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.

The Great Retail Conundrum: Easy Returns Are Costly, but Drive eCommerce Loyalty
The Great Retail Conundrum: Easy Returns Are Costly, but Drive eCommerce Loyalty
September 17, 2021  |  Retail

As eCommerce has accelerated over the past 18 months, so too have the number of returns retailers are seeing, with consumers ordering multiple sizes to...

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Amazon Career Day Sees Over 1M Job Applicants
Amazon Career Day Sees Over 1M Job Applicants
September 17, 2021  |  Personnel

More than one million people from more than 170 countries applied for jobs at Amazon during its virtual Career Day 2021, the Seattle-based retail behemoth...

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Deep Dive: How AI- and ML-Powered Analysis Can Improve Fraud Detection and Investigation
Deep Dive: How AI- and ML-Powered Analysis Can Improve Fraud Detection and Investigation
September 17, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

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Live Shopping Platform Whatnot Hits $1.5B Valuation
Live Shopping Platform Whatnot Hits $1.5B Valuation
September 16, 2021  |  Investments

The live shopping platform Whatnot has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round, its third round this year and the one that pushes...

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SnackMagic Leverages Corporate Gifting to Gain Individual Customers, Powering Exponential Growth
SnackMagic Leverages Corporate Gifting to Gain Individual Customers, Powering Exponential Growth
September 16, 2021  |  eCommerce

During the early months of the pandemic, direct to consumer (D2C) businesses saw sales skyrocket, as consumers stuck at home turned toward remote channels for...

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Square Seeks Spain-Based Businesses for Beta Test of Omnichannel Tools
Square Seeks Spain-Based Businesses for Beta Test of Omnichannel Tools
September 16, 2021  |  Retail

Software, hardware and payments platform Square is seeking businesses in Spain to participate in the beta testing of its Early Access Program, which offers exclusive...

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Brilliant Earth Says Millennials, Gen Z Key to Future Growth
Brilliant Earth Says Millennials, Gen Z Key to Future Growth
September 16, 2021  |  Retail

Direct-to-consumer (D2C) jeweler Brilliant Earth says its path to growth after its expected public trading debut next week relies on omnichannel capabilities and a younger...

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Amazon’s Food Fight Fails to Minimize Walmart’s 10-to-1 Lead
Amazon’s Food Fight Fails to Minimize Walmart’s 10-to-1 Lead
September 16, 2021  |  Retail

Over the past year, Amazon has increased its focus on sales of food and beverage, the lone category where it seriously lags behind Walmart, but...

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Back-to-School, eCommerce Help Boost August Retail Sales by 0.7%
Back-to-School, eCommerce Help Boost August Retail Sales by 0.7%
September 16, 2021  |  Retail

U.S. consumer spending unexpectedly rose 0.7% in August, reversing a slump in July and defying concerns that a surge in COVID cases and business restrictions...

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