Articles by: Manoj Kumar

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Manoj Kumar

Manoj Kumar has spent 14 years covering business across Fortune India, India Today, and HT LiveMint. At EcomWatch, he writes about the decisions ecommerce operators actually face — scaling, platform risk, cross-border growth, and what founders get wrong before they get it right. A lot of his best stories start with a conversation.

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Ecommerce News

Shopify’s Automated Risk Controls Are Freezing Merchant Accounts

Manoj Kumar

In e-commerce, scaling often means relying more on platforms, and the issue gets worse when companies like Shopify apply automated ...

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Ecommerce News

Amazon Takes Another Shot at Britain’s Tough Grocery Market

Manoj Kumar

Amazon is trying its luck in the UK market again, four years after failing to make any headway in the ...

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Ecommerce News

GameStop Makes Bold $55.5 Billion Bid for eBay in Ryan Cohen’s Biggest Bet Yet

Manoj Kumar

E-commerce entrepreneur Ryan Cohen-led physical game store, GameStop, plans to expand into the online marketplace in a big way, and ...

Why Your Country Domain Could Be Costing You Global Customers

Ecommerce News | Ecommerce Operations

Why Your Country Domain Could Be Costing You Global Customers

Manoj Kumar

Your ecommerce brand domain extension is likely repelling international buyers without you even realising it. If your store runs on ...