year when it rebranded Souq's website in the United Arab Emirates to Amazon.ae.<br /><br />The Amazon CEO's tension with the kingdom began following the publication of his private phone messages to his lover, former TV anchor Lauren Sanchez, in The National Enquirer.<br /><br />A veteran security consultant at the tech giant had claimed that the kingdom had access to the billionaire's phone and had "gained private information".<br /><br />Saudi Arabia, however, denied any involvement in the National Enquirer's reporting of Amazon Founder and CEO's extra-marital affair.<br /><br />--IANS<br /><br />gb/na

Amazon rolls out shopping site in Saudi Arabia

<p>One of the flaws of <keyword id="1751384" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Native-Advertising">native advertising</keyword> is that while a brand can increase its perception among consumers by putting its name beside an engaging and relevant piece of content, the link between sponsored content and increased sales isn't always clear.</p>
<p>In fact, <a href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Native-Mobile-Advertisers-Show-Broad-Enthusiasm-Format/1010276">a survey conducted by Sharethrough earlier this fall</a> found that just 33.8% of marketers who purchased native ads on mobile devices said increasing purchase intent, a consumer's likelihood of purchasing a specific product, was one of their goals.</p>
<p>A new product from <keyword id="1738198" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Thrillist">Thrillist</keyword> <keyword id="6354777" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Media">Media</keyword> Group, the men's lifestyle publisher, hopes to bridge that gap. Already, the company was an e-commerce engine through its <a href="http://www.jackthreads.com/">JackThreads</a> shopping club, which curates and sells clothing to Thrillist's urban, male readership. Now, Thrillist Media Group <a href="http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/213133/thrillist-to-debut-shops-initiative-as-part-of-e.html">will embed a shop function into some of its editorial content</a>, according to a report from MediaPost.</p>
<p>This new "Shops" feature will allow people to purchase products mentioned in editorial content on Thrillist and sister publication The Crosby Press directly from Thrillist.</p>
<p>The "Shops" function is just one of several recent attempts by online media and e-commerce companies to imitate the print catalog in a way that gives consumers a seamless path from editorial content to product purchase.</p>
<p>The mobile news curation app <keyword id="733890" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Flipboard">Flipboard</keyword> <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20131111/with-catalogs-flipboard-dips-its-toes-into-e-commerce/">announced today it is introducing a catalog feature</a> that allows users to search for, curate, and purchase clothing and other products from within the app. The new product will also allow retailers to purchase ad space beside editorial content in the app, which can then lead users to a purchase landing page or a catalog a retailer has created themselves.</p>
<p>Here's what the user-created catalogs look like:</p>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="Flipboard" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/52811a8169beddde541f9b0c-960/screen%20shot%202013-11-11%20at%2012.56.23%20pm.png"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span></a><p class="source"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeeLmQI5EcM#t=42">Flipboard</a></p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Flipboard's new product is similar to the e-commerce function offered by the social media site <keyword id="939877" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Pinterest">Pinterest</keyword>, where users collect and "pin" items they're interested in purchasing to their own personal bulletin boards.</p>
<p>But where Pinterest and Amazon's Collections, a copycat content curation product offered by the online retailing giant, seem to target prospective customers while they are already browsing for products, Flipboard and Thrillist's ability to pair editorial content with e-commerce links could help brands present a path to purchase to users who were not already thinking about making a purchase when they began perusing editorial content.</p>
<p>While this may seem like a marketer's dream come true, Forrester Research e-commerce analyst Sucharita Mulpuru-Kodali <a href="http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/213133/thrillist-to-debut-shops-initiative-as-part-of-e.html">warned that integrating editorial with e-commerce could upset regular readers</a>.</p>
<p>"It really never works," Mulpuru-Kodali <a href="http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/213133/thrillist-to-debut-shops-initiative-as-part-of-e.html">told MediaPost</a>. "People just don't read editorial and then buy."<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>

