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That Countdown Timer Telling You the Sale Ends in 3 Hours Has Been Lying to You. Italy Just Fined Someone €2 Million for It.

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That Countdown Timer Telling You the Sale Ends in 3 Hours Has Been Lying to You. Italy Just Fined Someone €2 Million for It.

Ivana Soldat

You have seen the timer. Every ecommerce shopper has seen the timer. It sits underneath the discounted price, ticking down ...

Home Depot Is Selling Its Customer Data to Brands That Don't Even Sell at Home Depot

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Home Depot Is Selling Its Customer Data to Brands That Don’t Even Sell at Home Depot

Ivana Soldat

Here is a simple thing to understand about Home Depot. Every time a customer buys something, whether it’s a power ...

Vinted’s €30,000 Toy Listings Sparked a Criminal Investigation in France

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Vinted’s €30,000 Toy Listings Sparked a Criminal Investigation in France

Ivana Soldat

The story started the way many platform scandals now start: not with an audit, not with a regulator, but with ...

Ecommerce Fraud Now Costs Retailers $5 For Every $1 Stolen

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Ecommerce Fraud Now Costs Retailers $5 For Every $1 Stolen

Ivana Soldat

A stolen dollar does not cost merchants one dollar anymore. It costs them chargebacks, investigations, manual reviews, customer service time, ...

PayPal Adds Support For Dozens More Payment Methods

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PayPal Adds Support For Dozens More Payment Methods

Kale Havervold

PayPal just became more international-friendly, as it has added a collection of new local payment methods to better serve customers ...

eBay Reveals Its Plans for Handling July 4th Shipments

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eBay Reveals Its Plans for Handling July 4th Shipments

Kale Havervold

Because July 4th falls on a weekend this year, many companies and agencies observe the holiday a day early, meaning ...

Be Aware of This Scam During Amazon’s Prime Day Sale

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Be Aware of This Scam During Amazon’s Prime Day Sale

Kale Havervold

Amazon’s massive Prime Day Sale is finally here, with many items in all different kinds of categories going on sale. ...

Ecom Founder Warns These Robots May Replace 700,000 Workers

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Ecom Founder Warns These Robots May Replace 700,000 Workers

Kale Havervold

According to expectations from Richard Liu, the founder and chairman of JD.com, one of the largest ecommerce companies in the ...

25 Attorneys General Couldn't Stop Illegal Vapes. So They Went After Shopify Instead.

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25 Attorneys General Couldn’t Stop Illegal Vapes. So They Went After Shopify Instead.

Ivana Soldat

For years, regulators tried to kill the illegal US vape market the obvious way: go after the brands, sue the ...

The Challenges of Live Commerce, and How to Overcome Them

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The Challenges of Live Commerce, and How to Overcome Them

Kale Havervold

Combining both entertainment and business, live commerce is quickly becoming a major sales channel for a wide variety of different ...