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eCommerce and Libraries

eCommerce is an underrated trend in library land.

eCommerce will emerge in the next few years as a major change agent to how people interact with buying goods – including books, aerticles and services.

I recently took a taxi ride outside of Chicago and the driver looked up the address on his iPhone and then used Square (a little attachment that’s being lead by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey) to swipe my credit card and calculate the fare.  He was even able to print a receipt seamlessly from his phone.  Amazing.

Infographic: The Unstoppable Ecommerce Wave

via Marketing Technology Blog by Douglas Karr

http://www.marketingtechblog.com/infographic-ecommerce-growth/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DouglasKarr+%28Marketing+Technology+Blog%29

Infographic: The Digital Wallet and the Future of Payments

http://www.marketingtechblog.com/digital-wallet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DouglasKarr+%28Marketing+Technology+Blog%29

Read more: http://www.marketingtechblog.com/digital-wallet/#ixzz1g6R2agel

Source: Marketing Technology Blog (http://s.tt/14sps)

Here’s How You’ll Pay For Stuff Without Ever Taking Out A  Card Or Phone

Square users can now opt in to an automatic payment system  that doesn’t even require them to take a phone out.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-youll-pay-for-stuff-without-ever-taking-out-a-card-or-phone-2011-11?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Falleyinsider%2Fsilicon_alley_insider+%28Silicon+Alley+Insider%29#ixzz1g6Z8mDqB

Stephen

 

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Posted on: December 23, 2011, 7:01 am Category: Uncategorized

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  1. At most public libraries in this country, you can’t even pay your fines online. Mobile payments? By the time libraries get there, payments will probably be made by using the unique ID of a person’s brainwaves. Libraries are incredibly slow to adopt to technologies that people actually might want to use.