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LAS VEGAS – The holiday shopping season is over and the new year is here. Possibilities, opportunities, and lessons learned all hang in the air. Looking back is a good way to look forward because it provides clues about future priorities—plus it’s just really...
SINGAPORE – Prosper exhibitor SHEIN (pictured here at Prosper 2025 in Las Vegas), the global online fashion retailer, recently opened its new e-commerce logistics hub in Wrocław, Poland. The new centre is one of the most advanced facilities of its kind in...
NEW YORK - Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) recently completed a comprehensive cloud security assessment of its AWS environment. Conducted in partnership with the OCC (Options Clearing Corporation), the evaluation assessed OCC's cloud security controls against...
LAS VEGAS – Back in March 2025 at Prosper in Las Vegas, Michelle Barnum Smith at TikTok Shop Sellers confidently declared, “TikTok is not going away. People need to lean in and get their money.” At the time it did not seem so clear-cut. Congress had passed the...
SAN FRANCISCO - A 2025 Returns and Refunds Report from Seel, the agentic post-purchase platform, revealed that shoppers are buying earlier, returning items sooner, and expecting faster refunds. To view a summary of the report,...
SINGAPORE - TikTok Shop reported its “Biggest BFCM Weekend Ever” thanks to “engaging Live Shopping events and inspiring content” from creators. Categories that included fashion, beauty, kitchen and home, decor, luxury resale items, food, and books did well on...
SAN DIEGO – Much like Prosper attendees, Marc Hess is in end-of-the-year mode. As the newest member of the Prosper Advisory Council, he knows that all important end-of-year numbers are quickly piling up. “The seller mindset is focused on ending the year strong,...
TAMPA, FL – North America's largest furniture store brand (Ashley) recently launched a fully transactional shopping experience through Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine. With PayPal's payment technology, the new experience gives customers the ability to complete...
SAN FRANCISCO - OpenAI’s ChatGPT recently introduced a new shopping research feature designed to help consumers find the “right” products. A news item on OpenAI decried the chore of “sifting through dozens of sites” in favor of simply describing “what you’re...
NEW YORK – Black Friday and cyber Monday are in the rear-view mirror and the holiday shopping season continues to hum along. Initial numbers are positive, but how’s it going out there in the trenches? Pathway asked a few FOPs (friends of Prosper) for a progress...