Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

Payment industry experts see the acquisition as a win for both companies as well as a sign of the growing ubiquity of BNPL. BNPL has become as expected online as any other payment method, and Square’s ability to bring this into the store and capture some of that margin is likely to add to their own bottom line,” Watson added.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2020

Earlier this year, we released a report, titled “The Best Vision is Insight,” outlining our predictions for the top retail trends of 2020. Smooth Operators Appeal Online And Off. Offline, contactless payments also provide two critical functions to physical stores that have remained open. Cybersecurity Finds Its Cheat Code.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options. Surges in online shopping during the pandemic helped fuel the growth of point-of-sale loans — a market that is forecast to grow at an annualized 9.8% over the five years through 2024-25, to $1.1

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2020

Here are the top five ways retail will evolve in 2020: Loyalty Breaks With Tradition. Leading retailers recognize the need to build dynamic relationships that extend far beyond traditional loyalty programs heading into 2020. But what was a timely quip decades ago is now more relevant than ever.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) was the trendiest way to pay for all those lockdown purchases back in 2020. Also known as pay-over-time or pay-in-4 installment plans, BNPL offers consumers the chance to split up the cost of major purchases directly at the point of sale. In fact, 50% of U.S

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2020

At the beginning of 2020, Hudson kicked off its deployment of the Flooid platform to provide a new backbone for all transactions across its 1,010 travel convenience stores and specialty retail, which includes proprietary book and tech stores, duty-free shops and food and beverage concessions.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2023

That’s why the retailer and mobile service provider uses multiple technology solutions to create a personalized shopping experience at scale. Retail TouchPoints: Many consumers begin their purchasing process online but end up in brick-and-mortar stores. How does Verizon facilitate that type of shopper journey?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

“It’s the first time we’ve enabled a business customer to use their own app to manage store entry, exit, receipts and payments for shoppers,” Kumar added. Amazon announced that it would make its JWO technology available to other retailers in March 2020 , and deployed the technology at an Amazon Fresh store in June 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 23, 2022

After nearly a decade of underinvestment in its tech stack, FTD began making significant solution investments in early 2020 centered on its upgraded Mercury HQ (MHQ) solution. Applying New-School Technology to Old-School Customer Service. MOL provides ‘commerce-in-a-box’ for these small business florists,” explained Bergen.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 9, 2024

JCPenney has faced the same challenges that bedevil the entire department store vertical, ranging from lower foot traffic at malls to the high operating costs that come with significant brick-and-mortar investments. distribution center with a new induction, sorting and packing system. Bala: It’s all starting with data cleansing.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2023

Documents listed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) show Calia Australia, which operates the flagship restaurant and retail store in the city’s Emporium shopping complex and a spin-off restaurant at the Chadstone shopping centre, appointed voluntary administrators on June 28.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2023

The acceptance of cash has started to trend upwards again, but payment technology is helping businesses to deliver consistently better experiences, so what does the future hold? And how can businesses be ready for evolving payment technologies? Consumers, too, preferred to use contactless payments or to shop online.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2022

First deployed in 2020 , Dash Carts are already available at many Amazon Fresh stores across the U.S. Their payment is processed using the credit card associated with their Amazon account and shoppers receive an emailed receipt shortly after leaving the store.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2022

The entire checkout process can be completed in 10 seconds. Couche-Tard first deployed the Mashgin technology in 2020 across nearly 500 Circle K locations in the U.S. We look forward to introducing this new platform to stores across our network.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Holiday season 2020 has come to an end, so what now? The transaction cycle does not end after purchase, and successful retailers should ensure that their omnichannel systems and processes are able to seamlessly handle the recovery period that comes after the holidays. Creating a Frictionless Returns Process.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As economic pressures and living costs surge, more people than ever are considering using point-of-service (POS) finance — such as buy now, pay later and installment loans — to manage their cashflow. But a year on from the Woolard Review , which found that the use of interest-free credit products nearly quadrupled in 2020 to £2.7

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

Adoption of curbside pickup has accelerated throughout the retail world during the pandemic, and Walmart Canada will expand the company’s Pickup offering to have it available at approximately 270 stores by the end of 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

The retailer will instead rely more heavily on its smart Amazon Dash Carts , which have been deployed at Fresh stores since 2020 as well as at Amazon subsidiary Whole Foods. The company already had moved the JWO unit out of its retail group and into its AWS cloud computing division.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Merchants and banks pass along those costs to consumers, either by raising prices or reducing quality or service. This case is a major step forward in fixing our nation’s broken payments market, but it should not be the last. In November 2020 the agency sued to stop Visa’s acquisition of Plaid, a tech company that powers fintech apps.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2024

