{"componentChunkName":"component---src-pages-blog-js","path":"/blog/","result":{"data":{"allStrapiBlogs":{"nodes":[{"slug":"rise-of-ecommerce","content":"# Rise of eCommerce\n\n## Online sales\n\n- eCommerce\n- cryptocurrency\n- online sales\n\n> The headline has been months in the making, and we always knew what it would say: the COVID-19 pandemic has driven unprecedented growth in ecommerce as shoppers stay away from physical stores. \n\nBut has this rising tide lifted all boats? Did Q2 2020 favor one industry more than any other? Have major retailers doubled down, or have their market shares been eroded by greater exposure to countless online competitors? Let’s take a closer look at some of the more interesting numbers being thrown around.\n\n#### Good times for the big boys\n\nEarlier this week, Walmart’s Q2 earnings report revealed a staggering 97% growth in US ecommerce sales, including a “triple-digit percentage” rise in sales at its online marketplace. It attributed these gains to more customers shopping online during the pandemic and stocking up on household supplies.\n\nBy comparison, Walmart’s US same-store sales also grew, with strong sales in categories linked to the pandemic, such as TVs and connected home devices. Yet this in-store growth is only single digits, reflecting broader trends towards online rather than in-store shopping.\n\nTarget’s Q2 earnings report followed the same pattern with even more extreme figures. Its “store comparable” sales grew by a healthy 10.9%, while digital sales grew 195%. That contributed to the retail giant’s revenue mix going from 7.3% digital to 17.2% digital in just one year.\n\nIt’s an extraordinary time in ecommerce, with years of change happening in the space of a single quarter. Consumers are predictably spending more online in order to reduce their reliance on in-store visits. When they do visit stores, they’re buying more so that they have to visit less often and, when possible, they’re ordering online before picking up. Welcome to the relatively new world of in-store experience with online transaction—and a textbook case of Enterprise-to-Local marketing.\n\n#### More ups than downs?\n\nMore ups than downs?\nBroad trends tend to ring true. In the US, ecommerce penetration went from 17% to 22% during lockdown. In the UK, it has been an even more impressive leap from 20% to 30%. Notable but not surprising, right? In fact, there are a number of interesting discrepancies beneath the surface.\nBroad trends tend to ring true. In the US, ecommerce penetration went from 17% to 22% during lockdown. In the UK, it has been an even more impressive leap from 20% to 30%. Notable but not surprising, right? In fact, there are a number of interesting discrepancies beneath the surface.\n\nThe pandemic has forced ecommerce to accelerate—and consumers to experiment. Although one might assume that the easing of lockdown measures would see at least a partial return to the familiar old world of in-store shopping, the opposite appears to be happening. In the UK, overall ecommerce sales are surging even as lockdown is eased: ecommerce recently accounted for 60% of all non-grocery UK retail sales. In the grocery sector itself, online grocery sales doubled (though they remain a tiny percentage of overall sales, suggesting serious scope for future growth).\n\nBut this prosperity isn’t universal. The industries and businesses most significantly impacted by COVID-19 have been simply unable to make a smooth transition online, including bars, restaurants, and travel providers. But you can also include clothing in that count: clothing store retail sales in the US plummeted from $16bn a month to less than $3bn a month during lockdown—a downturn not nearly made up for by a corresponding rise in online sales.