Bloomberg The number of small and medium-sized British businesses selling over Amazon.com Inc.’s marketplace soared by more than 25% in 2021, faster than in Germany, France or Italy. Some 85,000 smaller UK enterprises now sell on Amazon, responsible for more than 950 million product sales — or 1,750 per minute, the Seattle-based tech giant said in a statement. More ...

  Bloomberg Australian retail sales climbed for an eighth straight month in August, indicating the nation’s cashed-up households are coping well with rapid interest-rate increases to tackle escalating inflation. Sales advanced 0.6% from July, exceeding economists’ forecasts for a 0.4% gain, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed. Retailers have posted higher sales every month this year. The rise was driven ...

  Bloomberg Traveloka has secured $300 million in new financing from investors including BlackRock Inc., as Southeast Asia’s biggest online travel startup counts on a post-Covid rebound to expand in the region. The Jakarta-based company said in a statement it struck a deal for financing with investors including Allianz Global Investors and the Indonesia Investment Authority. The size of the ...