European lawmakers are pressing major e-commerce and media platforms to share more data with each other as a tool to fight rogue traders who are targeting consumers with coronavirus scams.
After the pandemic spread to the West, internet platforms were flooded with local ads for PPE of unknown and/or dubious quality and other dubious coronavirus offers — even after some of the firms banned such advertising .
The concern here is not only consumers being ripped off but the real risk of harm if people buy a product that does not offer the protection claimed against exposure to the virus or even get sold a bogus coronavirus “cure” when none in fact exists.
Many things are taking place:
E-commerce Security: 5 Ways to Enhance Data Protection During the Shopping Season - Security
E-commerce security is a set of protocols that ensures safe transactions through the internet. In digital security, significant data breaches have profoundly undermined trust. Consumers are comfortable making purchases through common networks. However, they require a little more convincing when it comes to sharing their credit card data with unfamiliar companies.
By 2021, over 2.14 billion people worldwide are expected to buy goods and services online. Increased online buying means retail data breaches will also be on the rise as point-of-sale (POS) systems, e-commerce sites and other store servers are major targets for hackers.
Your Ecommerce Platform Can Help with That | Practical Ecommerce
The coronavirus pandemic has encouraged many entrepreneurs and small-business owners to either start selling online or significantly expand their ecommerce operations.
BigCommerce, another SaaS ecommerce platform, reported that in the same second quarter it enjoyed a 7-percent increase in the number of customers generating more than $2,000 in annual contract value.
How Customer Feedback Software Can Improve Your Ecommerce Business - Business 2 Community
The last customer that engaged with your eCommerce business had some opinions about the product or service they bought. They also had some opinions about their customer journey and how well their transaction was completed. Customer feedback is a very prevalent metric for eCommerce businesses that can make or break a business's brand image.
What did your last 5 customers think after engaging with your business? Is it important to evaluate their feedback? How does it affect your business? Let us take a deeper look into how all these questions are relevant, why you should use customer feedback software, and how it matters for improving your eCommerce business .
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Adoption of CommerceIQ's ML-Based Ecommerce Platform Soars
At the same time, prominent customers including Bayer, Hamilton Beach, and Homestyles have doubled-down and expanded their use of CommerceIQ's machine-based e-commerce platform to optimize their advertising, sales, and supply chain operations with a focus on increasing Share of Voice (SoV). Customers are now managing over $6B in Amazon gross sales using the CommerceIQ platform, a 100% year-over-year increase in revenue under management.
Pandemic Accelerates the Erosion of Brick-and-Mortar Providing New Opportunities this Holiday
“Something we’ve been talking about a lot since merger of our teams and talent is how the pandemic has affected our eCommerce clients – and, especially, how the pandemic will impact the holiday shopping season,” said John Morrison , CEO.
According to Adobe analytics, U.S. online sales increased 43 percent year over year in September, reaching $60.4 billion . Adobe’s data is compiled from more than one trillion anonymous visits to retail sites and more than 100 million SKUs across 18 product categories from 80 of the top 100 retailers in the Digital Commerce 360 Top 1000.
Amazon Delivers New eCommerce Site To Sweden | PYMNTS.com
Amazon is advancing its presence in Sweden with a new eCommerce site and a clean energy grid to support the tech giant's data centers, according to company statement on Wednesday (Oct. 28).
The 91-megawatt power project Amazon is building in Sweden will likely deliver approximately 280,000-megawatt hours of clean energy to the Swedish grid. The extra watts will power Amazon's cloud infrastructure and its expanding retail business in the country.
Logistics Hiring Surges on Restocking, E-Commerce Sales - WSJ
Logistics payrolls soared in October as inventory restocking after coronavirus lockdowns and strong online sales fueled a hiring surge at distribution and transport companies.
Warehousing, trucking and delivery operators—the logistics sectors most tied to e-commerce—added a combined 46,000 jobs last month, according to seasonally adjusted preliminary employment figures the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. That marked an acceleration of a growth streak over the past two months that has boosted payrolls in those fields by 77,200.
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