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A world of payments in your hand

Inside Retail

According to Worldpays 2025 Global Payments Report , only 19 per cent of global e-commerce transaction value in 2014 was conducted via mobile. Speed and efficiency are paramount, with 96 per cent of shoppers considering delivery speed a crucial factor in their purchasing decisions, and 97 per cent prioritising free and fast shipping.

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How Aloha Collection is expanding through collabs and bricks-and-mortar

Inside Retail

IR : How has the industry changed since Aloha Collection first launched in 2014? HA: When we launched in 2014, direct-to-consumer brands were on the rise, and digital was the obvious place to start. That decision has given us more flexibility as weve scaled, especially when it comes to logistics, fulfilment and international expansion.

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How Brands Can Deliver Sustainable Instant Commerce for Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

Traditional logistics networks weren’t built to handle such breakneck delivery speeds, and retailers are left trying to meet consumers’ expectations while facing ever-rising environmental impacts due to emissions-heavy overnight air shipping, cardboard overuse and even more delivery trucks clogging up city streets and spewing exhaust.

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Clean Data, Clean Planet: How Online Retailers can use Data Analytics to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

Retail TouchPoints

Newly developed freight booking tools have made it easier and more efficient to book containers on large cargo ships, thereby reducing the need for air freight, which is generally seen as producing a larger carbon footprint. Shipping companies can obtain information through GPS tags to help locate containers and ships in real time.

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How Speeding up Chargeback Resolutions can Boost Retailers’ Profits

Retail TouchPoints

It would fulfill and ship out orders only for them to be reported weeks or months later as fraudulent, ultimately saddling this brand with both the loss of goods and chargeback fees. Mittal joined Mastercard in 2014. Originally, the retailer was experiencing thousands of chargebacks every month.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Walmart mandated that its suppliers put it on products by 2022, which has made a big impact on RFID adoption.

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Gen Z, in Their Own Words: What They Really Want from Brands and Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

2014 is when we launched our #AerieReal movement, and since then we’re always looking for partners that help amplify our story and share the vision. “The most important thing for us at Aerie is finding people who understand the importance of building confidence in young people,” said Stacey McCormick, SVP of Aerie Marketing.

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