\n\n![commerce.jpeg](https://images.pexels.com/photos/34577/pexels-photo.jpg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260)\n\n##### [Read the full source article here... ](https://www.dacgroup.com/blog/behind-the-headlines-the-accelerated-rise-of-ecommerce/)\n","date":"May 12th, 2021","description":"eCommerce now plays a vital role in our daily lives. It is redefining commercial activities around the world. Over the years, eCommerce has evolved in profound ways. As we proceed, we will learn about the growth of eCommerce and how to run an eCommerce business in this age.","title":"rise of ecommerce","id":"Blogs_1","category":"commerce","image":{"childImageSharp":{"fluid":{"base64":"data:image/jpeg;base64,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","aspectRatio":1.5037593984962405,"src":"/static/a306d67b106aa1da440e11233b1bb775/14b42/29b154e0fd136a5a8f2e0a2fe5a2c1ee.jpg","srcSet":"/static/a306d67b106aa1da440e11233b1bb775/f836f/29b154e0fd136a5a8f2e0a2fe5a2c1ee.jpg 200w,\n/static/a306d67b106aa1da440e11233b1bb775/2244e/29b154e0fd136a5a8f2e0a2fe5a2c1ee.jpg 400w,\n/static/a306d67b106aa1da440e11233b1bb775/14b42/29b154e0fd136a5a8f2e0a2fe5a2c1ee.jpg 800w,\n/static/a306d67b106aa1da440e11233b1bb775/47498/29b154e0fd136a5a8f2e0a2fe5a2c1ee.jpg 1200w,\n/static/a306d67b106aa1da440e11233b1bb775/ec6c5/29b154e0fd136a5a8f2e0a2fe5a2c1ee.jpg 1280w","sizes":"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px"}}}},{"slug":"java-script-2021-new-features","content":"# JavaScript 2021: New Features\n\n## The latest \n\n- Operators\n- WeakRef\n- Finalizers\n\n> JavaScript is an easy-to-learn programming language which makes it suitable for beginners. Over the years, it has evolved so much that it’s almost everywhere. We’ve seen it on the front-end (React, Angular, or Vue.js), back-end (Node.js), creating a desktop application with ElectronJS, etc.\n\nJavaScript has given some new features in 2021, which helps the developers in many ways. Some of the new features of JavaScript in 2021 are: \n\n#### 1. New Logical Operators:\n\nJavaScript has added three new logical operators to the existing collection. These three operators are, I) &&= , II) ||= , & III) ??= . Before diving into the explanation, take a look at the example code given below:\n\n```\nlet a = 1;\nlet b = 2;\na &&= b;\nconsole.log(a) // output for variable 'a' would be 2.\n```\n\nThe line a&&= b is similar to the code block given below:\n\n```\nif(a) {\n  a = b;\n}\n```\n\nThis logical operator is saying that if the variable **a** has a truthy value (which it is since it holds a non-zero value), then variable **a** should be assigned the value of the variable **b**. That’s why when we do **console.log(a)** , the value of the variable **a** evaluates to **2** instead of **1**.\n\n#### 2) String ‘replaceAll’ method: \n\nWe all have used the string replace method to replace a character or words in a string with the element we specified. But it came with one limitation, this method only replaced the first occurrence of the character or word that we wanted to replace and the rest of the occurrences in the string remained the same. To replace all the characters or words, we have to use regular expressions.\n\nExample:\n\n```\n// without regex\nlet str = 'JS is everywhere. JS is amazing!';\nconsole.log(str.replace('JS', 'JavaScript')); // the output would be 'JavaScript is everywhere. JS is amazing!'\n// with regex\nlet str = 'JS is everywhere. JS is amazing!';\nconsole.log(str.replace(/JS/g, 'JavaScript')); // the output would be 'JavaScript is everywhere. JavaScript is amazing!'.\n```\n\nWith the **replaceAll** method, the need for regular expression is eliminated. Consider the code below:\n\n```\nlet str = 'JS is everywhere. JS is amazing!';\nconsole.log(str.replaceAll('JS', 'JavaScript')); // the output would be 'JavaScript is everywhere. JavaScript is amazing!'.\n```\n\n\n![about.jpg](https://images.pexels.com/photos/5483071/pexels-photo-5483071.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260)\n\n\n##### [Read the full source article here... ](https://javascript.plainenglish.io/javascript-2021-new-features-429bc050f4e8)","date":"May 18th, 2021","description":"JavaScript is an easy-to-learn programming language which makes it suitable for beginners. Over the years, it has evolved so much that it’s almost everywhere. We’ve seen it on the front-end (React, Angular, or Vue.js), back-end (Node.js), creating a desktop application with ElectronJS, etc.","title":"JavaScript 2021: New Features","id":"Blogs_2","category":"javascript","image":{"childImageSharp":{"fluid":{"base64":"data:image/jpeg;base64,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","aspectRatio":1.5037593984962405,"src":"/static/d79a845fb76402d11f9ec3264f4fa424/14b42/88b7e3b76bfa5af46aa2545605af676c.jpg","srcSet":"/static/d79a845fb76402d11f9ec3264f4fa424/f836f/88b7e3b76bfa5af46aa2545605af676c.jpg 