Flipboard And Thrillist Are Turning Into Shopping Sites

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><p class="source"><span>Verishop/Instagram</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Verishop</a> is a new e-commerce site that sells a curated selection of women's and men's fashion, home goods, and beauty products. </li><li>Convenience and customer experience are central to shopping at Verishop. It offers free one-day shipping (with no minimum) across most of the site, as well as free returns and 24/7 customer service. </li><li>Verishop also doesn't allow third-party sellers, in order to establish higher degrees of customer trust. </li></ul><p>There's a new online shopping site in town, and it's ready to take on Amazon. </p><p><a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Verishop</a> is an e-commerce site with all the convenience and customer service that Amazon is known for, plus the trusted shopping experience, curated brands, and discovery opportunities that Amazon can lack and is often criticized for. </p><p>Under an executive team that includes the former chief strategy officer at Snap, Inc., vice president of engineering at Dollar Shave Club, and vice president of retail at Amazon subsidiary Quidsi is further proof of a company that not only has experience in retail, but wants to take retail to the next level. Verishop's other founders and employees are former buyers at places like Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue, which are known for selling quality brands, but might now be considered part of the "old guard" of retail. </p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><p class="source"><span>Verishop</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Verishop breaks past this guard and fills in the gaps, addressing the sweet spot where millennials want to 1) find and shop smaller, innovative brands in one place and 2) receive their purchases in a smooth, quick fashion. </p><p>Brand curation is a major way Verishop wants to differentiate itself from other shopping sites that also prioritize convenience. Along with <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/brands" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brands</a> like <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/brand/rebecca-minkoff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rebecca Minkoff</a> and <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/brand/levis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Levi's</a>, it carries up-and-coming names, particularly in the digitally native space, like bedding startup <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/brand/boll-branch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boll &amp; Branch</a> and kitchenware startup <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/brand/potluck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Potluck</a>. Across the site, <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Verishop</a> sells women's and men's fashion, home goods (kitchen, decor, bed, bath), and beauty products (including grooming and wellness spaces).</p><p>Knowing that its target customer is interested in influencer recommendations and sustainable or natural products, Verishop features two special sections to address these niche interests. In its <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/tastemakers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tastemakers shop</a>, you can see picks from fashion and beauty bloggers, interior designers, chefs, and more. Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/collection/responsible-store" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Responsible Store</a> focuses on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/clean-at-sephora-skin-care-makeup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">natural beauty</a> from brands like <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/brand/kora-organics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kora Organics</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ethical-clothing-bedding-companies-brands" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sustainable fashion</a> from brands like <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/brand/citizens-of-humanity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Citizens of Humanity</a>. </p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><p class="source"><span>Verishop</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>All the products sold on Verishop are hand picked, and third-party sellers aren't allowed on the site, giving the company a greater degree of quality control and customers the peace of mind that they will always receive the exact product they're expecting to. </p><p>Verishop's shipping policy is also very enticing. Shoppers get free one-day shipping, with no minimum order value required, on most orders made in the US (excluding Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico). The only exception to this rule are hazmat items like hairspray or nail polish, which can take longer to ship due to inspection regulations. </p><p>Other aspects of shopping at Verishop you should know about include a 30-day free return and exchange policy, competitor price matching within 30 days of purchase, and 24/7 customer service via call or text. </p><p>All in all, Verishop is a great new place to check out for a seamless shopping experience from start to finish - from the strong selection of curated, high-quality brands to the quick and trusted shipping expectations. </p><h3>We explored the site and picked out our own favorites across the fashion, home, and beauty categories. Find our top 10 picks from Verishop below. </h3><h3><a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6415797/type/dlg/https://www.verishop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shop all fashion, home, and beauty at Verishop</a></h3><p class="tagline"><p><a href="http://e.businessinsider.com/join/ci/insider-picks">Subscribe to our newsletter.</a><br><br>Find all the best offers at our <a href="https://coupons.businessinsider.com/">Coupons page</a>.<br><br>Disclosure: This post is brought to you by the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/insiderpicks">Insider Picks</a> team. We highlight products and services you might find interesting. If you buy them, we get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. We frequently receive products free of charge from manufacturers to test. This does not drive our decision as to whether or not a product is featured or recommended. We operate independently from our advertising sales team. We welcome your feedback. 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Verishop is an online shopping site that combines the convenience of Amazon with better product curation - here's your first look

