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

BigCommerce

Business-to-Consumer (B2C). B2C ecommerce ecompasses transcations made between a business and a consumer. When you buy shoes from an online shoe retailer, it is a business-to-consumer transaction. This type of ecommerce is not consumer-facing and happens only between business entities. Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C).

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Retail Trends: Going Cashless

OrderDynamics

Ever notice the number of gift cards available at the department store? Retail continues to have that archaic task of counting paper and coin currency throughout the day. Again, it is time-consuming. With so many cashless pay methods, consumers often want to divide their bill. Retail Trends: Going Cashless.