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As virus-wary shoppers opt for online purchases, retailers pay the price
By Lisa Baertlein, Melissa Fares and Nivedita Balu LOS ANGELES(Reuters) - Online sales may be a saving grace for pandemic-battered retailers with fewer shoppers in their stores. But many retailers, fr...
Syndicated Content Jul 15, 2020
Get dirty at home: COVID-19 moves South Korea's mud festival online
SEOUL (Reuters) - When a pandemic threatens a good romp in the mud, some South Koreans bring the mud home with them instead. The popular Boryeong Mud Festival, halted this year because of COVID-19, in...
Syndicated Content Jul 18, 2020
Indonesia farms see boom in online sales of sacrificial animals for Eid
By Heru Asprihanto BOGOR, Indonesia (Reuters) - As Indonesian Muslims prepare to celebrate the Eid al-Adha festival, farms are seeing a boom in online sales that limit the need for people to visit far...
Syndicated Content Jul 29, 2020
Walmart beats profit estimates as online sales hit record on pandemic boost
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc posted its biggest-ever growth in online sales on Tuesday as shoppers placed orders for everything from electronics and toys to groceries from the safety of their homes amid th...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2020
China's Lufax ties up with Thai bank for local online wealth management
BEIJING (Reuters) - Lufax, one of China's largest online wealth management platforms backed by Ping An Insurance Group , said its unit has formed an alliance with Kasikornbank to set up an online weal...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2020
Undeterred by coronavirus, China takes influence campaign online to win Taiwan hearts
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - As the coronavirus pandemic all but halts travel across the Taiwan Strait, China is taking its campaign pushing for "reunification" with Taiwan to the virtual...
Syndicated Content Jul 09, 2020
Putin proposes seven-way online summit to avoid 'confrontation' over Iran: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed holding a seven-way online summit of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council together with Germany and Iran, to o...
Syndicated Content Aug 14, 2020
Moncler brings online channel in-house, to double share in three years
(Reuters) - Italy's luxury group Moncler will bring its e-commerce channel in-house with a view to double the share of its online business over the next three years, the company said on Monday. Online...
Syndicated Content Jul 27, 2020
Billionaire Steyer moves U.S. youth voter turnout drive off campus and online
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With many colleges empty this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, billionaire progressive activist Tom Steyer's campaign to boost youth voter turnout has ...
Syndicated Content Jul 30, 2020
Chicago public schools to hold all classes online this fall: local media
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Public Schools, the third-largest school district in the United States, will hold all classes online this fall for its 350,000 students amid the COVID-19...
Syndicated Content Aug 05, 2020
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