Rest of World - E-commerce https://restofworld.org Reporting Global Tech Stories Fri, 01 May 2026 10:01:16 +0000 Copyright 2026 Rest of World daily 2 Coupang probe tests the U.S.’s willingness to protect its tech giants abroad https://restofworld.org/2026/coupang-data-breach-us-congress-south-korea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/coupang-data-breach-us-congress-south-korea/ Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images A general view shows the logo of South Korean online delivery service Coupang, at a building housing the headquarters of Coupang in Seoul on December 9, 2025. South Korean police raided the Seoul headquarters of e-commerce giant Coupang on December 9, over a recent data leak believed to have affected almost two-thirds of the country's population. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images) Amazon is betting on speed in a market that may not need it https://restofworld.org/2026/amazon-ultrafast-delivery-us-india-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/amazon-ultrafast-delivery-us-india-china/ Rest of World/iStock Temu’s global rise runs into a regulatory wall https://restofworld.org/2026/temus-raids-fines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Damilare Dosunmu https://restofworld.org/2026/temus-raids-fines/ Munira Mutaher/Rest of World TikTok Shop battles Shein and Temu in Latin America’s e-commerce race https://restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-shop-latin-america-shein-temu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Melissa Amezcua https://restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-shop-latin-america-shein-temu/ James Steinberg for Rest of World The $10 billion delivery empire built on Shein and TikTok orders https://restofworld.org/2025/j-t-express-logistics-southeast-asia-amazon-gap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Lam Le https://restofworld.org/2025/j-t-express-logistics-southeast-asia-amazon-gap/ Fang Dongxu/VCG/Getty Images NANJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 26: Employees sort express parcels at automated sorting lines in a distribution center of J&T Express ahead of China's Double 11 Shopping Festival on October 26, 2024 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/VCG via Getty Images) Tech giants in the Gulf are building super-apps to dominate digital life https://restofworld.org/2025/middle-east-super-apps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:00:36 +0000 Divsha Bhat https://restofworld.org/2025/middle-east-super-apps/ Rest of World/Emojipedia India’s richest man can’t crack e-commerce, even with Shein https://restofworld.org/2025/shein-india-reliance-amazon-flipkart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 23 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Kunal Purohit and Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2025/shein-india-reliance-amazon-flipkart/ Minet Kim for Rest of World How do you compete with Chinese e-commerce giants? A Vietnamese company is deploying housewives https://restofworld.org/2025/sendo-farm-ecommerce-vietnam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 09 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Lam Le https://restofworld.org/2025/sendo-farm-ecommerce-vietnam/ Photography by Linh Pham for Rest of World Nguyen Lan Huong, 30, receives groceries from a Sendo Farm motorbike delivery rider on May 3, 2025, in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Linh Pham for Rest of World) Chinese sellers and U.S. buyers prepare for the end of ultracheap shopping https://restofworld.org/2025/temu-shein-stock-up-haul-tariffs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Viola Zhou https://restofworld.org/2025/temu-shein-stock-up-haul-tariffs/ Cooper Neill/The New York Times/Redux FILE -- A shopper at a Shein pop-up store at The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano, Texas, Aug. 26, 2022. Two bipartisan bills were introduced in Congress this week seeking to change a nearly 100-year-old trade law that allows imported packages that fall under a certain price threshold to receive less oversight while moving through the United States customs process. Shein is one of the companies the bills would affect. (Cooper Neill/The New York Times) Screaming customers, unpaid workers: Inside the chaotic demise of Indian online delivery pioneer Dunzo https://restofworld.org/2025/dunzo-shutdown-india-quick-commerce/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2025/dunzo-shutdown-india-quick-commerce/ Ruwangi Amarasinghe for Rest of World Mexico’s new tariffs hit Shein — and millions of local resellers https://restofworld.org/2025/mexico-new-import-tax-shein-temu-resellers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Melissa Amezcua https://restofworld.org/2025/mexico-new-import-tax-shein-temu-resellers/ Photography by Sara Escobar for Rest of World A Shein re-seller in her living room, which she uses as a working place for unpacking products. Chinese Temu sellers use fake U.S. postage labels to boost their profits https://restofworld.org/2025/temu-sellers-fake-usps-labels-shipping-costs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Viola Zhou https://restofworld.org/2025/temu-sellers-fake-usps-labels-shipping-costs/ iStock/Rest of World "High postage costs eat into the razor thin margins of small e-commerce shippers.