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Netflix Has Become HBO

Forrester eCommerce

In a 2013 article in GQ, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos laid out the then-nascent streaming company’s challenge: “The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.”

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What To Expect On Singles’ Day 2019

Forrester eCommerce

Every year since 2013, event founder Alibaba has generated more online gross merchandise volume (GMV) than all US retailers put together have generated on Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. 11.11 (AKA Singles’ Day), the world’s largest online shopping event, is entering a new decade this year. In 2018, Alibaba generated a staggering $30.8

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All You Need to Know About Make It Big Virtual Conference 2021

Ecommerce Platforms

He joined PayPal in 2013 with the acquisition of Braintree, which as the then CEO, he led a team that built one of the most influential and innovative startups in the payments sphere. And oversees the vision, strategy, and delivery of the brand's commerce products.

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Sensory Enabling Technologies are Radically Reshaping the Future of Digital Retail

Retail TouchPoints

In this final installment of our Stimulate Retail series, we’ll explore ways businesses, whether B2C or B2B, can fill the sensory void online with new technologies capable of transferring the sensations consumers have interacting with brands in real life into the digital world.

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The Empowered Marketer: Winning with Subscription Box Marketing

Optimizely

He started the company back in 2013 and as CEO, quickly turned Boxycharm into a multi-million dollar company by offering full-size beauty products in a box. There aren’t a lot of B2C brands where the CEO is on Instagram and so actively involved in marketing. What do you think is going next for ecommerce and B2C companies?

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Top Ecommerce Trends in Europe That You Need To Be Aware Of

FastSpring

Take a look at some more interesting statistics from Ecommerce Europe’s European B2C Ecommerce Report 2018 : Average online spend for the European ecommerce market ranges between €100 to €499 euros—with the two most popular categories being clothing and sporting goods topping the list, followed by media & computer software.

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Cross-Border Commerce 101: The History, The Lingo, The $900B Opportunity

BigCommerce

2013 – Beacons, RFID, Twitter Ads all launched. Cross-Border Commerce: The online trade between a business (retailer or brand) and a consumer (B2C), between two businesses, often brands or wholesalers (B2B), or between two private persons (C2C), e.g. via marketplace platforms such as Amazon or eBay. 1999 – Alibaba founded.