Today the global e-commerce market is worth $1.5 trillion.

现在全球电子商务市场价值高达15000亿美元。

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The Sam's Club site is the first to be rolled out using a new global e-commerce platform that has been under development at Walmart's digital headquarters in San Francisco for over two years.

山姆会员网上商店将率先使用沃尔玛旧金山数字总部开发了两年之久的新式全球电子商务平台。

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Twenty-four-hour news, e-commerce, mobile phones, Global Positioning Systems, all these are making the world smaller and faster.

24小时新闻、电子商务、移动电话、全球定位系统，所有这些都正在使世界变得更小、发展得更快。

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"The rules today don't allow brick-and-mortar retailers to compete evenly with online retailers, and that needs to be addressed, " said Raul Vazquez, Wal-Mart's executive vice president of global e-commerce.

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U.S. CEO Odake has hinted that Uniqlo might run its entire global e-commerce platform from the U.S., where tech talent is abundant, and he openly suggests that he'd like to replace himself with an American executive to head up operations here.

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This represents 19% of global e-Commerce and just 2% of global commerce, leaving generous room for upside. eBay itself is becoming a formidable third-party reseller or marketplace ala Amazon in its own right. eBay has moved beyond a person-to-person auction site to become a formidable marketplace and mobile payment platform. eBay has appreciated from its IPO over 7, 000%.

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