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

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On May 18th, Amazon released its Annual Report for the past fiscal year (2017). Data shows that as of 2017, Amazon’s global retail revenue continued to climb, as seen below (note the reporting change in Q1 of 2017). Data shows that sales jumped from $135 billion to $178 billion between 2016 and 2017 alone. Image source.

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Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain in Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

But now it’s shifting towards bitcoins and digital currencies. Digital currencies are the future of ecommerce. Local currencies couldn’t be converted to bitcoin easily and, as a result, no retailer would even think of accepting bitcoins as payment. But now other fields of online business are catching up fast.

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

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While governments around the world spend a considerable amount of time making their currency as stable as possible, Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) remains completely fiscally independent. Even So, Most Consumers Just Don’t Use It Very few people are likely to bother paying in Bitcoin or Ripple or any other cryptocoin.

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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. In other news, Walmart wants to stock your home fridge, FedEx cancels its express contract with Amazon, and Target hones same-day shipping.

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Crypto And The Real World – What People Aren’t Telling You In All The Hype

eCommerce Guider

In this article, we’re going to take a look at the other side of the cryptocurrency movement to reveal what people aren’t telling you amidst all the hype. In fact, between the years of 2011 and 2016, the return on investment from Bitcoin has been nothing short of outstanding and can embarrass any other stock you can think of.

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

BigCommerce

2017 Instagram shoppable posts are introduced. 2017 Cyber Monday sales exceed $6.5B. The membership also came to include other perks like discounted one-day shipping and later access to streaming services like Amazon Video and members-only events like “Prime Day.”. 2011 – Google Wallet introduced as digital payment method.

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Are Blockchain and Bitcoin the same?

eCommerce Guider

This article will demonstrate how Blockchain is not Bitcoin, how Blockchain is a technology that has uses other than cryptocurrency, and why in fact Blockchain might even outlive Bitcoin. Bitcoin, on the other hand, is a form of massively unregulated digital currency that was launched back in 2009 by a developer called Satoshi Nakamoto.