e-commerce

Earlier this month, Apple's VP of Internet Services Jennifer Bailey delivered a keynote at NRF 2018 where she discussed the current state retail and Apple Pay. In terms of internet traffic, mobile usage has exceeded PCs in 2017. Twenty-five percent of e-commerce is mobile in the United States. The growth rate is four times that...

Simons department store chain is launching a new app as a part of its initiative to expand and focus on its e-commerce business. In a statement, the president of the Quebec-based company Peter Simons said: “We really felt the need to close that gap between e-commerce and our physical and digital footprint.” The app includes...

According to a study from an e-commerce software provider Demandware, smartphones have surpassed computers as the top e-commerce traffic source, accounting for 45.1% of web-shopping traffic in Q1 of 2016, while the computers accounted for 45% during the same period (via The Globe and Mail). The firm is now predicting that by the end of next year, smartphones will...

According to a report from Custora, mobile shopping in the U.S. has grown over 19 times in the past four years.  The majority of customers in the U.S. who shop using their mobile devices either use an iPhone or iPad. Approximately 54 percent of online shopping done using a smartphone comes from iPhones, and about...

Apple tops the best 100 e-commerce websites that protect customer passwords, according to an in-depth study conducted by a password manager company between January 17 and January 22. Apple.com does more than just protect your password: It follows policies that break the cycle of poor passwords -- such as "12345" or "password." These policies enable...