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…
Air Canada has unveiled a range of ‘eUpgrades’ for the relaunch of its Aeroplan program. These improvements will make it for Air Canada Status members to upgrade flights and gain benefits Like almost all companies in the aviation industry, Air Canada has suffered in 2020 due to the pandemic. It’s revamped Aeroplan seeks to…
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…
BMO is set to launch a new support system to help small businesses across Canada, in both rural and urban areas, the company had announced The banking company has said they are looking to directly help businesses that are “acutely affected” by the pandemic. The system is also looking to support minority and women…
Experts have predicted that ecommerce in Canada will continue to grow, but at a slower pace through the end of this year and the start of 2021, with it expected to go down to 7.7% growth With the expected growth, reports suggest that ecommerce will continue evolving as companies experiment with new ways to…
As Canadian ecommerce continues to strengthen in the absence of brick and mortar sales, Google has made its product listing free for companies, with the majority of results on the Google Shopping tab coming from free listings This comes as Google, like many companies, are trying to capitalize on the remarkable growth of ecommerce…
Google has announced its “Privacy Sandbox” initiative, which will allow for more personalized adverts that do not require unique ID’s or individual cross site tracking This news comes as Google is also ending support for 3rd part cookies by 2022. This comes as Google, along with several other social media companies are facing intense…
The Royal Bank of Canada has announced the results of the Canada United scheme, designed to help local and small businesses during the pandemic by offering support and tools to help set up for ecommerce Raising C$14 million for the Canada United Small Business Relief Fund, it will be distributed to businesses to help…