The history of commerce is quite remarkable – did you know, for example, that people were once using leather currencies, and even trading cattle to make business work? These days we conduct business on a daily basis, using mobile payments with technologies like Square, use alternative currencies such as bitcoin (even trading them on a bitcoin trading platform), or logon to complete grocery shopping or to watch movies through websites like Amazon.
The folks at Ecommerce Platforms has compiled a nice list of some of the most important landmarks in the history of commerce and presented it as an infographic to offer you a chance to see how far we’ve come as a business-loving society. Check it out:
