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

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billion digital buyers worldwide by 2021 ( eMarketer ). ecommerce sales of apparel, footwear, and accessories projected to exceed $123M by 2022 ( Statista ). 1998 PayPal launches as an online payment system. 2011 Google Wallet launches as an online payment system. 2014 Apple Pay launches as a form of mobile payment.

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