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The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week
week of 11/22/2019 |
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| Three States Seeking Retroactive Sales Tax Post Wayfair Decision |
| With ecommerce, catalog and other merchants still wrestling with the impact of the June 2018 South Dakota vs. Wayfair decision, some states are retroactively seeking sales tax from out-of-state online sellers. California, South Carolina and Louisiana are separately seeking taxes as far back as five years. Some question the legal justification.…» |
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| USPS Net Loss More Than Doubles for 2019, Package Volume Up Slightly |
| The USPS saw a slight increase in package volume for fiscal 2019, after its first quarterly decline in years during Q3, as the agency is being challenged by Amazon and FedEx rerouting packages to their own networks. Total mail and package volume declined by 3.8 billion pieces or 2.6%, and the net loss more than doubled to $8.8 billion.…» |
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| Payoneer Found U.S. Ecommerce Sales Grew Faster Than China in Q3 |
| Ecommerce in the United States is growing faster than in China, which remains ahead in terms of overall sales volume, based on client data from payment services firm Payoneer, and the UK is growing faster than both. With the exception of Japan (3%), companies in the top 10 for ecommerce sales all saw strong Q3 double-digit growth.…» |
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| Assessing the Impact of 2020 Rate Increases from UPS |
| Effective Dec. 29, UPS ground, air and international rates will increase by an average of 4.9%. Keep in mind that there is often a discrepancy between the announced increase and the effect on individual shippers. The team at Shipware provided a breakdown of some areas which will likely provide the most impact for merchant shippers.…» |
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| TikTok Testing Addition of Social Commerce URLs |
| Short-form mobile video app TikTok is expanding its ecommerce footprint by testing a new feature allowing users to add a shoppable URL to their bios or videos, creating an online store where consumers can shop in the app. TikTok is also reportedly talking with Sony and Warner about licensing deals for a new streaming music service.…» |
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| Shorter Holiday Season Puts More Focus on Cyber Weekend |
| U.S. shoppers wants lots of choices, great deals and delivery reliability over speed this holiday season, according to a survey of more than 3,000 consumers by ecommerce platform provider CommerceHub. 68% of respondents said they were either very likely or somewhat likely to shop on the major deal days, a 25% increase over 2018.…» |
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Sales Executive, eCommerce/Shipping (California, Nevada or Oregon Based)
Pitney Bowes – Los Angeles, CA
Director, Global Web Marketing & Ecommerce
Pitney Bowes – Stamford, CT
Manager Payment Hub Operations and Global Ecommerce Operating Expense
Pitney Bowes – Shelton, CT
Transportation Area Manager
Amazon.com Services, Inc. – , MI
Head of Technology, eCommerce North America
Chubb Insurance – Miami, FL
Assistant Professor in retail technology/digital
University of North Texas – Denton, TX
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