Tag Archive | ecommerce

How Cross-Border Payments Fuel Digital Trade

How Cross-Border Payments Fuel Digital Trade

Within the United States and Canada, overall e-commerce orders have increased by 129% compared with last year. Similarly, the digital payments market is now expected to grow this year by 11% worldwide and as high 15.9% in places like China.

via World Economic Forum

Technology Used to Reduce COVID-19 Contamination Risks

Technology Used to Reduce COVID-19 Contamination Risks

Enabling contactless customer interactions, from using smartphones for ordering in restaurants to controlling self-service kiosks with hand gestures, these solutions are reducing the risk of exposure to germs by making customer interactions touchless.

via CB Insights

Exploring the Enterprise Blockchain Multiverse of Apps

Exploring the Enterprise Blockchain Multiverse of Apps

Standard models of platform use and digital business service use are giving way to strategic blockchain projects and collaborations among unique sets of industry ecosystem players that pursue distributed ledger applications.

via Digital Lifescapes

Digital Payments Growth in a Post-Pandemic Era

Digital Payments Growth in a Post-Pandemic Era

“Digital payments are limiting in-person transactions and ensuring consumers can buy essentials from the comfort of their homes. Ramped up e-commerce initiatives are also helping small businesses keep revenue flowing during an uncertain time.”

via World Economic Forum

How the Pandemic is Driving Online Retail Growth

How the Pandemic is Driving Online Retail Growth

Shopping online in the U.S. market: “In looking at total digital visits to an aggregate of Amazon, Walmart and Target’s sites, we saw 779 million visits the week of March 9-15 – the highest number of visits of any week so far in 2020.”

via Comscore

COVID-19: The Implications for Business

COVID-19: The Implications for Business

“This article is intended to provide business leaders with a perspective on the evolving situation and implications for their companies. The outbreak is moving quickly, and some of the perspectives in this article may fall rapidly out of date. This article reflects our perspective as of March 16, 2020.”

via McKinsey

How to Adopt Digital Business Innovation Models

How to Adopt Digital Business Innovation Models

“Traditional businesses, because of the legacy they have in terms of business models and technologies, have struggled with their digital transformation when compared with born-digital companies. Is it possible to learn from platform-based companies?

via World Economic Forum

Enterprise Blockchain: The 4 Critical Considerations

Enterprise Blockchain: The 4 Critical Considerations

Digital assets and blockchain solutions are revolutionizing business operations across industries. As your enterprise shifts from proof-of-concept to production-grade implementation, leaders will seek technological solutions that include advanced security and scalability.

via Futurum

How Digital Commerce Spending will Reach $18.7 Trillion

How Digital Commerce Spending will Reach $18.7 Trillion

According to Juniper Research, global spending on digital commerce will reach $18.7 trillion by 2024 — that’s up from $11.2 trillion in 2019; an increase of 66 percent over the 5-year forecast period.

via Digital Lifescapes

Retail Analytics Market will Reach $24 Billion by 2027

Retail Analytics Market will Reach $24 Billion by 2027

The global retail analytics market will reach a value of $24 billion by 2027 — expanding at a CAGR of ~19% from 2019 to 2027. Asia Pacific is anticipated to dominate the global retail analytics market and expand at a CAGR of ~24% during the forecast period.

via Transparency Research