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 Explore Expands to Offer Group Experiences
Amazon Explore Expands to Offer Group Experiences
September 13, 2021  |  Retail

Amazon Explore customers can now book small live group experiences for up to seven people in an expansion of the initiative launched last year amid...

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Mastercard Predicts 7.4% Retail Growth During Holiday Shopping Season
Mastercard Predicts 7.4% Retail Growth During Holiday Shopping Season
September 13, 2021  |  Retail

Mastercard has some early cheer for retailers eyeing the 2021 holiday shopping season, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. Get the Full Story...

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Deep Dive: Removing Payments Bottlenecks From Cross-Border Sales in Beauty and Personal Care
Deep Dive: Removing Payments Bottlenecks From Cross-Border Sales in Beauty and Personal Care
September 13, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

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B2B Marketplace of Sustainable Suppliers Gains Funding, Looks to Expand
B2B Marketplace of Sustainable Suppliers Gains Funding, Looks to Expand
September 13, 2021  |  B2B Payments

When Kimberly Shenk began developing a line of personal care products that were better for health and the environment, she quickly discovered that it was very difficult...

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Apple Pay Not Catching On in Stores, Amazon Piloting ‘Just Walk Out’ at Whole Foods and SoFi Stadium Contactless Payments Top This Week’s News
Apple Pay Not Catching On in Stores, Amazon Piloting ‘Just Walk Out’ at Whole Foods...
September 10, 2021  |  The Weekender

In this week’s news, we saw Amazon top all other retailers in consumer preference. And JPMorgan acquired 75% of VW’s payments unit. The Weekender is...

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Sotheby’s Buy Now Feature Fills Need for ‘Instant Gratification’
Sotheby’s Buy Now Feature Fills Need for ‘Instant Gratification’
September 10, 2021  |  Retail

When COVID-19 caused the physical world to shut down and forced all commerce to be conducted digitally, multinational auction house Sotheby’s saw a 600% increase...

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AMZN vs WMT Weekly: The Logistics Arms Race Continues, and so Do Grocery Fights
AMZN vs WMT Weekly: The Logistics Arms Race Continues, and so Do Grocery Fights
September 10, 2021  |  Retail

The past several weeks have seen a sort of third-party logistics one-upmanship between Amazon and Walmart, culminating in this week’s report that Amazon has begun...

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Oral Care Sales Stuck in Retail Channels Despite Push From D2C
Oral Care Sales Stuck in Retail Channels Despite Push From D2C
September 10, 2021  |  Retail

With endless Zoom calls over the last 18 months forcing people to look at their own reflections more than ever before, combined with mask-wearing because...

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FinTech, ID-Focused Firms Helm Public Listing Announcements this Week
FinTech, ID-Focused Firms Helm Public Listing Announcements this Week
September 10, 2021  |  IPO

Listing announcements this past week — for traditional initial public offerings (IPOs), and for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) — were centered on FinTech, ID...

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