Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Neighbor has since moved on to a new project, but before she did, she took Retail TouchPoints behind the scenes of the year-long undertaking at Clarks to share how her team pulled it off, on time, and the lessons they learned along the way. A separate team at Clarks also was transitioning to a new POS and order management vendor, NewStore.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Picture this: You’re about to buy something online, but the site doesn’t remember who you are, so you go buy your item elsewhere, or just not at all. consumers abandon a purchase and stop accessing an online service because they can’t remember their passwords 4.76 times per day on average.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 9, 2025

Acrelecs 20 years of expertise in developing kiosks and self-service machines made the company a perfect acquisition, especially given the long relationship between the companies. The Flooid platform enables retailers to deliver seamless, consistent experiences across all channels whether online, in-store, or at the pump.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Research from inclusive payments platform, Ecommpay, has found that merchants place more value on the practical elements of a payment provision than on a personal recommendation or even cost. Over half (57%) of merchant respondents selected functionality as one of their top three criteria when choosing a payment provider.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 11, 2023

Machine learning-powered ecommerce payments provider Rokt has launched Rokt Payments Marketplace. The tool is designed to enable ecommerce businesses to unlock a new revenue stream on their payment page by presenting shoppers with relevant credit card and payment-related offers in a customizable and native placement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

RFID uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects, offering retailers precise control over inventory and enabling real-time data analytics to enhance operational efficiency. These benefits lead to smoother operations and enhanced customer experiences, which in turn drive sales and satisfaction.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Amazon has launched a new service Amazon Autos in partnership with Hyundai. The streamlined, end-to-end online experience includes vehicle search, trade-in valuation, transparent haggle-free pricing, financing options and online checkout. A customer picks up a car at a Hyundai dealer that was purchased on Amazon Autos.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

No matter how fast the modern payment ecosystem is developing, the pursuit of the best customer experience isn’t going anywhere. To answer customers’ demands, business leaders must find the balance between adapting services to consumers’ digitally-driven shopping behaviors and staying true to the company’s strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 10, 2023

Regional payments can be complex. For retailers and regional payments, consumer payment preferences play one piece, while checkout optimization and diversification play another. Target consumers’ regional payment preferences. Payments have come a long way over the last few decades. trillion by 2026.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

Amazon is continuing to expand the reach of its Just Walk Out (JWO) cashierless checkout tech with a particular focus on events-based venues. Visitors scan a payment method like a credit card to enter the store, grab the items they want and then leave without going through any additional steps to check out.

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Inside Retail

JULY 24, 2023

The trend towards using self-service and self-checkout (SCO) options in both retail and hospitality was already strong, but the pandemic sent it soaring. The same research found that 47 per cent of consumers choose different checkout options each time. The rise of small, modular self-checkout devices is changing the game.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

Retailers are adopting advanced technologies to improve customer interactions, streamline operations, and stay competitive. With advancements like AI-driven personalization and checkout-free shopping, the future of in-store technology is poised to completely revolutionize the way we shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2024

What a difference two years make: Dollar General was enthusiastic enough about self-checkout in June 2022 that it announced trialing 100% self-checkout at 200 stores. The retailer is focused on improving the store experience, where “everything begins and ends for our customers,” said Vasos during the May 2024 call.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2024

URBN , parent company of Urban Outfitters , Anthropologie , Free People and FP Movement , will adopt Stripe as its primary payments infrastructure for both online and in-store sales, consolidating the majority of its North American payments volume onto the solution provider.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

The seamless nature of digital commerce has inspired consumers to expect more from the payment experience everywhere they shop — online, in-store and even via social channels. Customers today expect to be able to shop where and when they want and use the payment method they want.” more compared to their previous buying levels.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 27, 2022

H&M Group is rolling out a pilot of several new tech-enabled in-store shopping solutions at COS stores in the U.S., including new payment and checkout options, personalized styling facilitated by smart mirrors and upgraded delivery and return options.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The convenience store experience just got more convenient at Chartw ells , a division of Compass Group that operates thousands of stores on college and corporate campuses. The retailer recently debuted its first store to be retrofitted with checkout-free technology at the University of Houston campus.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 7, 2025

3D Secure (3DS) is an additional layer of cardholder security and authentication for online card transactions, and more and more large retailers are wanting to add it into their payments process. This not only expedites processing for legitimate customers but also more accurately flags fraudulent charges.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2023

