Underlying all this is what Mr FitzGerald says is a thoroughgoing embrace of e-commerce.

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But what has retailers salivating is CoCyph's potential to revolutionise Japan's e-commerce markets, whose growth has so far been greatly hampered by consumers' unwillingness to use their credit cards online.

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He also spent on staffing, adding 275 new executives and 540 associates, for a total of 35, 500 employees globally to support the idea that what makes Foot Locker valuable in an industry increasingly dominated by e-commerce is hands-on service.

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"It is a compromise because it states clearly what court has jurisdiction in cases of conflicts arising from e-commerce, " justice and home affairs commissioner Antonio Vitorino said.

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What a global online marketplace operator needs more is reputation management APIs and bitcoin payment modules for a broad range of e-commerce shopping cart platforms.

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What this means to marketers, whether their brands ultimately are dependent on straight e-commerce or not, is that the store, the company site and all associated social media channels need to be optimized for mobile browsers.

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As a result of our investment and execution in the platform, today we are in a much better position to continue to innovate for our customers while we remain focused on building the most complete e-commerce ecosystem in the region, which we believe is still only a fraction of what it will become.

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