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

Ecommerce Platforms

On December 20, 2021, the State Tax Bureau of China announced that Viya would be fined $ 210 million(¥1.34 In 2020, she was selected as Fortune China Most Influential Businesswoman, and Forbes China Up-and-Coming Businesswoman in 2021. As iResearch indicated in its China Livestream Industry Report 2021 , the whole market was worth ¥1.2

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How to Prep for Mobile Commerce in 2018

SellBrite

This growth in 2017 can already be seen in this year’s Black Friday figures — mobile shopping on the annual event increased from 29% in 2016 to 40% this year. of the total ecommerce market by 2021. We’ve highlighted five main challenges of mobile selling and how to overcome them: Designing to accommodate devices.

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Retail Tech to Make Shoppers Fall in Love with Your Store

iVend

billion in 2021 to $31.38 Payment options – Frictionless checkout means making the payment process as smooth as possible and giving customers a range of ways to pay. It typically comes from cookies – from such as social media, search history or online transactions.

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Top retail technology trends to look out for in 2024

iVend

billion in 2021 to $31.38 Payment options – Frictionless checkout means making the payment process as smooth as possible and giving customers a range of ways to pay. It typically comes from cookies – from such as social media, search history or online transactions.

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The Best Payment Gateways for Shopify: 10 Options for 2021

Ecommerce Platforms

The solution isn’t just a tool for online payment processing, Square can also support offline payments as a tool for your POS system. You can even access unique features like appointment scheduling and social media selling with Square. Good luck finding the payment gateway that works for you.

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UNDERSTANDING RETAIL THROUGH THE LENS OF GEN Z CONSUMERS

RetailMinded

Perhaps a more fitting epithet for Gen Z, would be ‘Generation Omnichannel’ as this is the first truly omnichannel generation to high highstreets & social media platforms. GENERATION OMNICHANNEL.

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Top 10 Things Customers Expect from Your Online Store

GetElastic

Research shows sales activity transacted through chatbots, digital voice assistants, and messaging is expected to rise from $41 billion in 2021 to $290 billion by 2025 according to Juniper Research. A growing demand for personalized shopping, often tied to social media, is highly sought after among online shoppers.