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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). The Amazon Annual Report, which is made available to the public through the SEC, recapped the company’s remarkable year of growth. What can we take away at a high level from this report? Want more insights like this? Amazon Growth Highlights.

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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. million as of June 2017. Now, why is this great?

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

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In a story for CNET, reporter Ben Fox Rubin spoke to the owners of a Chicago art gallery and a Manhattan ice cream sandwich shop, which started accepting Bitcoin payments in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Bitcoin isn’t very private at all, says economist and crypto reporter Randall Stephens. Take the idea of privacy, for instance.

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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. Libra to be directly backed by government currencies, so its value won’t fluctuate like Bitcoin. Hey everyone! Service launches this fall in Kansas City, Mo.;

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

eCommerce Guider

In 2017, the American Departmen t of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration report wrote that “emerging as a money laundering threat, virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, enable transnational criminal organisations to easily illicit proceeds internationally. ”.

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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. 2017 – Shoppable Instagram is introduced. Instagram Shopping launched in 2017 first with ecommerce partner BigCommerce. 2017 – Cyber Monday sales exceed $6.5B. 2017 – Cyber Monday sales exceed $6.5B. is founded.

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Talking Cryptocurrency with Clay Collins

eCommerceFuel

Today in 2017, four years after you kind of gotten to the market, do you think Bitcoin is gonna be the primary cryptocurrency of the future, at least the near term, let’s say five to ten years given that the head start they have, the network effects they have? How to Value Digital Currency In Its Current State.