<ul class="summary-list"><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/homegoods-treasure-hunt-shopping-experience-photos-2018-7">HomeGoods</a> is shutting down its online store.</li><li>In an email to customers Wednesday, HomeGoods said its e-commerce site would close after October 21.</li></ul><p>HomeGoods is shutting down its online store.</p><p>The discount home decor chain, which is owned by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tj-maxx-adjusts-homegoods-assortment-bed-bath-and-beyond-shoppers-2023-5">TJX Companies</a>, sent an email to customers Wednesday announcing that it would stop offering online shopping after October 21.</p><p>"We've made the decision to focus our resources on our brick-and-mortar stores," the email message said, while adding that it would be announcing "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/burlington-ross-tjx-opening-more-stores-off-price-discounts-rivals-2023-3">many new store openings</a>."</p><p>HomeGoods sells <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-tj-maxx-keeps-its-prices-so-low-2023-3">off-price furniture, lamps, art,</a> and other decor. It's well known for the treasure-hunt experience of its stores.</p><div type="image" title="a screenshot of an email sent from HomeGoods announcing ecommerce shutdown" height="1626" width="1354" msid="104536235" hostid="261" sizebytes="76406"></div><p>TJX reported in August that <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tj-maxx-shein-temu-ecommerce-advantage-competition-2023-6">net sales from e-commerce</a> were less than 2% of total sales in its most recent quarter.</p><p>"As to e-commerce, overall, it remains a very small percentage of our business," TJX chief financial officer John Joseph Klinger said in an August earnings call. "We continue to add new merchandise to our sites so that shoppers can see something new every time they visit."</p><p>The high cost to ship chairs and lamps to customers could have been part of the company's decision to shut down HomeGoods.com.</p><p>A TJX customer service representative confirmed the change and said it would only affect HomeGoods' site. After October 21, customers could use HomeGoods gift cards and merchandise credit at other TJX-owned stores and sites, the representative said. TJX also owns <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-how-uk-tk-maxx-stores-compare-tj-maxx-tjx-2023-1">TJ Maxx</a>, Marshalls, Home Sense, and Sierra.</p><p>TJX Companies did not respond to Insider's request for comment.</p><p>HomeGoods launched its long-awaited e-commerce site in September 2021. Part of the company's initial hesitation came from the business model — offering low prices and the bargain-hunting thrill that only comes from physical retail, RetailDive <a target="_blank" href="https://www.retaildive.com/news/homegoods-launches-e-commerce-arm/607278/"><u>reported</u></a>.</p><p>Klinger said in the August earnings call that TJX planned to open about 125 new stores in fiscal 2024. TJX's second quarter net sales were $12.8 billion, an 8% increase compared to the same quarter last year. </p><p>Some shoppers are taking to social media to share their disappointment over the HomeGoods website closing.</p><p>One X user posted, "@HomeGoods this is devastating. "</p><p class="p1">Another shopper posted to the brand's Facebook page: "I just received the email that you are shutting down online shopping later this week. I'm here to tell you that I'll be canceling my card and won't be traveling over 40 miles to your nearest store (which is small and picked over anyway)."</p><p><em>If you are a HomeGoods or T.J. Maxx employee and would like to share your experience, please email this reporter at jortakales@insider.com or text (646) 768-4742 using the Signal app.</em></p>

HomeGoods is abruptly shutting down its online shopping site

<p><em style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong><keyword id="1737805" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Social-Media-Insights">Social Media Insights</keyword></strong> is a daily newsletter from <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=SMINSIGHTS&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Business Insider Intelligence</a> that collects and delivers the top <keyword id="6354632" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Social-media">social media</keyword> news first thing every morning. You can <a href="http://e.businessinsider.com/517ed0731e240a9c3f6f0929zlj2.2ms/TE8v3-u4vLlm-G7aBc9c4" target="_blank">sign up</a> to receive Social Media Insights <a href="http://e.businessinsider.com/517ed0731e240a9c3f6f0929zlj2.2ms/TE8v3-u4vLlm-G7aC94e9" target="_blank">here</a> or at the bottom of this post.</em></p>

