Startup Getbee brings personal sales associates to shoppers' screens
Getbee raised​ $1.8 million in first round, pre-series A funding in October.
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Adobe: $204 billion spent online during 2021 holiday season, 38 days saw $3 billion in spending
The holiday season in 2021 saw a number of record breaking figures and changes to how consumers shopped online in November and December.
Adobe: US consumers spent $12 million every minute during Cyber Monday's peak shopping hour
Despite decreased spending on Cyber Monday and Black Friday, spending throughout the month of November grew 12% compared to 2020.
Adobe: Black Friday spending in US falls to $8.9 billion as shoppers start earlier in November
Adobe's data said spending in the US either matched or fell below 2020 figures for Thanksgiving and Black Friday because shoppers and retailers are starting earlier.
App Annie predicts TikTok to reach 1.5 billion active users in 2022
The mobile market estimate service provider expects social apps to see $9 billion in app spending next year.
$72 billion spent on e-commerce in October, but shoppers report 2 billion out-of-stock messages: Adobe
Adobe's Digital Economy Index showed that the holiday shopping season has already started for many people.
US consumers to spend $209 billion online during holiday season, $910 billion to be spent globally
For all of 2021, Adobe estimates that more than $4 trillion globally will be spent online.
Facebook partners with Coinbase for digital wallet initiative
The project is being rolled out in the US and Guatemala.
Intuit unveils new app to manage payments, expenses and bills
There are no monthly fees and no minimum balance requirements to use the app.
Stripe report tracks checkout changes, emergence of services like Klarna, Afterpay and more
Nearly 20% of respondents said they would abandon the e-commerce experience altogether if it took more than one minute to check out.