Alibaba Group's e-commerce platform Taobao announced on Thursday that its free global delivery service will expand to 12 countries and regions across the globe, as the company is stepping up its ...

Abstract: Consumer behaviors profoundly affect platform competition. This study incorporates consumers' reference effect (RE) and loyalty into a Hotelling model, examining competition between two ...

Always compare the all-in price (item + tax + shipping), not just the sale price Hit free-shipping minimums with stuff you truly need, and hunt for hidden promos, store card perks, or a chat rep ...

More than 200 million people pay $139 a year for Amazon Prime. For many shoppers, that price is worth it. But if you only use Prime for free shipping, the value disappears quickly. You would need to ...

A close up of hands placing a new cell phone in a box. - Marian Weyo/Shutterstock Businesses use a range of marketing tactics and principles, often backed by psychology, to encourage people to buy or ...

Abstract: Deep Image Prior (DIP) has shown that networks with stochastic initialization and custom architectures can effectively address inverse imaging challenges. Despite its potential, DIP requires ...

As a blogger turned journalist, I love tapping into curiosity that drives us to curate spaces that truly embody our vision. I test products for a living, which puts me at the forefront of trendy and ...

It appears that the iPhone 17 Pro Max is in huge demand, as the shipping dates of the pre-orders in the US have slipped to October. All three other iPhone 17 models, including the iPhone 17, Air, and ...

Amazon is ending its Prime Invitee program, which has allowed members to share their free shipping benefit with a select number of users outside their household. The company announced this week that ...

Amazon is ending a program that let Prime members share free shipping benefits with people outside their household. Instead, Amazon is encouraging users who don't live with the account holder to pay ...

Amazon is cracking down on its free shipping benefits. Amazon customers have long favored the convenience factor of fast, free shipping benefits from the multibillion dollar tech conglomerate to ...

Amazon is ending a program that allows members of its Prime membership subscription program to share their free shipping benefits with people who don’t have the same primary address. In an update to ...