<p class="p1"><br /><strong><em><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image"><a title_source="Twitter" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/528cae8fecad04b078969d32-960/twitter-11.png"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span></a><p class="source"><keyword id="6354616" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword></p></div><p></p></div></div></em></strong>Twitter and the research firm DB5 <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/2013/study-blackfriday-and-cybermonday-shoppers-on-twitter">conducted a survey to find out how Twitter influences shoppers</a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">. </span></p>
<p class="p1">The findings revealed that Twitter is in fact a player in social commerce:</p>
<ul>
<li>Twitter users are more likely to shop on Black Friday and Cyber Monday than the general U.S. population. </li>
<li>78% of users said if they saw a tweet for a sale at a nearby retailer, then they would go. </li>
<li>60% of users said Twitter plays an important role in their shopping.</li>
<li>56% of users said Twitter is one of the first place they go to research products. <em></em></li>
</ul>
<p class="p1"><strong><em>In Other News ...</em></strong></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><keyword id="28120" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Linkedin">LinkedIn</keyword></strong><a href="http://blog.linkedin.com/2013/11/19/announcing-linkedin-showcase-pages/"><strong> </strong>launched a new feature called Showcase Pages</a> that allow businesses to build a community around particular products or services. For example, Microsoft built a page about Microsoft Office, and fans of that product can discuss or follow new developments. <em>(LinkedIn Blog)</em></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"><strong>Twitter</strong> <a href="http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2013/11/19/twitter-backtracks-removes-option-let-users-receive-direct-messages-follower/#!"><span class="s2">pulled the plug on its new direct messaging system that allowed any user to "DM" another</span></a>. Twitter has reverted back to its original, more private system. <em>(TheNextWeb) </em></span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>comScore</strong> <a href="http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Blog/Measuring_What_Matters_in_Social_Media">published a blog post on what metrics matter</a> in social media marketing. These include "audience quality" measurements such as the percentage of returning users. <em>(comScore)</em></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Twitter</strong> <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/2013/new-ways-to-search-on-twitter">updated its iOS and Android apps with features</a> that let users search for photos and trending TV shows and all associated tweets. Users can now switch between search results that show all tweets or most popular tweets. <em>(Twitter Blog)</em></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Tencent </strong><a href="http://pandodaily.com/2013/11/18/tencent-to-launch-international-version-of-free-10tb-storage-service-new-photo-sharing-app-coming-soon-to-us/">is expanding its cloud storage service</a> (which offers 10TB of free storage) to international markets next year. The company is also planning to launch a new photo-sharing app in the U.S. <em>(Pando Daily)</em></p>

Twitter Users Say They Use The Site To Influence Their Shopping Decisions

<p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee</span></p><p class="caption">Amazon is the top online retailer for general merchandise.</p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><ul><li><strong>Similar Web recently released a study revealing the top online shopping sites in </strong><strong>2018 so far. </strong></li><li><strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/amazon">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/ebay">eBay</a>, and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/walmart">Walmart</a> took the top three spots for online retailers for general merchandise. </strong></li><li><strong>Walmart.com and Wish.com saw the most mobile traffic out of the top online shopping sites. </strong></li></ul><p>In the beginning of 2018, <a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/amzn-stock">Amazon</a> continues to lead the way in online shopping - with nearly twice as much traffic as the runner-up, eBay. </p><p>A <a href="https://www.similarweb.com/blog/industry-benchmarks-us-quarterly-index-q1-2018">recent study</a> by the digital market intelligence company Similar Web looked at incoming traffic from US shoppers to general merchandise e-commerce sites from both desktop and mobile. The top site for general merchandise, they found, was Amazon, followed by Ebay and Walmart.</p><p>Of all the incoming traffic combined, 58% came from mobile. Walmart.com and Wish.com in particular saw the most mobile traffic - 64% and 81% respectively. </p><p>These are the top 10 online retailers, according to Similar Web:</p><p class="tagline"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/next-frontier-in-customer-relations?IR=T&amp;utm_source=businessinsider&amp;utm_medium=ctgr&amp;utm_term=ctgr_leadgen&amp;utm_content=mobile_ctgr_leadgen&amp;utm_campaign=mobile_ctgr_leadgen_messaging-apps-crm"></a></p>

