It isn't any secret that many of the customer reviews found on platforms like Amazon aren't real. They only exist to steer us toward buying certain projects, or by pushing us away from others. Currently, 5 out of 10 Amazon reviews are based on entries that are fake. A reputation agency reviewer claims this in a report written by German magazine Computer Bild.
...read moreIt's the year 2019, and we have many, many ways we can pay for things these day. In Europe, however, cards are the preferred payment method. But not just for consumers. Retailers also prefer cards. The use of cards has been growing for several years now, with 87% of European consumers finding a sense of comfort paying with their cards.
...read moreIn a campaign called "The Big Hack", a disability charity in the United Kingdom called Scope wants to raise awareness for retailers about digital exclusion. Because of the nature of e-commerce, many disabled customers can't shop online properly. The aim of The Big Hack is to make the digital world better for people with disabilities. Together with the tech industry, Scope wants to destroy the barriers that disabled people face – both online and offline.
...read moreThe world of e-commerce is growing and changing, as it always has. Europe holds 8 of the 10 top spots on the B2C E-commerce Index of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. A list that ranks countries on their preparation to engage in e-commerce, the B2C Index shows that Europe is, by far, the most prepared region for e-commerce.
...read moreFrom 18 European Member States, law enforcement authorities and third parties have been conducting a joint investigation with Europol and the U.S. National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Centre, which is being facilitated by Eurojust and INTERPOL. They have seized over 30,506 domain names that had been distributing counterfeit and pirated items over the Internet during operation IOS X.
...read moreThe European Commission has released the 2019 Consumer Conditions Scoreboard. It shows that consumer conditions have become less unequal between different regions of the European Union, with Eastern and Southern countries progressing and narrowing the gap to the EU average. That being said, there are considerable differences between the countries with the best consumer conditions (mostly in Northern Europe) and those scoring the lowest.
...read moreIt's the day after Thanksgiving in the United States – which means it's Black Friday. At Amazon, orders have been increasing over the past weeks in the build up to the busiest shopping day of the year. People are in a rush to buy everything they need for Christmas, and Black Friday has a reputation for being the beginning of the Christmas peak season. Sounds like fun? It isn't really a great time if you work in an Amazon warehouse, where long hours of hard work await you, as well as some hard decisions.
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