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Jobless, Selling Nudes Online and Still Struggling

Michael Doyle — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 06:53:09 +0000

OnlyFans, a social media platform that allows people to sell explicit photos of themselves, has boomed during the pandemic. But competition on the site means many won’t earn much. Savannah Benavidez stopped working at her job as a medical biller in June to take care of her 2-year-old son after his daycare shut down. Needing […]

Pinduoduo launches Indonesia pavilion on e-commerce platform

Michael Doyle — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 03:31:11 +0000

Pinduoduo introduced an Indonesian pavilion on its e-commerce platform to promote the Southeast Asian country’s products to its almost 700 million consumers. The pavilion featured products such as packaged instant noodles, bird’s nest supplements, coconut water, and Indonesian batik. Deny W. Kurnia, the Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in Shanghai, took part in […]

NSW voucher scheme expected to boost hospitality and entertainment industries by over $1 billion

Michael Doyle — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 03:12:04 +0000

The NSW government will roll out its food and entertainment vouchers next month, in a program developed in response to the national hospitality industry association’s ‘eat out to help out’ pitch. The ‘Dine and Discover’ program will kick off across NSW in late-January 2021, after it’s trialled in December by 500 people, who will be […]

Amazon deleted 20,000 product ratings after an investigation highlighted paid-for reviews

Michael Doyle — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 02:37:59 +0000

Amazon has removed 20,000 product reviews after a Financial Times investigation suggested that some of the site’s top UK reviewers may have profited from leaving positive ratings. The paper’s analysis showed nine of Amazon’s top 10 UK reviewers dished out five-star reviews to products from little-known Chinese brands. The FT found the same products in Facebook groups […]

Virus Outbreak Cause a Shift from B2B to Digital Marketing

Michael Doyle — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:33:01 +0000

Due to the Corona Virus Outbreak, many have expressed their disappointment in the cancellation of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020. Companies, from small to large have invested a disproportionate amount of their budget to the canceled congress only to end up withdrawing from the Congress due to the virus outbreak. This shift calls for attention, […]

Shoes of Prey in liquidation; founder shares what went wrong

Michael Doyle — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 04:19:58 +0000

Six months after Shoes of Prey said it was “pausing” to consider the future of the business, the mass customisation pioneer has collapsed into liquidation. Kelly Trenfield and John Park of FTI Consulting were appointed as liquidators on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Shoes of Prey’s directors had been pursuing options to relaunch the business under […]