These are the biggest online shopping destinations in America

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.shazop.com/chavghe">Shazop</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div>Shazop could revolutionize shopping for high-end fashion online.</p><p>It's a brand new comparison shopping site, where shoppers can select designer dresses, shoes, and handbags and from over sixty different retailers - such as Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Shopbop, Nordstrom, and Macy's - and compare sizes and prices. The site keeps track of coupon codes for added discounts.</p><p>Founder Andrea Marron, former Vice President of Digital at Nicole Miller, came up with the idea during her tenure at Nicole Miller. She noticed that whenever the company would distribute product to retailers, the mark downs would vary tremendously. In spring 2013, she teamed up with ZocDoc developer Amit Sawat, and Shazop began to come to realization.</p><p>It's obviously in its nasceny, but Marron thinks of the website as the Kayak of online shopping.</p><p>"Way back in t<span style="font-weight: 400;">he day, you would go to ten different airline sites to try to find the best price on a flight," Marron said in an interview with Business Insider. "But now, it's a lot more convenient for a user to just go to Kayak to find the best flight. We want to be the one place that a consumer can go to to browse and find the best style for them and have all the information there for them on one page."</span></p><p> </p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.shazop.com/chavghe">Shazop</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p> </p><p>Right now, Shazop sells high end brands, like Tory Burch, Elizabeth &amp; James, and Rag &amp; Bone. This is intentional. </p><p>"W<span style="font-weight: 400;">e thought that it's easier to brand yourself as high-end and later add the lower-end brand then to do the reverse," she said. Right now, she wants Shazop to be a "curated experience." In the coming weeks, Shazop will offer more brands, including Kate Spade, Balmain, and BCBG. Shazop will continue to add products and designers as the site grows, and Marron said that a suggestion will allow users to request brands they'd like to see on the site.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Not only is this beneficial to consumers, but Marron </span>believes that <keyword id="6354851" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Retail">retail</keyword>ers can benefit from this service, because it's "an opportunity for them. Let's say someone is browsing on Shazop for a dress and it's sold out at a retail that they had in mind ... another retailer could potentially pick up a customer by having that size in stock."</p><p>It all is rooted in a tremendous amount of data. Shazop pulls data from the websites and brings the information to the consumer easily, making it a one-stop shop for consumers.</p><p><span>Naturally, Shazop has accumulated tons of data and information while making the product. To capitalize on this, Shazop offers a B2B service called Ragtrades, which sells data to retailers to help them handle their pricing and buying methodologies. Marron told Business Insider that Ragtrades' most popular product is a price tracking dashboard.  </span></p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Shazop</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Marron knows that online shopping can be troublesome to many. "F<span style="font-weight: 400;">inding something that fits you really well is certainly a big concern," Marron said. "And finding something that you love in your size that fits you at the right price."</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span>But Shazop could </span><span>be </span><span>appealing to those who have disavowed online shopping.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marron believes that online shopping and in-store shopping have a symbiotic relationship. In fact, it's partially the basis of Shazop. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I really see them [in-store shopping and online shopping] as so separate; they both inform each other I'd say," she said. "If you love in-store shopping you can use something like Shazop - say you go tot the store and try something on [and use] a tool like Shazop to find the best price." </span></p><p>But ultimately, when it comes to in-store shopping and then going home to shop online, Marron believes that "the lines are getting blurred."</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/zara-dominating-beating-competition-fashion-industry-2015-7">The one reason Zara is dominating the fashion industry right now</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="RtMWI0djra013JV4Ff9AoHoTLKMzvgNg" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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<p class="p1">Alibaba will soon be a publicly traded company in the U.S., but many observers still don't have a solid understanding of how the Chinese company grew to be the largest e-commerce company in the world.</p>
