Payment Pitfalls In the Cross-Border Cart

| Chris Johnson

It goes without saying that the cross-border ability to reach billions of consumers around the world presents a tremendous opportunity for businesses. However, retailers are faced with pitfalls in the payment process, resulting in more abandoned carts than ever. Here is how retailers looking to go cross-border with their business can avoid these payment headaches in the shopping cart.

Retail Trends from 2016 Will Drive Success in 2017

| Gregg Zegras

What were some of the retail and commerce drivers from 2016 that will continue to have an impact on 2017? As you conduct your holiday season postmortem and roadmap your 2017 plans, here are a few trends to mull over while celebrating the New Year.

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Global Shopping Data and the Black Friday Weekend

| Mike Ganci

This holiday season American shoppers are joined by consumers from over 140 countries who are buying from U.S. brands. Here is the shopping data and trends you need to know during the busiest shopping weekend of the year.

Global Parcel Shipping Projected to Grow 20% by 2018

| Mike O'Brien

A new index from Pitney Bowes projects that global parcel shipping will increase 5%-7% per year, increasing 20% by 2018, driven largely by ecommerce growth. See what else the company discovered while surveying parcel shippers in 12 markets.

Newegg, Pitney Bowes Make Waves Down Under

| Tim Parry

Newegg and Pitney Bowes are making waves down under, with both announcing brand extensions this week in Australia. Newegg has launched a store on eBay Australia, and Pitney Bowes will help Australian merchants sell cross-border.