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2017 E-Commerce Holiday Shopping Forecast

E-commerce is once again expected to have good growth for the 2017 holiday shopping season — with Amazon accounting for one-third of all U.S. online holiday revenues!!! Here are a slideshow (click the image to access it!!!!) and a year-to-year … Continue reading

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Amazon Collecting Sales Tax in More States

Since their inception, online retailers have often had a major advantage over their brick-and-mortar and brick-and-click counterparts: they haven’t had to collect sales tax on items sold to customers in many states where they did not have a physical presence. … Continue reading

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Live Chat Software Adds to the Online Experience

Guest Blogger Today’s post is by David Campbell, who blogs about customer service trends for ClickDesk live chat and helpdesk software. He is an active freelance writer and his other interests include organic SEO and growth hacking. _______________________________________________________________________ Whether you’re … Continue reading

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