<p class="p1"><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-numbers-behind-alibabas-rise-to-become-the-worlds-largest-e-commerce-company-2014-5?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=E-AlibabaCharts-1&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');"><span>BI Intelligence</span></a><span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-numbers-behind-alibabas-rise-to-become-the-worlds-largest-e-commerce-company-2014-5?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=E-AlibabaCharts-1&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');"> prepared a set of charts that dive into Alibaba's revenue and growth drivers.</a> The full set of charts and downloadable Excel files are only available to subscribers. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-numbers-behind-alibabas-rise-to-become-the-worlds-largest-e-commerce-company-2014-5?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=E-AlibabaCharts-1&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">For access, subscribe to a free trial.</a></span></p>
<p class="p1">Alibaba owns a variety of sites across internet categories, but first and foremost it remains an e-commerce company that facilitates the sales of merchandise online. </p>
<ul>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Consumers</strong> sell to other consumers via Taobao.com. </span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Retailers</strong> sell to consumers via Tmall.com. </span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Manufacturers</strong> sell wholesale to retailers via Alibaba.com.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">Alibaba also operates a flash sales site and a comparison shopping site. </span></li>
</ul>
<p class="p2"><div class="KonaFilter image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="BI Intelligence" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/537255a369bedd121db5a610-960/bii-alibaba-e-commerce-companies.jpg"><span class="sprites click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span></a><p class="source"><span>BI Intelligence</span></p></div><p></p></div></p>
<h2>Alibaba is growing 50% annually in volume terms.<span style="font-size: 1.5em; color: #000000;"></span></h2>
<p class="p1">The gross merchandise volume (GMV) - or, the value of all merchandise sold - on Alibaba's e-commerce sites reached nearly $248 billion in 2013. (It's important to note <span>Alibaba doesn't own the merchandise sold on its sites. It earns money off of other fees and advertising.)</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">GMV in the fourth quarter of 2013 alone was roughly $85 billion, which is 52.3% more than the same quarter in 2012. </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="BI Intelligence" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/537269206da81138082a127d-960/bii-alibaba-total-gmv-1.png"><span class="sprites click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span></a><p class="source"><span>BI Intelligence</span></p></div><p></p></div><br /></span></p>
<h2>Alibaba channels 4X the volume of merchandise handled by eBay.</h2>
<p class="p2"><div class="KonaFilter image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="BI Intelligence" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53724cd36bb3f7785dbab4fe-960/bii-alibaba-vs-ebay.png"><span class="sprites click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span></a><p class="source"><span>BI Intelligence</span></p></div><p></p></div></p>
<h2>Alibaba has nearly 100 million more customers than eBay. </h2>
<p class="p2">So who is spending all this money buying things on Alibaba sites?</p>
<p class="p2">First of all, we know there are <em>a lot</em> of people who shop on these platforms - 231 million did so in the fourth quarter of 2013. For comparison, 140 million people bought something on eBay that quarter.</p>
<p class="p2"><div class="KonaFilter image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="BI Intelligence" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/537251f66da811f21f2a127f-960/bii-alibaba-active-buyers.png"><span class="sprites click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span></a><p class="source"><span>BI Intelligence</span></p></div><p></p></div></p>
<h2 class="p2">Mobile commerce is driving an increasingly large share of Alibaba's business. </h2>
<p class="p2">In addition to being popular among a diverse consumer base, <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-numbers-behind-alibabas-rise-to-become-the-worlds-largest-e-commerce-company-2014-5?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=E-AlibabaCharts-1&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">we expect mobile to be a key factor in Alibaba's future growth. </a></p>
<p class="p2">Last year, mobile accounted for more than 15% of total commerce dollars that flowed through Alibaba sites. </p>
<p class="p2"><div class="KonaFilter image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="BI Intelligence" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53724db0eab8eaae198af174-960/bii-alibaba-mobile-gmv-share.png"><span class="sprites click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span></a><p class="source"><span>BI Intelligence</span></p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p class="p2">Three-fourths of all mobile commerce dollars spent in China already flow through Alibaba's shopping sites, so as smartphone adoption rises in China so too will mobile shopping on Alibaba. </p>
<p class="p2">Keep in mind that only 37% of 1.3 billion Chinese mobile subscribers are currently on 3G and 4G wireless networks, so there is a lot of upside in this part of Alibaba's business.</p>
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These Charts Show How Alibaba Became The World's Largest E-Commerce Company

