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Ecommerce giant Amazon has launched the second edition of the Amazon Launchpad Innovation Awards. The competition supports European innovative startups. The winner will receive the ‘Startup of the year’ prize of 100,000 euros. It’s the second time that popular marketplace Amazon holds this competition. The first edition took place in 2021 with over 1,500 companies from 30 countries […]

We are heading toward a cashless society and infrastructure is developing to fully support new payment standards. Much of the global economy is steadily transitioning to commerce without paper cash and the gap between cashless and contactless money is closing. Vendors focus on handling emerging cryptocurrencies so they do not worry much about the disappearing […]

In 2021, Boeing Distribution Inc.’s online revenue was 15% higher compared to pre-pandemic levels, orders 20% higher. Ecommerce sales even increased after Boeing Distribution rolled out new tools to improve the online customer experience. Boeing Global Services, a division of Boeing Corp. that sells parts and data products to the aviation industry as well as […]

  Microsoft Corp. said it’s suspending all new sales of products and services in Russia. It condemns the country’s “unjustified, unprovoked and unlawful invasion” of Ukraine. The United States tech giant also said it’s working closely with governments of the U.S., European Union and United Kingdom and stopping many aspects of its business in Russia in […]

As businesses prepare their strategies to move forward in 2022, they should consider the impact of key social commerce trends. Social commerce is a crucial development for e-commerce. Social commerce is turning e-commerce into in-app purchases. Before social commerce, brands generated product awareness and community-building on social media to drive traffic to a third party […]

Going digital was forced by the pandemic but as a result, COVID-19 has created a huge opportunity for growth, some businesses are thriving like never before.  The e-commerce stores and marketplaces who already had an advantage in understanding digital commerce and already dominated the market before the pandemic, have gained even more market share. Here […]

The acceleration of ecommerce throughout the globe over the course of the pandemic has been hard to ignore, as consumers shopped online often out of necessity, and brands were forced to rapidly change their strategies as a result. From consumer behaviour to demand prediction to retention, the events since March 2020 have altered or sped […]

Software industry revenue models are changing. Complex and hybrid monetization models will dominate the market to deliver flexibility for producers and end customers, according to technology firm Revenera’s Monetization Monitor: Software Monetization Models and Strategies 2021 report. This report provides product executives at software and device companies with benchmarks about software deployment, pricing, and monetization. Nearly 400 […]

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The World’s Gaming Festival is taking place in Malta this week For the first time ever SiGMA Group is bringing its 4 leading shows together for the mother of all conferences. From the 15th to 19th November, SiGMA, alongside AGS (Affiliate Grand Slam), AIBC (World’s Premier Event for Emerging Tech), and Med-Tech World will bring […]