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Mix-N-Match Fake Shopping Holidays For Fun And Profit

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This year’s theme is “Shop Small and Share Joy” – and Amex is betting the store, as it were, on social media, saying in a statement that “according to the American Express Shop Small Impact Study … the majority (78 percent) of small business owners say that positive feedback on social media is a significant driver of business.”.

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How SMBs Could Edge Out eCommerce Giants This Holiday Season

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13-14, online merchants in America and beyond are preparing for the earliest, most aggressive selling season ever. With more and more commerce going online, he said, it will also be increasingly important for sellers to process a higher number of returns and chargebacks and to quickly settle customer disputes.

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Amazon Says UK SMBs Feeling The Benefits Of Tech

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Reports in Business Leader covered the SME Growth Tracker published last week, conducted quarterly by Capital Economics and commissioned by Amazon U.K. and Enterprise Nation. The tracker found company websites to be the second-most common channel through which SMBs sell online, followed by email. Amazon U.K.

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Inside China’s Effort To Marry Digital ID With Mobile Payments

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As China strives to take its national ID program further into the digital realm, some of the country’s leading online firms are applying payment features to that effort. Consumers who want to use Alipay must provide their real names and national ID card numbers. A national rollout is ongoing, according to reports.

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Rethinking The SME Loan Underwriting Model In Southeast Asia

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Traditional banks will require credit histories and collateral to underwrite a small business loan, both of which many SMBs in Southeast Asian nations lack. It’s a self-perpetuating scenario that keeps barriers to capital in place. Asymmetric Information Exchange.

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2019: Big Payment, Commerce And Tech IPOs Loom On The Horizon

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A robust supply of private capital reportedly is one of the main reasons for that, along with corporate cultures that are averse to public markets. But relatively high stock prices and access to more capital remain prime temptations, and there is little doubt that 2019 will bring more than few exciting — and telling — IPOs. The latest?

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Pixlee Lets Retailers Market Using Real Customers’ Photos

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Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.