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Crypto-Commerce: Banking on Blockchain for B2B Payments

GetElastic

Editor's Note: This post was originally published July 29th, 2019 and has been updated for relevancy. The predictions for rapid adoption by 2020 never materialized; however, the underlying technology, Blockchain, still holds promise, especially in the B2B payments space. Blockchain’s foundation is distributed ledger technology ?(DLT).

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NRF 2018 Day 3: Retail – Alive and Kicking

OrderDynamics

What did not resonate was a common understanding of the terminology, and what the different technologies ‘really’ are. It will be an interesting area to watch at NRF 2019. BlockChain and Digital Currency. There were a few bemused discussions about these two largely over-hyped technologies.

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How NFTs Can Fight Fraud and Increase Customer Loyalty

Omnisend

In fact, Nike ended its partnership with Amazon in 2019 after two years due to the massive amount of fake Nike goods sold on the platform. Real Items are currently working on combining traditional RFID technology, required by big box stores to trigger alarms, with NFTs to combine anti-counterfeit and loss prevention technology.

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

ESW

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. Maintaining the Value of Crypto Remains a Big Problem Bitcoin is as volatile as ever in 2019, writes CNN’s Paul R. of all Bitcoin transactions in the first four months of 2019 came from retailers.

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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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Retail Trends: Going Cashless

OrderDynamics

As a result of this rapid shift to digital currencies, there is a growing concern about digital as a form of discrimination. Philadelphia recently made headlines by banning cashless stores and restaurants by summer 2019. Cashless in Digital Retailing. But, don’t think this is just in other countries.