Newegg Latest Merchant to Accept Bitcoin

| Tim Parry

The company’s more than 25 million registered customers can now pay for more than 10.5 million products including electronics, computers, game consoles and household items using Bitcoin through BitPay.

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How To Grow Your Global Marketplace Revenues

| Daniela Forte

Mark Vandegrift, director of business management for Channel Advisor, will talk about Amazon, eBay and Newegg and others based in other countries – Tmall, TradeMe, Mercado Libre during his session on July 15 at Multichannel Merchant’s Growing Global conference in Long Beach, CA.

Are Retailers Ready for Fast, Visual Mobile Ecommerce?

| Daniela Forte

Online retailers are actively pursuing the promise of m-commerce as more of the web continues to “go mobile.” The difficulty is satisfying the needs of mobile users. Instart Logic reveals in this infographic three sizable gaps between what etailers know works, and what they’re actually doing.

Why U.S. Retailers Struggle Online with Brazilian Consumers

| MCM Staff

Many Brazilian consumers are forgoing the country’s local businesses, choosing instead to buy American goods as a sign of wealth. But many U.S. retailers are struggling to sell to Brazilian consumers due to the country’s closed-loop network policy, which restricts Brazilian cardholders to only using their credit/debit card within the country.

Betteridge Chooses Borderfree for Global Ecommerce

| MCM Staff

Fine jeweler and watch retailer Betteridge announced that it has partnered with Borderfree to expand its online customer experience globally. By partnering with Borderfree, Betteridge now offers international shipping to over 100 countries and territories worldwide in more than 60 global currencies.

The Movers and Shakers of Mobile in Retail

| Daniela Forte

Adhering to consumer expectation, retailers are making mobile a “key initiative” in 2014, according to an infographic by Shop.org. Major companies like Walmart, Amazon, Rue La La are all making mobile part of the shopping experience.