Ecommerce sales somehow keep growing. Statistics from Mastercard's latest SpendingPulse report indicate that the upward trajectory continues to flatten but is still heading skyward. The report has sales increasing 11% in the Nov. 1 to Dec. 24 period year-over-year. The same period in 2019 had eCommerce...
The numbers are in for Q2 retail sales and they're looking very good: US in-person shopping jumped 28.2% year-over-year (YOY). Compare that with a negative growth rate of 3.6% a year ago. We knew that in-person shopping would eventually have to take some volume away from...
With eCommerce transaction volume continuing to grow at unprecedented rates, EMV 3D Secure authentication technology is arriving in Canada at just the right moment. I'm not going to get into all the technical aspects. Suffice to say that eCommerce merchants can now integrate this service quite...
Shoppers have begun returning in droves according to MasterCard's latest SpendingPulse report. Year-over-year U.S. retail sales increased 11% in June. That's no surprise with widespread re-openings but what I didn't expect is that somehow eCommerce volume also continued its' upward trend in June with an...
As much as ecommerce sales volume has risen over the past 15 months, a number of studies show that the channel's fraud rates have grown even more quickly. There are an awful lot of security tools available, so I'm only including 4 lesser-known options here. But...
Cross-border ecommerce sales continue to boom for Canadian merchants with certain industries experiencing smoking hot demand. A recent Discover survey reveals that international shoppers are focused on Canada's precious stones/metals, jewelry, electronics, sporting goods, and courier and boat rental verticals. For those hoping to participate in...
Looks like retail sales have started to recover. MasterCard has year over year (YOY) US retail spending up 26.3% in March. But that's not to say that shopper behaviour has returned to pre-pandemic patterns. A whole lot of formerly in-person purchasing has remained online. StatsCan shows...