Amazon has announced it is to open two new fulfilment centres in Ontario as it seeks to keep up with the demand of ecommerce growth. The centres, located in Ajax and Hamilton, will employ 2,500 people and adds to Amazon’s expansion, which alresdy includes delivery stations in Scarborough, Stoney Creek and Etobicoke. Fueled by…
Amazon has been accused of gate keeping the ecommerce market as it was brought before the U.S. House Antitrust Subcommittee in scrutiny of the companies dominance in the sector The Seattle-based, ecommerce giant holds a massive share of both the U.S. and Canadian markets, averaging around 40% though seen as high as 74% in…
Snapchat has unveiled a new advertisement option called ‘First Commercial’ which will allow for advertisers to pay to ensure their ad is the first seen when a user tunes into any of Snap’s original Discover shows Snapchat’s Discover content has been successful so far this year, with the total daily time users spend watching…
Pinterest has seen 50 million new customers since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic as the visual search engine attracts more and more users spending online In the same time period, it saw its number of advertisers increase rapidly as well. Though Pinterest has yet to give an official number on this rise, it…
Sobeys has begun operations in its new 25,000ft facility that will see robotics used to fulfill orders. The company has been spurred forward by the rise in ecommerce grocery and the centre is the first of it’s kind in North America Michael Medline, President and CEO of Empire, Sobeys parent company, said that inspiration…
Tik Tok has announced users of the app will be able shop as they scroll through videos due to a new deal with ecommerce platform Shopify Shopify adds the short video based app to its list of partners which now includes Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook, as it looks to enable more options for its…
