High Street Shopping On The Decline, Time For Alternate Payment Methods Such as Bitcoin?
Consumerism is an ever-evolving creature, and since online shopping has become an increasing part of our daily lives, it has also changed the way we buy goods. As a result, most high street shopping is on a steady decline month over month, eve though not all of that is attributed to online shopping. The time has come to offer more convenient payment methods to customers, of which Bitcoin could easily become of the frontrunners. Whenever the time of year comes around to out for shopping, the average customer will prefer convenience to anything else, even if that includes paying a small....
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