Alternate payment start-up Affirm partners with Shopify 23 Jul

  Affirm allows for customers to pay for products in instalments. “Shop Pay Instalments” will be rolled out later this year and allows for payments to be broken into four equal bi-weekly segments. Affirm CEO Max Levchin, who is also one of the founders of PayPal, said that they had seen “unbelievable traction on Shopify…

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Canadian Ecommerce Sale

Canadian ecommerce sales up 70% compared to last year in June

In findings released by Statistics Canada, the year over year total for June was at an increase of 70.6%, whilst ecommerce sales had yet to drop to below the pre-pandemic levels However, when compared to prior months, online retail revenue has dropped 13%, when adjusted for basic seasonal effects Overall, ecommerce sales reached C$3.2 billion…

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Home Improvement Sales Online Rise, With Retailers Recording Massive Growth

It is no surprise that with the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown orders in place in many areas of the world, that more people have had time to spend at home. With commutes removed from the day, as well as many other tasks, it would seem that many people have turned to new hobbies or entertainment…

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