Alibaba.com said that the Smart Assistant tools for global sourcing will help small business owners discover new commerce opportunities, stay up-to-date with market trends and track orders.

Throughout the year, there are certain times in which it's particularly important for consumers to have a flawless e-commerce experience.

Procurement used to be tasked with a clear and basic mission: Sign up the best suppliers at the cheapest price. Not anymore.

While recent actions won’t end the issue of forced labor entirely, this may well be a meaningful milestone in the long-running effort.

Three labor organizations estimated that between 1,000 and 5,000 workers had either been fired in the last two months or forced to go into hiding.

The solution is not eliminating free returns, but fixing convoluted supply chains and collaborating with shippers to make reverse logistics more affordable.

However, the percentage of abuse and fraud impacting total returns continues to trend in the wrong direction, increasing from 10.2% to 13.7%

The U.S.'s trade body had barred imports and sales of Apple watches with technology for reading blood-oxygen levels, because of a patent row.

Households will be able to drop off cables and other electrical waste in-store or have home collections, says the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

While retailers and shippers may balk at the prospect of altering the functional status quo, making concrete changes to protect workers will pay dividends in the long run.