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European mobile transactions rocket, but emerging markets lead the way for mobile wallets

1 European mobile transactions rocket, but emerging markets lead the way for mobile wallets

A major study of mobile wallets, released by payments fintech Boku, with data from Juniper Research, reveals that Europe will be home to four of the ten fastest-growing countries for mobile payment transactions by 2025. 

E-commerce shored up crumbling High Street in August, says ParcelHero

2 E-commerce shored up crumbling High Street in August, says ParcelHero

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for August reveal more bad news for the High Street. Despite the end of almost all Covid restrictions, overall sales actually fell in August, down -0.9% in volume against July.

Alibaba Cloud and Salesforce announce plan to launch Salesforce Social Commerce

3 Alibaba Cloud and Salesforce announce plan to launch Salesforce Social Commerce

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence back bone of Alibaba Group and Salesforce, the CRM solutions provider, have announced they are working toward an agreement to launch Salesforce Social Commerce, a headless commerce product being designed and built in China to help multinational brands succeed in the region.

Amazon Business Exchange 2021 to highlight the power of purchasing transformation

4 Amazon Business Exchange 2021 to highlight the power of purchasing transformation

The Third Amazon Business Exchange (ABX) conference for European procurement, finance, supply chain and business leaders across industries is set to take place virtually on the 5th of October from 10 am – 12:30 pm CET.

Drivers of success: Ecommerce SMEs take delivery in-house

5 Drivers of success: Ecommerce SMEs take delivery in-house

UK ecommerce businesses are taking delivery into their own hands, according to new research released by Vimcar.

More than half of UK businesses say Brexit created data access and management challenges

6 More than half of UK businesses say Brexit created data access and management challenges

More than half of UK businesses (54 percent) say Brexit has presented them with data access and management challenges, according to research from integration and API platform provider, MuleSoft.

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