<p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Jet.com</span></p><p class="caption">Jet.com offers a ton of deals that are organized by category.</p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><ul><li><strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/amazon">Amazon</a> is the one-stop shop to buy everything from fresh groceries to clothes and furniture.</strong></li><li><strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/walmart">Walmart</a>-owned <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jet-walmart-weapon-vs-amazon-2017-9">Jet.com</a> sells many of the same products as Amazon, though on a smaller scale.</strong></li><li><strong>Jet competes in a number of ways, including by offering free two-day shipping on orders over $35.</strong></li><li><strong>We compared what it's like to shop on Amazon and Jet and found that they each had advantages. Overall, we found Jet to be more shopper-friendly. </strong></li></ul><p><br /><a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/amzn-stock">Amazon</a> has become the go-to store to buy, well, everything. </p><p>Amazon has made it possible to order everything customers might need, including groceries, clothes, and furniture, all in one place. For $12.99 a month or $119 a year, Prime members get added bonuses on top of the frequent markdowns, like free two-day shipping and access to music and video streaming services.</p><p>But <a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/wmt-stock">Walmart</a>-owned shopping site <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/jet">Jet</a> has been making strides to compete with the e-commerce giant, like offering daily deals and free two-day shipping without membership fees. Though Jet can't compete with Amazon when it comes to certain exclusive products like Echo devices, Kindles, and streaming services, it offers JetCash, which are rewards incentives that can be used as cash on the site. It also has a private-label brand called "<a href="https://jet.com/c/brands/uniquely-j/45900151">Uniquely J</a>," which is <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-is-the-difference-between-amazon-and-jet_us_59f0addae4b03c73bf345114">designed to attract millennials</a> by creating environmentally friendly products in artist-designed packaging. </p><p>Even though products are sometimes listed in different quantities or under different categories, the websites have a huge overlap in what they sell. To see which of the two stores had better deals and was more user-friendly, we compared common items from different categories on each site to see which site had better deals, which site had better shipping and returns policies, and how easy each website was to use.</p><p>The prices were extremely similar on Amazon and Jet, but one of the online stores had a few clear advantages - see how they stack up:</p> <p class="tagline"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/next-frontier-in-customer-relations?IR=T&amp;utm_source=businessinsider&amp;utm_medium=ctgr&amp;utm_term=ctgr_leadgen&amp;utm_content=mobile_ctgr_leadgen&amp;utm_campaign=mobile_ctgr_leadgen_messaging-apps-crm"></a></p>

We shopped on Amazon and Walmart-owned Jet.com to see which offered a better experience - and the winner was clear

