Turkish consumers will no longer be able to pay with PayPal after Monday (June 6) and Turkish businesses will no longer be able to accept payments made with PayPal. The decision to shut off access to a method of payment used to support cross-border commerce...
In the olden days of global expansion (re: not too long ago), news that a major foreign company was thinking about setting up shop in a new country would be greeted with round approval. It was the perfect win-win. The retailer gets a new market,...
A new proposal issued from the EU this week would open up doors for cross-border commerce. As part of wider discussions, the European Commission has unveiled proposals intended to make it easier for consumers to shop across country borders. This involves stopping companies from limiting...
A decade or so ago, the only kids in China who could afford to study in the U.S. were the kids of the super rich. Though times – and the rise of the emerging middle class — have changed that, actually making those international payments...
Like much of the Golden State Warriors’ recent run, their final home game of the regular season was a historic night. At the final buzzer, the Warriors had wrapped up their 73rd win of the season – setting the record for the most wins in...
What do the Golden State Warriors and X-Border commerce have in common? Victor Rubio, Director of eCommerce for Gameday Merchandising and the engine for the Warrior’s eCommerce site, tells Karen Webster that it’s all about serving Steph Curry fans wherever they happen to be. In...
One way or another, cross-border is coming for online merchants. Advancing technologies are rapidly increasing global touch points, so how are eCommerce sites expected to keep up? Chip Hull, VP of FedEx CrossBorder, is ready to offer merchants a deal they can’t refuse – the...
With the focus on making cross-border commerce as fluid and intuitive for consumers as it can be for the retailers themselves, it can be more than a little jarring to be reminded that actual borders exist underneath it all. Like the retail economy that rests on...
They just don’t make consumer products like they used to. No, literally, the option for a startup to crowdfund its concepts through Kickstarter has actually changed the way new products go from prototypes to market releases. Come launch day, though, those crowdfunded efforts have to navigate the...