Back in 2020, Walgreens was sued in class action for improperly taxing protective face masks in Pennsylvania. A few years back, an attorney sued several wineries for allegedly not collecting sales tax on shipping charges in Illinois. Frontline customer service staff should have a reasonable understanding of sales tax.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2021

As digital-first shopping is here to stay, retailers must invest in connected experiences — and success hinges on frictionless operations. However, collaboration between retail marketers and their commerce and service counterparts is less common, with only about half saying their goals are aligned. And consumers can feel it.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2021

An EY study in August 2020, How Will Brands Adapt to a More Cautious Customer , found that 65% of consumers say they will be more aware of hygiene and cleanliness and 52% will look to use contactless payments to avoid touching things.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2022

Decathlon’s Data Lab in Singapore is the latest facet of the brand’s pursuit of innovation and part of its efforts to develop new digital services and incubate data projects, in collaboration with partners such as Sport Singapore, research agencies, and schools.

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Secure Retail

MARCH 15, 2021

Secure Retail work alongside our carefully selected partners to offer the very best hardware, software and payment solutions available. In partnering with the ENS Group, we can offer the latest in UV-Clean technology at the point of payment. Different sizes, standalone or payment terminal stand options are available.

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Retail Next

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

To cover this idea in more detail, this article identifies five specific ways in which the in-store experience is shaping retail in 2020. A previous post on the ‘Top Tech Trends Shaping Retail in 2020’ covered some noteworthy examples, including the use of augmented and extended reality. Prioritizing Experience Over Inventory.

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Retail Minded

MARCH 10, 2022

Very few retail leaders would argue that the role of physical stores are the same as they were at the start of 2020. Quite simply, retailers need to rethink traditional ideas around assets and operations. Most would agree that they are very different in direct response to the global pandemic. The Value of Modern POS.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But such fiscal support is becoming increasingly fraught because so much money was borrowed by governments during 2020-21 that the cupboard is getting bare. Japan is an excellent case in point. There do seem to be a few exceptions, such as processed meat, but these are unlikely to last much longer. per cent, food service up 6.5

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Cisco Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

From record business closings to record small business growth (the number of new businesses in 2020 was up 24.3 In fact, 49 percent of small business owners with online stores saw a boost in sales in 2020, even in the midst of the pandemic. A year like no other. percent per the U.S. Shop local this #SmallBusinessSaturday.

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365 Retail

APRIL 27, 2023

It’s fair to say that self-service checkouts are not universally popular with shoppers. The biggest reason is the irritation we experience when the process doesn’t work smoothly, particularly from the ‘unknown items in the bagging area’ Many of us have felt this frustration at the grocery store.

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Mass Relators

MAY 26, 2021

On behalf of the 12,000 supermarket pharmacies operated by its member companies, FMI – The Food Industry Association said Wednesday that it applauds the introduction of the bipartisan Pharmacy DIR Reform to Reduce Senior Drug Costs Act. Food Retailing Industry Speaks, 2020). ARLINGTON, Va. —

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Nearly a quarter of consumers across the globe predict they will spend more on gifts in 2021, in contrast to their holiday spending in 2020. When asked about the rationale behind this projected increase, the top two reasons were to make up for missed holidays in 2020 (52%), followed by an improved financial situation (34%).

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Cisco Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

From record business closings to record small business growth (the number of new businesses in 2020 was up 24.3 In fact, 49 percent of small business owners with online stores saw a boost in sales in 2020, even in the midst of the pandemic. A year like no other. percent per the U.S. Shop local this #SmallBusinessSaturday.

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Retail Minded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Here are a few ideas: Post an Instagram giveaway with a bundled prize package including goods and services from both your businesses in exchange for follows. Amplify Your Associates’ Reach via Social Marketing If you’re making the right hiring decisions, your sales associates should be prime examples of who you’d want as brand ambassadors.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 11, 2022

kind of like a ship station they acquired point of sale system. 8:48] I think the best strategy here is to take all these Services create microservices out of them, and then sell them and compete with like the fabrics and the Commerce tools is that the other one always forget it yeah you kind of so have a headless option.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 7, 2022

Bonus – More store closures in 2021 than 2020. Jason : NFTs, Web 3, Metaverse, and Ultrafast delivery services are all overhyped and don’t deliver meaningful commerce revenue in 2022. Shein exceeds $30B in annual sales, disrupting apparel industry Adoption of BNPL services slows down to less than 15% CAGR in 2022.

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