Facebook has secured some mega-powerful backing in over a dozen companies, setting the sometimes beleaguered social media giant up for next week's unveiling of Libra, its cryptocurrency. Backed by the likes of Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe, Booking.com and Uber, each investing around $10 million each, Libra will be at the top of the heap of digital currencies.
...read moreThe retailers at the top in the United Kingdom and Germany are not really taking care of their customers as well as they could be. Not meeting the expectations of online shoppers potentially damages loyalty and revenues, so why are so many of the top retailers having problems satisfying customers? Customer centricity is the key.
...read moreBy the end of 2019, European e-commerce is set to be worth €621 billion. Compared to last year, showing e-commerce in Europe to be worth €547 billion, that is an increase in growth of 13.6%. This informative prediction comes from the very latest Ecommerce Foundation report on European e-commerce. The study also found that Scandinavian countries continually rank high in critical e-commerce indices. We also included some hard Brexit info.
...read moreWalmart has a new service. InHome Delivery allows customers to order fresh groceries directly into their refrigerators or garages. Customers need only to place an order online, select InHome Delivery and pick a time. Then the homeowner is given an alert when the delivery person is near their home, enabling them to watch the entire delivery live or view it later.
...read moreJ.P. Morgan is the number one e-commerce acquirer in Europe (by web transaction volume). When the total transaction volume is taken into account, the financial services company is the fourth largest acquirer in Europe. With these statistics from the Nilson Report, a publication that brings news and statistics about the card and mobile payments. J.P. Morgan says this market growth has fueled its growth to move from the sixth-place merchant acquirer in Europe to fourth-place.
...read moreYouTube has decided to take the side of edgy and popular commentator, Steven Crowder, formally responding to a massive feud between the conservative YouTuber and writer/video host Carlos Maza. Basically, YouTube stated that Crowder's channel violated none of YouTube's policies, and that his channel (and the offending episodes) will remain up. This comes after repeated homophobic and ethnic slurs were directed toward Maza in videos posted on YouTube.
...read moreAmazon is teaming up with small businesses all across the UK to show off what they have to offer. The hope is to reflect how shoppers in the UK enjoy buying on the high street. Working together with Enterprise Nation, who support more than 90,000 small businesses in the UK, the partnership with Amazon will see the launch of 10 Clicks and Mortar pop-up shops in a pilot that will last a year.
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