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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

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There are several trends influencing the ecommerce industry as a whole, but arguably the most visible of these is bitcoin. But now it’s shifting towards bitcoins and digital currencies. Digital currencies are the future of ecommerce. Bitcoin, being digital currency, perfectly works in this blockchain model. .

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

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The Street’s Steve Fiorillo reports that a lack of interest forced Dell to stop taking Bitcoin payments in November 2017. Transaction fees were hard to calculate, but the currency’s volatility also meant the platform wouldn’t be able to update its pricing quickly enough. appeared first on Scalefast.

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

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This trend isn’t slowing down, either. Even more data reinforces the ecommerce growth trend: There may be as many as 2.14 billion digital buyers worldwide by 2021 ( eMarketer ). 2017 Instagram shoppable posts are introduced. 2017 Cyber Monday sales exceed $6.5B. 2017 – Shoppable Instagram is introduced.

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Talking Cryptocurrency with Clay Collins

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So as a percentage of overall supply the inflation goes down every single year and eventually trends to zero. How to Value Digital Currency In Its Current State. And even with cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, the number of new tokens that can be created every year is fixed. An Argument Against The Bitcoins of the World.

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Talking Cryptocurrency with Clay Collins

eCommerceFuel

So as a percentage of overall supply the inflation goes down every single year and eventually trends to zero. How to Value Digital Currency In Its Current State. And even with cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, the number of new tokens that can be created every year is fixed. An Argument Against The Bitcoins of the World.