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The 19 Ecommerce Growth Challenges of 2018, Outlined by Amazon’s Annual Report

BigCommerce

On May 18th, Amazon released its Annual Report for the past fiscal year (2017). From general Amazon growing pains to government regulation, part of the report took a hard look at some of the major issues and potential risks ahead that all ecommerce retailers need to consider (as Amazon third-party retailers or otherwise). Rank higher.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

BigCommerce

When it comes to ecommerce, a word that first comes to mind is growth. Ecommerce expert Gary Hoover’s research shows that just in the last 14 years, the growth of ecommerce companies has skyrocketed across the board. In fact, growth projections estimate that by 2022, ecommerce revenues will exceed $638 billion in the U.S.

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Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain in Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

There are several trends influencing the ecommerce industry as a whole, but arguably the most visible of these is bitcoin. When it comes to payment processors in ecommerce sites, the talk used to be about credit cards, PayPal, COD (cash on delivery), et al. But now it’s shifting towards bitcoins and digital currencies.

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Trends Analysis: Should eCommerce Brands Get Serious About Crypto Payments?

ESW

Cryptocurrency, and the underlying blockchain in particular, holds a certain amount of promise for eCommerce. We’ve previously advised eCommerce brands to be aware of the role that the blockchain can play in fraud prevention, CRM and the customer experience. Will Facebook’s Libra Offer a Solution?

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News Cart for June 19th

eCommerceFuel

Facebook dominates e-commerce headlines with its new cryptocurrency, Libra, which aims to address much of the criticism faced by Bitcoin and other digital currencies. Similarly, upstart e-commerce platform Verishop takes on Amazon by trying to ease seller frustrations such as counterfeiting. Hey everyone!

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NRF 2018 Day 3: Retail – Alive and Kicking

OrderDynamics

BlockChain and Digital Currency. Unified Commerce – Single Vendor or Multi-Vendor? Among the big booth displays, presentations and speeches – there continued to be the tired reruns of the ‘single vendor unified commerce’ discussions. Why Multi-Vendor Commerce. It will be an interesting area to watch at NRF 2019.

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Are Blockchain and Bitcoin the same?

eCommerce Guider

Blockchain is not Bitcoin – The difference between Blockchain and Bitcoin is that Blockchain is the technology that underpins the digital currency that is Bitcoin and makes the existence of Bitcoin even possible. At the end of 2017, Forbes posted an article titled “ Why Blockchain Is Real and Bitcoin Is A Mirage.”.