E-commerce is all about offering customers convenience. The past 2 years have been full of massive changes, which also include changes in consumer behavior. Before the pandemic, nobody would have thought e-commerce and online shopping would become as popular as they have. Slowly but surely, more and more brick and mortar store owners understand the […]
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The eCommerce market has been growing dramatically in the last few years, particularly during the pandemic. According to eMarketer, worldwide eCommerce sales exceeded $5 trillion for the first time in 2022 and are expected to climb past $7 trillion by 2025. Starting a business in centered around selling eCommerce products is more relevant than ever.
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Starting a side gig can be a great way to supplement your income. Whether you’re saving for a dream vacation, a down payment on a house, or you need extra money to make ends meet, there are many ways to make money online and offline to help. 1. Start a Freelance Gig If you have a
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Over the last 12 months, almost every retailer felt the need to shift from the in-store traditional payment methods to the new-age digital methods. Businesses have also understood that this shift has a vast scope – it is not just a momentary reaction to the prevailing coronavirus pandemic, but a long-term trend. IBM’s U.S Retail
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The past year has been full of surprises for merchants, processors, and everyone involved in the payment processing ecosystem. There have been many unexpected highs and lows, but overall the trajectory of the industry has been positive despite some immense challenges. We saw the evolution of payment channels to handle consumer demands and COVID-19 threats.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been tough for a whole lot of industries, and in fact, some have yet to recover from the hurt inflicted. However, the previous year has unexpectedly accelerated the growth of some sectors, including the direct-to-consumer (D2C) markets. 2020 witnessed a sudden shift in the consumers’ behaviors, preferences, and purchasing patterns, compelling
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Your restaurant marketing determines your restaurant’s success, especially during the pandemic. Life is difficult for so many industries but with the right steps, you can increase your sales, especially if you think outside of the box. Here are seven tips for marketing your restaurant in 2020. Create a Website Everyone uses the internet to make
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The collaboration between Walmart and Shopify is all set to conquer the e-commerce industry. They will provide fierce competition for Amazon, as around 1200 companies selling on Shopify will now be able to sell on Walmart U.S by the end of this year. Shopify’s vice president of product, Satish Kanwar, considers Walmart of size and
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How Is COVID-19 Transforming E-Commerce Merchants? There is no doubt COVID-19 has redefined our life, and its impact could, presumably, last for years. The way we socialize, work, and function has rapidly changed, and so has our buying behavior. Online shopping has become the new norm as consumers are finding it safer and more reliable.
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There’s been a new trend among shoppers when it comes to online shopping this holiday season: make the last-minute purchase online and pick it up in-store. It has, in fact, become so popular that both consumers and retailers alike have come up with a trendy new anacronym: BOPIS (buy online pick up in-store), and according
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The numbers are in for the 2019 holiday shopping season, the final one of the decade, and retailers were pleased to learn that overall sales increased by nearly 3.5% compared to last year. Starting on Black Friday and culminating with last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve, retailers were definitely in the black this season, and this
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According to recent data released by Adobe Analytics, American shoppers will be going online to spread the holiday cheer among retailers in 2019. The Adobe study was published a few weeks ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two of the most active and lucrative shopping events in the United States. As has been the
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With 2020 looking to be the year that all the next generation games consoles will begin to hit the market, it won’t come as a surprise to learn that many eager consumers are starting to put money aside. For many, a lack of immediately available funds will direct attention to credit, but this past week,
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According to the 2019 Fraud Attack Index by e-commerce security company Forter, attempts at defrauding online retailers have, for the second year consecutively, increased with online electronics and food and beverage retailers seeing the biggest hits. After going through merchant and transaction data, Forter determined the rate at which e-commerce fraud attacks occur has increased
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In terms of telecommunications and payment transactions, the United States is strangely out of step with the rest of the world in some aspects. Paper checks, for example, are still used by many companies. The adoption of EMV technology by American retailers was slow enough to cause anxiety among providers of payment processing services. As
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Starting later this year, American Express is offering online shoppers a brand-new way to pay retailers directly from their bank account, in real-time, without the need to use a debit or credit card in hand. The new service, which will be offered to bank account holders in the U.K., even those without an American Express
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With the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) now live, the European Union’s Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regulation is now set to go into effect this month. The regulation, which aims to improve transaction security for customers and retailers, is set to bring a lot of confusion as merchants brace for the change. What Is SCA?
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The expected global rollout of 5G technology is predicted to bring many changes to today’s connected global economy. With real-time, high-speed data flow, 5G is likely to fuel even further expansion of mobile payments and change the credit card processing industry on a fundamental level. Here’s what 5G may mean for the future of mobile
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