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Cha-ching! Shopify merchants break Black Friday records with $3.36 billion in sales

As a global provider of essential internet infrastructure for commerce, Shopify announced a record-setting Black Friday with sales of $3.36* billions from the start of Black Friday in New Zealand through the end of Black Friday in California. This marks a 17% increase in sales over Black Friday in 2021 (19% on a constant currency basis).

At its peak, merchants on Shopify saw sales of $3.5 million per minute at 12:01PM EST on Black Friday, collectively.

“Black Friday Cyber ​​Monday has grown into a full-on shopping season. The weekend that started it all is still one of the biggest commerce

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Column: Tin’s bull flames doused by weak electronic goods demand

LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) – Tin is still the “forgotten” element in the energy transition story, according to the International Tin Association (ITA).

The metal’s demand profile has evolved from prosaic tin cans to soldering on circuit boards, making it a critical but under-appreciated input in both the energy transition and the coming internet-of-things.

It is “inevitable that the world will wake up to the significance of tin within the next decade,” the ITA said in a new report titled “TIN2030: A Vision for Tin”.

Right now, though, tin has fallen off the radar again after a turbulent 2022, when

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US ecommerce in 2022 tops $1 trillion for the first time

US ecommerce sales reached $1.03 trillion in 2022, according to a Digital Commerce 360 ​​analysis of US Department of Commerce figures released Friday. That marks the first time ecommerce revenue has topped the $1 trillion level. It’s also well above 2021’s $960.44 billion.

Digital Commerce 360 ​​had earlier forecast ecommerce sales of $1.03 trillion for 2022 in its mid-year US Ecommerce Market Report.

That remarkable level of sales comes with a slight bump in e-commerce penetration to 21.2% for the year from 21.0% in 2021.

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Ecommerce sales grew 7.7% in 2022 year over year. That’s a dramatic drop from the

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Buying electricals on online marketplaces poses a ‘risk to life’

A number of electrical products purchased online which were deemed to be dangerous or faulty

This blender, heater, EV charger and LED light were all found not to meet UK safety standards (Pictures: Getty/Electrical Safety First)

With the cost of bills and household shopping increasing steadily over recent months, it can be tempting to look online and try to find savings.

But new research shows some products being sold on popular websites fail to meet safety standards and could even pose a ‘risk to life’.

An investigation by Electrical Safety First (ESF) found nearly four in 10 people use online marketplaces to compare prices – but they fear this could expose shoppers to dangerous goods

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ThredUp quietly launches affordable apparel resale store 777thrift

A new ThredUp-powered storefront has quietly hit the online resale landscape, offering thousands of used clothing items and accessories for no more than $7 an item. 777thrift advertises brands like Zara, Loft and Old Navy, and lets shoppers sort by price point as well as apparel category. It is powered by ThredUp’s resale-as-a-service offering.

“Everything is up to 90% off the estimated retail price with a thousand new arrivals added to the site daily,” the FAQ says,

A spokesperson for ThredUp declined to comment on the shop or provided an interview to Modern Retail about the store. And the launch

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Cute Toe Nail Art Design Ideas for 2023

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Looking for fun new designs to try on your nails? Look no further! This post has got you covered with a list of twenty stunning toe nail designs that you’ll be obsessed with.

Nail art is always a fun way to express yourself, but have you considered trying out some of those cute designs on your toe nails? It’s a great way to make doing your toes more exciting and give yourself a new

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Watermelon Cupcakes – MyLitter – One Deal At A Time

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Are you looking for the perfect mid-summer treat? Are the kiddos begging for watermelon and cupcakes but you’re just not sure how to mix them together? Recipes like this can be found on ALDI Weekly Ads sometimes. But they also love Woolies catalog out there.

Well, my friends, let me introduce you to my all time favorite Watermelon Cupcakes. They are so satisfying and have the perfect amount of sweetness! This

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Three years on from lockdown: has the pandemic changed the way we shop?

largely remains.

The ‘lockdown effect’: an increase in online shopping across the board

Online shopping was already on an upward trend in the two decades before the pandemic, driven by the expansion of internet access and the rise of e-retailers like Amazon. By the end of 2019, across UK cities, 30 pence per pound was spent online.

This massively accelerated at the start of 2020 as restrictions came into force and offline spend levels plummeted. Between February and June 2020, internet sales as a percentage of total retail sales across UK cities rose from 30 to 42 per cent,