Amazon may own 49% of the US e-commerce market, but eBay remains surprisingly resilient according to an Edison Trends report. According to eMarketer, the six biggest e-commerce sellers are Amazon (49.1%) eBay (6.6%), Apple (3.9%), Walmart (3.7%), Home Depot (1.5%), and Best Buy (1.3%). We ...
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While Amazon’s Whole Foods implements a range of grocery discounts, Walmart and Google are going to the prom together again to offer voice ordering of groceries, two years after testing the service previously. Walmart Voice Order will work on a variety of Google Assistant platforms ...
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If millennials are a key target market, you’ll want to read the latest research from CouponFollow. Researchers outline how far and how fast millennials have moved into shopping online at the expense of off-line stores. All is not lost but understanding this important market will ...
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First Data has some fascinating research on 2018 gift card preferences, growth and trends in the UK. If you’re a retailer or online seller using gift cards as part of your marketing strategy, you’ll want to learn more. Physical gift cards just won’t die One ...
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In the US, fast food is a $200 billion industry. The on-demand food delivery business is also growing fast and is now estimated to be a $2 billion-plus a year industry according to a new report from Edison Trends. Let’s look at some of the ...
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Welcome to Payments NEXT’s weekly global payments news roundup. The week started with a bang with the planned $43 billion FIS/Worldpay merger. We covered several new product launches including Verifi’s self-service chargeback service, Branch’s new payday loan features, and ZestFinance’s bias-free lending platform. We also ...
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If you’re curious about the state of e-commerce in the Western EU, a new report from Internet Retailer says sales of the top Europe 500 online retailers and consumer brands grew 13.9% in 2017. This came at the expense of off-line retailers whose sales only ...
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It’s Friday and we’ve got your global payments news roundup. 23% of e-commerce in Europe is now cross-border according to a new report. Research shows consumers would buy more if retailers offered free returns. Thumbs up for the new biometrics bank card now testing in ...
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New research from Santander Business shows that half of UK businesses are at risk of invoice fraud because they do not check invoices diligently. The survey says only 50% of UK businesses verify details in email invoices, leaving them at risk of invoice fraud. 40% ...
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While 2018 holiday shopping retail results were up a solid 5.2%, it’s the buy online pickup in-store (BOPIS) sales jump of 46% that got industry analysts attention. A new report from Bell & Howell and OrderDynamics has some answers on why shoppers are embracing BOPIS, ...
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