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Australian BNPL Company Zip Acquires Europe and Middle East Providers

Retail TouchPoints

In another sign of the global growth of buy now, pay later services, Zip Co Ltd. These latest acquisitions follow Zip’s purchase of Quadpay in September 2020. trillion ecommerce market, the world’s second-largest. More than one million customers and 14,000 merchants have transacted on the platform. “We

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Digital Commerce and the Threat of Card-not-present Fraud

BigCommerce

ecommerce platform providers) commissioned by Discover® Global Network, mid-sized merchants with annual revenues of $250 million to $1 billion are seen as the most high-risk targets for fraud over the next 12-24 months. This risk for mid-sized merchants could be caused by two factors. Take digital commerce, for example.

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COVID-19 Has Transformed Wine Shopping. Here’s How Vivino Is Adapting

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In fact, alcohol was one of the fastest-growing categories in e-Commerce channels, according to Nielsen research : from the first week of March to June 27, 2020, online sales grew 309% over the same period year. In 2020, Vivino’s sales have shown massive year-over-year growth, growing 2X from March to June.

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9 Advanced eCommerce Marketing Strategies for Medium or Large Online Stores to Use in 2020

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Editor’s Note: As we navigate a new normal amid the coronavirus pandemic, these are tried and true eCommerce marketing strategies and methods that have proven effective even as businesses change. Here’s an additional resource to help you navigate your marketing strategy during this time.

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Why Cross Border Ecommerce is the Future of Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

The last 2 years ecommerce has seen distributed ecommerce (buy buttons on certain social networks – Twitter and Pinterest) and more recently conversational ecommerce has emerged as a contender for the future. I personally view these as fads where as cross border ecommerce has potential to be the future of ecommerce.

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Viya, China’s top livestreaming influencer, vanished from cyberspace after receiving a $210m fine for tax evasion.

Ecommerce Platforms

In 2020, she was selected as Fortune China Most Influential Businesswoman, and Forbes China Up-and-Coming Businesswoman in 2021. Keeping pace with such rapid market increases, the authorities have begun introducing new laws and regulations to monitor this new market. trillion ($189 billion) in 2020. for online shopping.

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The Home Depot Promotes Insider to President and COO

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As the company’s chief merchant, he has been responsible for all store and online merchandising departments, merchandising strategy, services and vendor management, marketing and in-store environment. The Home Depot has named Edward “Ted” P. Decker as President and COO, effective Oct.