E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- September 20, 2018

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10 Things People With Disabilities Wish Online Retailers Knew
ACLU Sues Facebook for Facilitating Gender-Biased Job Recruitment
Utopia or Disaster? AI's Transformation of Sales
Despite Emmys, Road Ahead Is Bumpy for Streaming Services
Blockchain (Re)Emerges

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Today's Story Highlights

10 Things People With Disabilities Wish Online Retailers Knew
Many shoppers would be just fine if they could never set foot in a
retail store again. After all, everything is available online: books,
groceries, pizza, household necessities, even big ticket items like
mattresses and cars. However, 15 percent of people worldwide have a
disability that affects their daily life, and many retailers are unaware
that their websites are not always accessible to them.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85578.html

ACLU Sues Facebook for Facilitating Gender-Biased Job Recruitment
The ACLU has filed charges of unlawful gender-based discrimination with
the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Facebook and 10
employers accused of targeting job ads at males only. The ACLU, Outten &
Golden, a Washington, D.C. law firm, and the Communications Workers of
America brought the class action. The complaint alleges that Facebook
delivers job ads selectively.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85575.html

Utopia or Disaster? AI's Transformation of Sales
If there's one thing that can be said with certainty about AI in the
field of sales, it's this: It's coming. Solutions for sales leaders,
account executives and business development reps tout various AI-enabled
features and the benefits they offer to sales. Writers breathlessly
forecast the loss of millions of jobs due to AI, including the
decimation of most professions, sales included.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85577.html

Despite Emmys, Road Ahead Is Bumpy for Streaming Services
Netflix had a very good showing on Monday, winning 23 Emmy Awards and
tying longtime Emmy-winning powerhouse HBO. Netflix, an over-the-top
streaming service, claimed 112 nominations this year, four more than its
premium pay-TV channel rival HBO, which had dominated the Emmys for
nearly two decades. Although the Emmy wins were good news for Netflix,
other recent news has been far less rosy.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85573.html

Blockchain (Re)Emerges
More often than you might think, disruptive innovations travel in pairs
-- at least until they are separated by the markets, which decide one is
useful and the other no so much. Sometimes they're symbiotic. Both may
be useful or even necessary -- like hardware and software -- but that's
not always the case. Consider the strange pairing of blockchain
technology and cryptocurrency.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85572.html

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