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Jet.com</span></p><p class="caption">How the new Jet.com homepage will look for someone logging on from New York City in the evening.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>Jet.com is relaunching its website with a focus on a unique experience and a carefully chosen assortment of brands and merchandise.</strong></li><li><strong>The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/walmart">Walmart</a>-owned e-commerce site is also bringing in key <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword> partners like Nike, which will debut on the site in September.</strong></li><li><strong>Jet is also launching same-day grocery delivery in the New York City area.</strong></li></ul><p>Jet.com is a go for relaunch.</p><p>The Walmart-owned e-commerce site has completely overhauled its website as part of an effort to "<span>re-humanize e-commerce," as the company put it in its press release.</span></p><p>"I think we've been indoctrinated over the last 10 years that e-commerce is a very transactional experience," Simon Belsham, president of Jet.com and a senior vice president at Walmart, told Business Insider. "We know that a lot of people shop for enjoyment, inspiration, and discovery and with the new site, we're putting that customer centricity back into the experience.</p><h2>The e in e-commerce also stands for 'emotion.'</h2><p><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Walmart purchased Jet in 2016 for $3.3 billion. It later repositioned it as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jet-walmart-weapon-vs-amazon-2017-9">an online shopping site for upscale millennials</a> who live in cities. </span></span>The new Jet.com keeps that focus, but now it's less about the transaction, and more about the emotion of shopping and what it brings out in customers.</p><p><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">"There's this sense that e-commerce is about algorithm driving everything and it's all trying to lead to a transaction," J. David Echegoyen, Jet's chief customer officer, told Business Insider. "We want to do things that are not just about the transaction but about the relationship and to do that you need humans you need people thinking about what it is to be in the customer's shoes."</span></span></p><p><span>The website will now shift based on what city a customer is in, and what time of day it is. For example, New Yorkers will get a look at the skyline as they browse for products, and that skyline might feature the sun rising, setting, or gone completely. More materially, New Yorkers will more easily shop local brands they know and love from the area, as well as look at national brands in a way that speaks to local tastes.</span></p><p><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">"We've discovered a lot of these brands were so hungry to partner," Belsham said. "E-commerce has had the bad rap of being the small-business killer. We want to be the complete opposite."</span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Jet.com</span></p><p class="caption">The new Jet.com fashion category page.</p></div><p></p></div></div></span></span></p><p><span>Jet will also now offer different shopping experiences for different categories. For example, the fashion and clothing items will have more pictures and a different feel than shopping for groceries, while the section selling furniture will look different from both.</span></p><p><span>In those categories, Jet will be introducing other partnerships with brands and prominently featuring them. For example, Jet will be launching a partnership with Nike to sell both Nike and Converse footwear, apparel, and accessories on the site.</span></p><p><span>But while most of Nike's online partners in the past have stuck to the basics, Jet wants to do more with the brand.</span></p><p>"[With the] N<span style="font-weight: 400;">ike partnership ... is about really inspiring people about fitness or the sport they want to play," Belsham said. "[It's] not just a search engine to find specific projects."</span></p><h2><span>A new focus on grocery</span></h2><p>For grocery, Jet is leveraging new resources like the fulfillment center in the Bronx and the Walmart-owned courier service Parcel to bring grocery delivery to New York City.</p><p>Called City Grocery, Jet customers will be able to pay a $6 fee to have their groceries delivered same day or next day within a three-hour window.</p><p>Many local brands will be featured, like Orwasher's Bakery, Pat LaFrieda Meats, and Bedford Cheese Shop, but there will be plenty of national brands too. The service will be available in four out the five New York City boroughs and parts of New Jersey.</p><p>As the Bronx facility ramps up, Belsham said customers will be able to add other merchandise to their grocery orders as well. </p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Jet.com</span></p><p class="caption">Jet has launched a same-day or next-day delivery service called City Grocery for New York.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>The delivery service is starting in New York, but Jet will consider other cities to launch it in the future. </p><p>Walmart has seen explosive e-commerce growth in recent years, including 40% growth online in the most recent quarterly results reported in August.</p><p>That's due in part to a massive investment in brands like Jet to better compete with e-commerce natives like Amazon. Jet's relaunch is likely an attempt to stabilize that growth and further differentiate Jet from its mass-market parent brand.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Really the whole new site and business relaunch is just the beginning really of our direction for Jet and broader than that how we're thinking about the future of where we want to take retail and e-commerce," Belsham said. "E</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">-commerce today isn't going to be e-commerce in the future and this is the start of how Jet can fit into that."</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Echegoyen agreed.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"This is only the beginning," he said. "We are not putting a flag on the moon saying we've arrived."</span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-horseshoe-crab-blood-expensive-2018-8">Why horseshoe crab blood is so expensive</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

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