Ebay in China: neither fish nor fowl
June 6, 2011
PayPal terminates partnership with Alibaba | news.yahoo.com
Online payment giant PayPal has announced it will be ending its year-long partnership with AliExpress, the wholesale goods service of China’s Alibaba that is aimed primarily at businesses and corporations. PayPal gives no reason for ending the relationship, but industry reports have the company unhappy with the amount of goods AliExpress is retailing directly to consumers rather than businesses.
Linkedin Successful IPO – What it Means
June 2, 2011
LinkedIn IPO likely a success, but risks real | www.reuters.com
The Linkedin IPO was successful in so much as it provided capital for expansion.As expected, the initial pop in share price occurred and then came back down to a more reasonable level.The long-term success of Linkedin will be measured by how well they can monetize their core offerings while attracting advertisers.
EMV Smart Cards and the US Market
May 19, 2011
Is EMV coming to the US with all this means. Spend on terminals, ATM, payments software, processing facilities, fraud services, security systems and retail banking systems to name a few. Impacting companies such as, all of the banks, VeriFone, Hypercom, Ingenico, NCR, TSA, First Data etc:
Research in Motion Recalls Playbook - Deja Vu
May 16, 2011
Research in Motion announced a recall of roughly 1000 16GB Playbooks today that apparently had been shipped to Staples stores. The tablets in question are not able to properly load the initial operating system files. The severity and extent of the problem is unknown as most of the units remain in either distribution or storage. This is not the first time a RIM product launch met with initial disaster, as both Bold and Storm each suffered similar issues.
Another game of Jack Ma: Alipay Restructuring and Yahoo stock price
May 12, 2011
Yahoo shares slide on Alipay restructuring (Reuters) | www.usnewsweekly.info
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yahoo (YHOO.O) shares fell as much as 8.6 percent on Wednesday after the controller of Alibaba Group, which includes China’s largest e-commerce company Alibaba.com (1688.HK), took full control of Alipay, a Chinese online payment business.
Ecommerce Charging Case in China: Taobao, Tmall, Alipay and Alibaba.com--Part 2
May 11, 2011
Ecommerce Charging Case in China: Taobao, Tmall, Alipay and Alibaba.com--Part 1 | councils.glgroup.com
Alibaba Group’s charging system is systematic and sophisticated. It can be divided into three parts: Taobao (C2C), Tmall (B2C), Alipay (as payment solution) and Alibaba.com (B2B). Along with its business booming, some of the types and rates are gone and some are coming, and surely others changing every year. By observing this dynamic process, we at least could get some clue about this ecommerce giant in China: where they are and where they are heading to.
Ecommerce Charging Case in China: Taobao, Tmall, Alipay and Alibaba.com--Part 1
May 11, 2011
Alibaba Group’s charging system is systematic and sophisticated. It can be divided into three parts: Taobao (C2C), Tmall (B2C), Alipay (as payment solution) and Alibaba.com (B2B). Along with its business booming, some of the types and rates are gone and some are coming, and surely others changing every year. By observing this dynamic process, we at least could get some clue about this ecommerce giant in China: where they are and where they are heading to.
May 5, 2011
Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM)'s business model is in trouble and the underlying problems extend well beyond selling less handsets at lower prices. Their handset/service model will come under continued pressure, forcing sales, margins and ultimately enterprise value to decline.
Sears' downward spiral: No more rabbits to pull out of the hat
May 4, 2011
Sears Holdings continues to report worsening financial results and even more distressing relative competitive performance. Yet their response continues to be a focus on cost-cutting, share buybacks and strategic tweaking that does little to address the reality of how dire their situation truly is.
News Revenue Depends on More than Advertising: Targeted Content
May 4, 2011
8 in 10 Won’t Pay for Online Daily Newspaper | www.marketingcharts.com
While it is true that most people equate Internet and online with "free" and will thus not pay for (normal) newspaper material online, they will pay for highly targeted content.
E-Insurance: When will the insurance industry adopt modern communication tools?
February 14, 2012
ATMs could distribute prepaid Visa cards
January 23, 2012
PayPal can thrive as a standalone company
January 9, 2012
Europe's CO2 Emissions Trading System works, but it can be improved
December 16, 2011
European women wonder why their insurance premiums will increase
December 15, 2011