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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). From changes in technology to pending legislative issues, these are the top items to keep an eye on in 2018 and beyond. 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).

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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. Blockchain is the name of the technology powering bitcoin.

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

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Even if some of that technology isn’t market-ready right now, you need to be thinking about how you can integrate it in the future. The Street’s Steve Fiorillo reports that a lack of interest forced Dell to stop taking Bitcoin payments in November 2017. What about payments, though?

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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. Walmart employees wear cameras paired with smart entry technology. Deliveries powered by Shipt, which Target acquired in 2017 for $550 million.

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

BigCommerce

Both B2A and C2A are focused around increased efficiency within the government via the support of information technology. Since then, electronic commerce has helped countless businesses grow with the help of new technologies, improvements in internet connectivity, and widespread consumer and business adoption. History of Ecommerce.

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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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Are Blockchain and Bitcoin the same?

eCommerce Guider

This article will demonstrate how Blockchain is not Bitcoin, how Blockchain is a technology that has uses other than cryptocurrency, and why in fact Blockchain might even outlive Bitcoin. Bitcoin, on the other hand, is a form of massively unregulated digital currency that was launched back in 2009 by a developer called Satoshi Nakamoto.