The rise of e-commerce is continuing to grow at a rapid pace. The total transaction value of e-commerce worldwide is estimated to be $2,875,507 million in 2018[1], with a global user base of 2,818,000,000[2] estimated online shoppers. The US and China represent the biggest markets globally (when it comes to their online spending) whilst countries such as Argentina, India and
e-Tail Asia 2019 – 05-07 March 2019
Transforming Asian eCommerce and Digital Marketing. Together. The eCommerce and Digital Marketing event for Asia’s Leading Retail Innovators eTail Asia is the destination event for large, established e-retailers to share best practice, challenge convention and network among the leaders of Asian eCommerce and digital marketing. eTail Asia combines inspirational case studies
Alibaba: king of the holiday season
Tamebay.com reports that Alibaba, the most powerful, well-known Chinese marketplace platform, is the absolute king of the 2018 holiday sales. Comparing the United States versus Alibaba Holiday sales for 2018, Alibaba’s Single’s Day beat all four American Cyber weekend sales combined. Adobe tracked sales in the United States during Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday ($6.2
Geoblocking starts today!
Starting today, the new geoblocking regulation designed by the European Union comes into force. It means that customers from other countries can shop on a localised web shop and products cannot be refused to them. Not serving consumer depending on their geographical relations is called geoblocking. For example, by checking IP-addresses automatically on country code, the web
Black Friday: major growth in transactions in the Netherlands
According to Betaalvereniging Nederland, payment transactions have increased a lot over the Black Friday weekend. From Friday, November 23rd to Monday 26th, the popular payment method iDeal and normal debit cards were used a lot more. The number of iDeal transactions rose 72% compared to normal. For debit cards, the increase was 16%. In total, a turnover of about 2.35