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

BigCommerce

In fact, growth projections estimate that by 2022, ecommerce revenues will exceed $638 billion in the U.S. Globally, ecommerce growth projections are also on an upward trajectory: They show that retail sales may exceed $4.058 trillion by as soon as 2020. of total retail sales. Business-to-Consumer (B2C).

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The Past, Present, and Future of eCommerce with Shopify

Groove

The Past Early Days Originally founded in 2006, this now-monolith of an eCommerce platform had humble beginnings. When founders Tobias Lütke and Scott Lake started an online snowboarding shop, they found themselves looking for features that the platforms on the market didn’t have available.

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