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

BigCommerce

On May 18th, Amazon released its Annual Report for the past fiscal year (2017). This expansion increases the complexity of our business and places significant strain on our management, personnel, operations, systems, technical performance, financial resources, and internal financial control and reporting functions. Image source.

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

ESW

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. Whether people will use it is another thing.

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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. Deliveries powered by Shipt, which Target acquired in 2017 for $550 million. eCommerce & Digital Marketing Manager | Rise Bar | Irvine, CA.

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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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NRF 2018 Day 3: Retail – Alive and Kicking

OrderDynamics

BlockChain and Digital Currency. This is so much healthier than the discussions had in early 2017. Charles has 21+ years experience in Marketing, Sales and Management across various IT and Technology businesses. It will be an interesting area to watch at NRF 2019. Will a more common terminology emerge?

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The Ultimate Guide To Cryptocurrency ICO Investing

eCommerce Guider

Integration of the currency within the project; ? The Management and development team behind the project; and. ? 2017 saw ICOs explode, where around $1.25 billion in 92 ICOs was raised – Tezos (USD 230m) and Bancor (USD153m) were among the top ICOs of 2017. An outline of what problem the project will solve.

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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.