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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year. Startup accelerators modeled after YCombinator and Techstars sprouted up from NYC to Nigeria to New Delhi, spawning hundreds of new startups worldwide. And Beyond….

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10 Entertaining Things to Check out While You’re Waiting in Line Today

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billion in retail sales and even more the year before. If you’ve got an ecommerce business or are a consumer on the African continent, you know that online shopping can be problematic in Africa. Last year, Thanksgiving weekend saw 54.7 Mall for Africa. Europe and Africa, and the consumers.