ecommerce

eCommerce (also known as electronic commerce) is a process of buying and selling of products or services, making money transfers, and transferring data over an electronic medium (Internet). This network allows people to do business with no barrier of distance and time.

Amazon Or Walmart? Who Won 2019’s Race For The Consumer’s Whole Paycheck
Amazon Or Walmart? Who Won 2019’s Race For The Consumer’s Whole Paycheck
December 31, 2019  |  Retail

A little more than a year ago, PYMNTS started tracking the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between the two retail behemoths that have been...

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Remote Seller Taxation: A Job For Tax Automation
Remote Seller Taxation: A Job For Tax Automation
December 30, 2019  |  Next-Gen Sales Tax

Aftershocks from the South Dakota v. Wayfair Supreme Court decision continue to rattle online merchants, as three states (California, Louisiana and South Carolina) are now trying...

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Luxury Retail Is Changing — And Saks Shows The Way For 2020
Luxury Retail Is Changing — And Saks Shows The Way For 2020
December 30, 2019  |  Retail

Barney’s has given way to Saks Fifth Avenue, directing shoppers to the latter’s sites in these last days of the year, one of the latest...

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PayPal Deepens LATAM Reach With MercadoLibre Integration
PayPal Deepens LATAM Reach With MercadoLibre Integration
December 30, 2019  |  eCommerce

Today (Dec. 30), PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman announces a tie-up with Latin American eCommerce conglomerate Mercado Libre, which sees PayPal and Mercado Libre’s...

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PayPal Deepens LATAM Reach With Mercado Libre Integration
PayPal Deepens LATAM Reach With Mercado Libre Integration
December 30, 2019  |  News

Digital payments firm PayPal is turning to Latin America to strengthen its position in the eCommerce payments and remittance arenas. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Record Holiday Sales Trigger Record $100B Returns
Record Holiday Sales Trigger Record $100B Returns
December 30, 2019  |  Retail

Gift returns have become a holiday tradition in the U.S., with consumers anticipated to send back a record $100 billion worth of unwanted goods bought...

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Reinventing Retail’s ‘Anchor Store’ For The Omnicommerce Age
Reinventing Retail’s ‘Anchor Store’ For The Omnicommerce Age
December 30, 2019  |  Retail

That Amazon is a widely lionized yet simultaneously imitated force in retail is not surprising. Ever since Amazon introduced a one-click checkout, a loyalty program...

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Digitizing The Store Sales Associate Experience
Digitizing The Store Sales Associate Experience
December 27, 2019  |  Retail

For all the benefits of shopping online in terms of convenience and speed, one of the tradeoffs is that it is essentially a solitary experience....

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Lotte eComm Marketplace To Call It Quits In Vietnam
Lotte eComm Marketplace To Call It Quits In Vietnam
December 26, 2019  |  eCommerce

Lotte, a South Korean conglomerate, is shutting down its Vietnamese online marketplace, lotte.vn, which allows merchants to connect with buyers, according to Deal Street Asia....

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