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New Stores Created On Shopify Jump 62 Pct Amid Shift To eCommerce
Retail // May 06, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic speeds up consumers’ transitions to online shopping, Shopify reported that new stores created on the platform jumped 62 percent from March 13 to April 24 compared to the six weeks before. According to the company, the growth was powered by “the...

Retail Pulse: goop Finds Stickiness In New York, Opens ‘Lab’; Nordstrom To Offer Early-Bird Pickup
Retail // November 02, 2018

Digitally native brands often test the retail waters with pop-up shops, and, after some offline success, they may expand their concepts with permanent locations. Lifestyle brand goop, for instance, is opening its first permanent store in the SoHo district of New York City, called goop...

Coinbase Launches Crypto Plug-in For eCommerce Merchants
Cryptocurrency // August 03, 2018

Coinbase has rolled out a new plug-in that allows eCommerce merchants to accept cryptocurrency from buyers. The software works with online stores that use the WooCommerce platform, which, the Next Web reported, is behind more than 28 percent of all eCommerce stores, “When customers send money from their...

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WooCommerce and Veem Partner to Expand Global Commercial Payments

October 12, 2023
Open-source eCommerce platform WooCommerce has announced a partnership with Veem, a global payments provider, in a Thursday (Oct. 12) press release. This collaboration aims to extend business-to-business (B2B) payment capabilities to merchants using the WooCommerce platform. The partnership brings Veem’s B2B extension to the WooCommerce marketplace, allowing businesses to integrate payment collections into their checkout […]

New Stores Created On Shopify Jump 62 Pct Amid Shift To eCommerce

May 06, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic speeds up consumers’ transitions to online shopping, Shopify reported that new stores created on the platform jumped 62 percent from March 13 to April 24 compared...

Coinbase Launches Crypto Plug-in For eCommerce Merchants

August 03, 2018
Coinbase has rolled out a new plug-in that allows eCommerce merchants to accept cryptocurrency from buyers. The software works with online stores that use the WooCommerce platform, which, the Next Web reported, is...