If we thought the pandemic-driven shift to digital payments was an evolution, we’re about to be catapulted into a new world, where payments will become possible in places thought impossible just a few years ago. Currently, consumer payments account for more than 60% of all embedded finance transactions and are set to reach $3.5

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2021

A year on from the introduction of payment platform Flypay to Coles Liquor websites, including Liquorland, Vintage Cellars and First Choice Liquor, the digital wallet has now been expanded to grocery shoppers through Coles Online. Coles isn’t the only retailer investing in payments technology. Exciting time’.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Mercedes-Benz owners in Germany can now start the fueling process directly from their vehicle and pay digitally by fingerprint with a new native in-car payment service, developed in partnership with Mastercard. We are pioneers in native in-car payment and are already working on the integration of further services.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The platform has kicked off the service in the alcohol category and will expand it to categories including beauty, electronics and more in the coming months. per month, offering $0 delivery fees and lower service fees on eligible orders. 20, 2024, select cards will be offered at a 5% to 10% discount.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Why is payment orchestration suddenly getting so much attention? Payment orchestration is no longer optional. Surprisingly, how retailers manage and handle payments has not changed; it’s decisively stuck 20 years in the past. To ultimately transform, retailers need flexible, scalable and customizable payment infrastructure.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2021

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, 60 life-saving vaccination programs have been disrupted, putting children worldwide at risk of contracting preventable diseases such as diphtheria, measles and polio. The post H&M opens up donations at checkout to support vaccinating kids worldwide appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

For shoppers, paying for the items they want is a necessary evil at best and a complicated chore at worst (especially online). That inherent distaste for the transaction phase is one reason payment companies are so eager to expand into other parts of the shopper journey. And with 50% of global spending in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

retailers will be able to accept contactless customer payments on their Apple iPhones via its new Tap to Pay functionality. Consumers will be able to use their credit and debit cards, Apple Pay or other digital wallets to purchase items, with no additional POS hardware or payment terminal required to complete transactions.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

retailer to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone, which allows associates to accept contactless payments using their iPhones without requiring a dedicated payments card reader or additional hardware. Morgan Payments powers the Tap to Pay on iPhone service, which can accept credit and debit cards, Apple Pay and NFC-enabled digital wallets.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 28, 2025

Aldi has started taking a 10 deposit from shoppers looking to enter its checkout-free store in Greenwich. The pre-authorisation payment is taken from the customers card before they can pass through a barrier to enter, The Grocer reported. The deposit is then deducted from the cost of the shop on exit.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2022

Reach , a combined payments, tax and fraud platform designed to improve handling of cross-border commerce transactions, has received $30 million in its latest funding round. The Reach solution powers transactions in 120 local currencies and local processing in more than 40 markets.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2024

Fortunately, the shift toward diverse checkout options and digital receipts has fostered new touch points for retailers looking to make a memorable impact. In fact, 53% of shoppers under 45 years old prefer self-checkout options , and 89% of consumers of any age like the idea of a digital receipt.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2022

parent company of the Circle K convenience store chain, will purchase more than 10,000 touchless self-checkout systems, with plans to deploy them in more than 7,000 Circle K and Couche-Tard stores in the U.S., The Mashgin system, branded as “Smart Checkout,” relies on AI-powered technology that can improve customer checkout time up to 400%.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2024

And process returns of stuff people don’t want! Customer and product information at their fingertips What are some of the functionalities and data that your POS system needs to serve up? This is one situation you want to avoid at all costs. the fulfillment scenarios really are endless. Keep the stores tidy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2023

As the online payments industry continues to evolve, new digital wallet solutions, such as mobile payment apps and e-wallet platforms, are becoming increasingly popular and reshaping the way consumers transact. 4 Pros of Digital Wallets Some of the advantages of digital wallet payment options include: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2022

As ecommerce has become a part of everyday life, customers have felt empowered to take control of their checkout experiences both in-store and at home. A recent study found shoppers of all demographics are warming up to the idea of self-checkout, seeing it as a faster option that eliminates the need to wait in line.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

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. Moreover, customers compliment Supres wide range of payment and flexible shipping options and authority to leave deliveries.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Omnichannel retailer solution provider GK has launched scanless checkout through GK Go , part of its CLOUD4RETAIL service suite. The just walk out technology has the capability to accept card or cash payments at a payment tower, on a consumer’s mobile phone and at a staffed checkout.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 11, 2024

One area where efficiency can make a significant impact is in payment processing. With the rise of digital payments and fast-changing retail payment trends, merchants should adopt feature-rich payment solutions to streamline operations and enhance customer satisfaction.

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