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 Four COVID Personas, Part 4: ‘Office Shifters’
The Four COVID Personas, Part 4: ‘Office Shifters’
July 14, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Over months of research in which we surveyed more than 18,000 U.S. consumers, PYMNTS has identified four distinctly new shopper personas emerging from the pandemic...

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Why SMBs Need To Focus On Product Innovation And Adopt A Digital Business Model
Why SMBs Need To Focus On Product Innovation And Adopt A Digital Business Model
July 14, 2020  |  Innovation

The acceleration of [digital sales] growth can be explained almost entirely by an influx of first-time buyers.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Amazon Announces New Warehouse Limits Due To Virus Surge
Amazon Announces New Warehouse Limits Due To Virus Surge
July 14, 2020  |  Amazon

Amazon will be restricting its storage capacities in warehouses as the coronavirus continues to surge and the holidays are still ahead, a company blog post...

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Livestreamed Commerce Goes Glam(hive)
Livestreamed Commerce Goes Glam(hive)
July 14, 2020  |  Retail

Livestreaming eCommerce is finally picking up steam in the U.S., care of an evolving business model from a three-year-old startup called Glamhive. The company has...

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Chinese Livestream Festival Breaks Records
Chinese Livestream Festival Breaks Records
July 13, 2020  |  Retail

As the U.S. prepares for its immersion in livestreaming, new data from China shows that the mid-year 618 shopping festival broke records for revenue and...

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Buy Now, Pay Later Targets Trade Finance Deserts
Buy Now, Pay Later Targets Trade Finance Deserts
July 13, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The global trade finance gap now stands at an estimated $1.5 trillion, the Asian Development Bank has calculated, but banks and FinTechs have risen to...

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How To Drive Success In A Digital 3.0 World
How To Drive Success In A Digital 3.0 World
July 13, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

In 1946, the then-61 members of the World Health Organization (WHO) saw the need for a consistent yet comprehensive definition of “health.” They felt strongly...

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This Week In Payments: Retail’s Digital Shift, Uber To Buy Postmates, The Digital Yuan Advances
This Week In Payments: Retail’s Digital Shift, Uber To Buy Postmates, The Digital Yuan Advances
July 10, 2020  |  News

There was no shortage of news in payments and commerce this week, but perhaps the biggest news that didn’t make a headline was that this...

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Amazon Retracts Request For Employees To Remove TikTok From Phones
Amazon Retracts Request For Employees To Remove TikTok From Phones
July 10, 2020  |  Amazon Technology

After asking employees to remove the TikTok app from their phones Friday morning (July 10), Amazon later said it sent the staff memo in error, The Wall...

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