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Starbucks, Amazon and Gucci: Retail embraces crypto, but it’s not easy

Inside Retail

The industry’s latest move: accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment. In 2018, luxury watch makers Franck Muller and Hublot began offering exclusive timepieces that could be purchased only with Bitcoin. Since the beginning of this year, a number of brands have begun to process crypto payments in-store.

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Reimagining Shopping Malls Post-COVID

Retail TouchPoints

They provide the venue that connects merchants with customers and offer services and experiences that a single retailer cannot. While retailers can target and engage with customers online, it’s been a long-time struggle for merchants to convert foot traffic into intelligent data. Post-COVID: Shopping = Buying + Experience.

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

Retail TouchPoints

And Wish, which held that top spot back in 2018, has now dropped out of the top 50 completely after having fallen to #35 as of last March. There are other troublesome indicators for the company: Q2 saw declines across the board at Wish. Doubling down on merchants outside of China. Reducing shopping and shipping friction.

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Victoria’s Secret, Gopuff Cut Jobs to Streamline Operations Amid Economic Challenges

Retail TouchPoints

She has been CEO of PINK since 2018 and previously spent a decade at Bath and Body Works. Uniting our brands as a single, collaborative organization under Amy’s leadership will bring greater focus and discipline to our merchandising expertise while streamlining our processes and improving our speed to market,” said Martin in a statement. “I

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Analysis: Why synergy is Southeast Asian app Grab’s super power

Inside Retail

On 1 July, Grab Thailand announced the launch of a pilot called Digital BagAds, which are LED digital advertisements displayed on the large green bags delivery drivers use as they buzz around the city bringing Grab’s prepared food and groceries to their customers. The crossover between business segments can also be seen in financial services.

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How Indian brands could benefit from Walmart’s ambitious export goals

Inside Retail

Joined by his management team, McMillon met with suppliers, merchants, grantees, artisans and MSMEs (micro and small to medium enterprises) across the company’s programs, such as Walmart Sourcing, Walmart Vriddhi, Flipkart, PhonePe, Walmart Marketplace, Walmart Global Tech In India and Walmart Foundation. per cent to US$26.8

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Product Title Optimization Tips From Analyzing 151 Shopping Ads (Original Research)

Store Growers

Most advertisers don’t pay much attention to the product titles that show up on Google Shopping. In this article, I’ll show you what the best advertisers are doing when it comes to product titles, and I’ll show you exactly how to apply these findings to your product titles. Last Updated on December 2, 2020. Grab it here!