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Alibaba Says It Has Addressed Online Security Vulnerability

| Mike O'Brien

Alibaba says it is doing all it can to keep on top of security issues that affect its ecommerce merchants, after a published report noted that an Israeli firm in late October found a security flaw in AliExpress, the company’s English language ecommerce site.

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Alibaba Reports Singles Day Sales Up 62% to $9.3B

| Mike O'Brien

While Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba reported that Singles Day 2014 – 11.11 – the world’s largest shopping day, brought in more than $9.3 billion in sales, up 62% from 2013, the global phenomenon has yet to make a significant impact in the U.S.

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4 Key Trends in Global Ecommerce Growth

| Daniela Forte

Retailers are recognizing the growth opportunity with going global with their business. In a report, Deloitte Digital releases four key trends with growing global, see what they are here.

Africa Offers Enormous Ecommerce Potential

| Tim Parry

Africa offers enormous growth potential for e-retailers given that online shopping is in its infancy in the region. According to the DHL Shop the World report published by Deutsche Post DHL, emerging markets in Africa offer the highest growth potential for the ecommerce industry. Deutsche Post DHL is not alone: Here’s additional reasons to conclude Africa’s ecommerce will be enormous.

Ecommerce Sales in Russia to Near EUR 30 Billion

| Tim Parry

Ecommerce in Russia has been growing rapidly responding to a variety of influences including the spread of Internet use in the large population. Here’s a look at two worldwide ecommerce that are affecting consumers in Russia.

A Deep Dive Into the 2014 Pitney Bowes Global Online Shopping Study

| Tim Parry

A successful international strategy centers on providing buyers with clarity and accuracy in the online buying process, certainty and transparency in delivery, and competitive pricing. Here’s a deep dive into the results of the 2014 Pitney Bowes Global Online Shopping Study results.

UK Retailer Pushes 500 User Tests Live a Year

| Daniela Forte

Shop Direct, home of some of the UK’s digital department stores including Woolworths, Very, Littlewoods, Isme and K&Co partners with Qubit platform and as a result has seen success with its push of a larger number of user tests.