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Holiday Shopping Trends and Payments Innovations: Experience as Competitive Advantage

Retail TouchPoints

As the holiday shopping season approaches, retailers face increased pressure to facilitate a seamless and secure shopping experience. Payments technology is central to the shopping experience. Innovations like biometrics and tap-to-pay have transformed how, when and where consumers shop.

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Rethinking Retail Returns

Retail TouchPoints

Consider these facts: total returns amounted to $743 billion in merchandise in 2023 and in 2022; approximately 16.5% Returns negatively impact brands in several ways including processing costs, shipping fees, unsellable merchandise and more. of all purchased goods were returned to retailers.

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How AI is being used to simplify backend systems and processes

Inside Retail

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being increasingly used to simplify, automate and optimise backend systems and processes across the retail sector. In one successful example, a major consumer goods company used AI to predict future store and online sales. The result is better efficiency, speed, accuracy, and cost savings.

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How Brands from Walmart to Pacsun Have Harnessed the Power of Digital Twins

Retail TouchPoints

In its broadest and most straightforward definition, a digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical object, person or process that can be used to simulate its behavior to better understand how it works in real life, according to McKinsey.

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Cybercrime in retail: Trust is now at risk but that creates an opportunity

Inside Retail

In-store operations were also affected, with disruptions to contactless payments and shortages of staple items in some locations, resulting in customer dissatisfaction. Hundreds of employees, especially those working remotely, were unable to access internal systems and forced to revert to manual processes.

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Protect Yourself from Online Credit Card Fraud: Essential Tips and Strategies

Small Biz Trends

Business Protections: Small businesses should utilize secure payment gateways and conduct regular employee training to enhance security against potential fraud attacks. Account Takeover : Cybercriminals gain access to your business account and change shipping or payment information, placing fraudulent orders. million 2023 25% $4.1

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Mastercard is getting rid of credit card numbers. Cards themselves may be next

Inside Retail

The numbers currently used to identify cards will be replaced with tokenisation and biometric authentication In 2022, Mastercard added biometric options enabling payments to be made with a smile or wave of the hand. Credit card numbers and payment details are often exposed in major data breaches affecting large and small businesses.