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The State of Ecommerce Platforms in 2018: Cloud Commerce, Open SaaS and The API Economy

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That is, which ecommerce platform you choose to power your business and ready it for scalable, long-term growth. For most growing mid-market businesses, this technology is typically provided by BigCommerce, Magento, Salesforce Cloud Commerce (formerly Demandware) or Shopify. SaaS ecommerce platforms.

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

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In fact, growth projections estimate that by 2022, ecommerce revenues will exceed $638 billion in the U.S. Globally, ecommerce growth projections are also on an upward trajectory: They show that retail sales may exceed $4.058 trillion by as soon as 2020. of total retail sales. Business-to-Business (B2B).

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