Once just an American tradition, Black Friday sales have quickly spread across the world as retailers attempt to take advantage of the holiday season to shift high-value stock and build on their customer base before the Christmas rush. While the Americans climb over each other to get the best deal in stores, most retailers in Europe provide their best deals through their online
Invisible payments to take the stage as the new commerce norm
Payvision released a new ebook exploring the future of commerce payments. The research looks into how the next generation of payments is reinventing the shopping experience, giving merchants clear insight into key strategic retail trends. The future of payments is instant and invisible, triggered by the needs and demands of today’s modern consumers: millennials and Gen Z. By
Research: Why do consumers fall for scams?
Scam season is approaching. While consumers are preparing to massively shop online for the holiday season, scammers are ramping up their websites. The Ecommerce Foundation surveyed 5200 consumers from 42 countries to better understand who is being scammed and why scams are successful. Consumers receive 55 scams attempts a year Of the participants in the survey, 72% think they
87 billion e-commerce shipments in 2018
Globally, the parcel volume reached 87 billion in 2018. This is up from 74 billion shipments in the previous year and this highest score since Pitney Bowes started its Shipping Index. The e-commerce solution provider believes this figure will double within the next six years. It predicts about 200 billion parcel shipments by 2025. The Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index
No deal Brexit is no joke
Negotiations on Brexit continue and as no-one is sure what the outcome will be, there are a lot of insecurities for European and British retailers. How will it affect their business, and what can they do to protect it? GS1UK created a no-deal preparedness list that helps you think of the vital actions to think of and make sure that your business is ready for a worst-case