A lot of changes are happening in Europe. Great Britain is trying to figure itself out amidst its Brexit woes, there are political upheavals in Spain, relations with the US could be better; but these are not the main concerns for online retail in 2018. There are many other problems e-tailers face in our ever changing world.
...read moreApple has disappointed many by slowing older iPhone models down in order to prevent the phones with older batteries from shutting down suddenly. Now, it has been reported by Reuters that the company may face a legal battle in France over the practice of speeding up the aging process of their products to stimulate demand.
...read moreBritain is preparing to leave the EU and needs several new bills to pass through parliament in order for key aspects of Brexit to work. Right now, there is a new bill regarding taxation in discussion: British companies could be liable to pay VAT on imports from the EU-27 for the first time. Up until now they could opt to import goods free of VAT and pay the tax when selling the goods. New regulation might increase expenses and affect their cash flow negatively.
...read moreYour device(s) may be vulnerable to attack. A processor flaw has exposed 20 years of devices to new attacks. Their names are Meltdown and Spectre. With the tech world in a frenzy digging through rumours and speculations, answers and protection against the threat are hard to come by.
...read moreThere were many changes in 2017. With many chain stores closing their doors, voice-based assistants came into our homes and offices to help us command our daily lives. The future will hold many kinds of changes for shopping technology and culture. Retailers are doing their best to get ahead of consumer demands by investing strategically.
...read moreIf you are an online retailer who has ever dreamed of simpler VAT rules for your online business, now is the time to rejoice. Instead of filing a tax return in each EU country in which you sell, you will be able to file one tax return for the entire EU. This decision, made in December 2017, will reduce costs for e-commerce companies and increase tax revenues of EU countries.
...read moreWith increasing sizes of datasets on the web, and complex relationships that need to be represented, businesses and entrepreneurs need ways of applying machine learning techniques to uncover patterns in their data. Most of the time, your data already holds more valuable information than visible at first glance. What’s needed, is to find ways to structure and access the data to use it properly. Teaching your machines to learn, and learn well, means more turnover.
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