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Cryptocurrencies are the Future of Payments: Here is How Merchants Fit In

Retail TouchPoints

With banks and credit card companies warming up to the idea of Bitcoin trading and crypto rewards on card transactions, are they really extending the benefits of crypto to merchants, or is this just a play to get consumers to buy into a shiny new card that looks different but acts very much the same?

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Payments in 2021: What Lies Ahead After the Digital Boom

Retail TouchPoints

It has been a year of momentous change for the payments industry. Years of transformation transpired in just a few months with rapid shifts in both consumer behaviors and merchant expectations for e-commerce. And how will permanently altered consumer behaviors shape online payment preferences?

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Three trends shaping the luxury retails sector in 2025

Inside Retail

Despite modestly positive expectations for 2024, the luxury retail market did not pan out as merchants had hoped. According to Coresight Research estimates, the US fashion resale market evolved from a single-digit-billion-dollar market in 2008 to a US$31.8 billion market in 2023. per cent year-on-year.

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VIDEO: Former CEO Mindy Grossman on why retailers are like professional athletes

Inside Retail

Weve had such a mass consolidation of retail over the years, that I feel like were underestimating the power of great creatives, merchants and marketing talent. I identified a need and I went on to service that need. Mindy Grossman: A big challenge that I see is with talent. What do we want to look like?

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PayPal Adds Pay-Later Option in U.S.

Retail TouchPoints

Ecommerce and payments solution Digital River has added a new pay-later option for its U.S. Pay in 4 with PayPal allows customers to pay for purchases between $30 and $600 in four interest-free payments, while the merchants get paid in full up front. clients using PayPal , dubbed Pay in 4 from PayPal.

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How To Build A Self-Service Experience You’re Proud Of

Star Miconics

Self-service, or “unattended” environments, are the new expectation, and 2022 will officially be the watershed moment for self-checkout technology, adoption, and innovation. Consumers now expect payment solutions that both anticipate and address their needs no matter where, when, or how they choose to shop. Payments Are Complicated.

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The Digital Last Mile: How Behavior Personalization And Globalization Are Key To Survival In The Post-COVID Era Of E-commerce

Retail TouchPoints

However, sales across all other verticals analyzed in the report, including fashion, food services and electronics stores, were severely negatively affected. Yencken joined the Board of Directors in 2008 and served as Chairman for from 2011 to 2014. In reality, the opposite is true. Simon Yencken is CEO and co-founder of Fanplayr.