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Sensing, Not Seeing, with Vision AI as Retail’s Crystal Ball for the Future

Retail TouchPoints

We’re seeing vision AI support across all parts of the retail business, including back of house, in-store advertising and media, store checkout and curbside pickup. What’s Catching a Shoppers Eye In-store advertisements and displays are a prime example of how vision AI can be used in stores.

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Why Google’s Recent Shopping Blitz is as Much About Advertising as Ecommerce Expansion

Retail TouchPoints

Google’s efforts thus far have yielded mixed results, but even if the company never seriously challenges other marketplaces in terms of sales or name recognition, any ground Google can gain in ecommerce is likely to fuel its primary money-maker: advertising. As Amazon has emerged as the third-largest digital advertising platform in the U.S.

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Supre, YD, Midas rank top for overall online store experience

Inside Retail

The Online CX Index, a partnership between Inside Retail and Humii, covers the entire website experience through checkout, delivery and even returns, evaluating eight key criteria based on up to 200 data points. YDs one-page checkout also streamlines the process, removing the hassle for customers to place an order.

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How Going Headless Helped Uplift Desk Elevate Ecommerce Creativity and Performance

Retail TouchPoints

Catalysts plug-and-play design has helped streamline essential tasks, like cart-to-checkout integration and customer account management, which reduced development efforts. Enhancing Site Speed and Reliability Uplift started the transition to Catalyst in August and spent approximately 10 weeks of development time.

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Supre, YD, Mecca rank top for overall online store experience

Inside Retail

The Online CX Index, a partnership between Inside Retail and Humii, covers the entire website experience through checkout, delivery and even returns, evaluating eight key criteria based on up to 200 data points. YDs one-page checkout also streamlines the process, removing the hassle for customers to place an order.

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Reports: Microsoft’s Bing Quietly Launches Marketplace in Bid to Compete with Google Shopping

Retail TouchPoints

The move follows a similar trajectory at Google , which has been continuously adding more features to make itself central to the online shopping experience, including the recent debut of a new checkout flow. Certainly having more sellers and more products on its shopping platform should boost traffic and therefore advertising audiences.

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Meta and Amazon Link Up to Enable In-Platform Purchases on Instagram, Facebook

Retail TouchPoints

Meta and Amazon have quietly debuted a new closed-loop social commerce experience that allows Facebook and Instagram users to link their social media accounts to Amazon so they can make purchases directly in-platform. And Meta, of course, gets something out of the deal as well, in the form of more information to aid its advertising efforts.