200w,\n/static/d79a845fb76402d11f9ec3264f4fa424/2244e/88b7e3b76bfa5af46aa2545605af676c.jpg 400w,\n/static/d79a845fb76402d11f9ec3264f4fa424/14b42/88b7e3b76bfa5af46aa2545605af676c.jpg 800w,\n/static/d79a845fb76402d11f9ec3264f4fa424/47498/88b7e3b76bfa5af46aa2545605af676c.jpg 1200w,\n/static/d79a845fb76402d11f9ec3264f4fa424/ec6c5/88b7e3b76bfa5af46aa2545605af676c.jpg 1280w","sizes":"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px"}}}},{"slug":"life-beyond-the-pandemic","content":"# Life beyond the pandemic\n\n## Build back better\n\n- Vaccinations\n- Family\n- Economy\n\n> The world has been moving towards a more significant online reliance for many years so a lot of businesses would likely have had plans to do what they are now doing but ‘down the track’ in say 12 months, next financial year, or 3 years. What the pandemic did was force businesses to think outside the box by changing the question from why do we need an online presence, for example, to how quickly can we get this done?\n\n#### Embrace e-commerce\n\nHands up if you turned to the internet to order food, groceries, clothes, homewares, sporting goods, and other products during COVID-19? You definitely weren’t alone. When shops closed their physical stores, they turned to e-commerce to try and keep sales ticking over, many for the first time. Similarly, many consumers, again some for the first time, also turned to online shopping to avoid crowded spaces or due to shop closures.\n\nThese habits are likely to continue beyond lockdowns as people realize the benefits to their lives. Their shopping choices are no longer limited to what’s available in their local area, and they don’t need to rush to a store before it closes. Instead, consumers have the option to shop when they have time, from businesses around the world, and have their purchases conveniently arrive at their door, sometimes without paying shipping costs. Businesses who don’t embrace this changing consumer behaviour will likely see a drop in customers.\n\n#### The connected consumer\n\nPrior to COVID-19, it’s fair to say there was a significant generational divide when it came to technical confidence and willingness to use it. Now, almost overnight, this divide has been eroded as many people who were reluctant to use technology before have been forced to learn it and have adopted it into their lives.\n\nFor many businesses, this change will likely increase their customer base as new consumers begin to interact with brands in ways that were previously considered the domain of younger generations. While this is positive, businesses may need to adjust their strategy to ensure they engage different generations. This will be particularly important for those who have previously focused only on younger generations with their marketing.\n\n#### People want options\n\nWith people now realizing that they have options around how they interact with businesses, they will want to continue accessing them in ways that work best for them. Interactions such as telehealth appointments, video conferences, and click and collect services are all options that exploded when restrictions were introduced. People have now realized the advantages of these, adopted them into their lives and will want to keep them moving forward.\n\nRemoving these options and going back to ‘old’ ways when customers prefer something else will be a quick way to ensure they take their business elsewhere. Even if funding or other issues means you are unable to continue offering all the options you did during the pandemic, being open and flexible to customers preferences will be necessary for business growth.\n\n![health.png](https://images.pexels.com/photos/221210/pexels-photo-221210.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260)\n\n##### [Read the full source article here](https://www.salesfix.com.au/blog/life-beyond-covid-19-what-will-the-next-new-normal-look-like/)\n","date":"May 18th, 2021","description":"When the pandemic first began, businesses were told they needed to ‘pivot’ to survive. 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