The COVID-19 pandemic has created new opportunities for online criminals targeting e-retailers and their customers. As ecommerce traffic and purchases surged after governments around the world imposed stay-at-home directives, total monthly online fraud attempts rose and the scammers made online retailing their top target.
It’s unusual for online criminals to focus so heavily on the retail/wholesale sector outside the holiday season, says Carl Wearn, head of risk and resilience for e-crime and cyber investigation at Mimecast. Generally, sectors like banking and professional services get the most attention.
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Mexico's Ecommerce Matures | Practical Ecommerce
When I last addressed Mexican ecommerce, in 2014, citizens distrusted online purchasing, relied on simple payment methods, and did not buy from foreign websites. In 2020, much is unchanged. A large percentage of Mexicans still do not have bank accounts or credit cards.
However, more people are embracing ecommerce, revenues are rising, and cross-border sales have gained traction, especially from U.S. merchants, whose Spanish versions comprise most of the top 10 ecommerce sites in Mexico.
France Ecommerce 2020 - eMarketer Trends, Forecasts & Statistics
Digital retailers are among the few businesses to benefit from the coronavirus crisis and the resulting changes in consumer behavior.
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The coronavirus pandemic has been a disaster for the retail sector across Western Europe, with physical stores hit especially hard. We estimate that overall retail sales in the region will drop 9.9% this year, to $3.776 trillion (€3.372 trillion).
Ecommerce has fared better than retail overall. The strict lockdown has led many consumers in France to shop more online or to buy goods like groceries digitally for the first time. We expect retail ecommerce sales to total $77.27 billion (€69.01 billion) this year, compared with $66.00 billion (€58.94 billion) in 2019.
The Top Small Business eCommerce Companies, According to eCommerce Development Rating Platform |
NEW YORK , June 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 46% of American small businesses still don't have a website.
ECommerceCompanies.com, a B2B marketplace connecting brands with eCommerce designers and developers, shared the leading eCommerce companies that small businesses can work with to market themselves through online channels.
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Brands can view the best small business eCommerce companies by price, expertise and location on eCommerceCompanies.com.
Many things are taking place:
Trib’s new eCommerce program helps generate sales while supporting local nonprofits |
Trib Total Media has launched a new eCommerce marketplace for businesses and nonprofits looking to increase sales while also supporting the community.
The Trib introduced the EverybodyShops.com platform this week in connection with its growing list of Neighborhood News Network sites, which provide hyper-local news to 31 Pittsburgh-area neighborhoods, according to Joe Lawrence, CEO of a new artificial intelligence company, MeSearch Media Technologies, Ltd., which created the technology platform that runs the local news network.
SmartGift Receives U.S.
SmartGift, the fastest growing gift-based ecommerce and data platform, today announced that it has been issued a patent for its original and distinguished work in ecommerce technology—Patent No. 10,679,268.
"It is both rewarding and important that many of our original ideas and inventions are now anchored in a patent issuance. We work day by day with the singular goal to iterate and improve on the gift giving and receiving customer experience through digital innovation, and provide the best technology and service to our platform brands and consumers. You can only get to this place by continuously pushing the boundaries and by putting your brainpower, heart and soul into the task every single day.
In China, Social Commerce Makes Up 11.6% of Retail Ecommerce Sales - eMarketer Trends, Forecasts
Retail social commerce sales in China will grow to $242.41 billion (RMB1.675 trillion) this year, accounting for 11.6% of total retail ecommerce sales in the country, according to our latest estimates.
We expect retail social commerce sales will continue to rise over our forecast period, nearly doubling to $474.81 billion (RMB3.280 trillion) by 2023.
Social commerce has been far more prominent in China than in the US. To put that into perspective, social commerce sales in China totaled $186.04 billion (RMB1.285 trillion) in 2019—nearly 10 times the number of sales in the US, which reached $19.42 billion last year.
Kiribati sets sights on overcoming hurdles to ecommerce | Trade 4 Dev News
To contain the spread of the coronavirus, Kiribati reduced physical contact among government staff by introducing in March electronic payment of salaries of those who were previously paid in cash.
Many government employees who didn't have bank accounts before the pandemic were obliged to open them.
The Pacific nation also started processing online documents for incoming vessels and flights bringing essential goods or repatriating foreigners, to enhance physical distancing among border security staff.
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