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

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In the world of retail, staying ahead means embracing innovations that transform shopping and commerce into an experience that’s faster, smarter and more satisfying for customers. As data privacy becomes an increasing priority for both retailers and consumers, RFID stands out as a secure option that safeguards shoppers’ data.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

In 2017, Polywood had a great product sustainability story (its outdoor furniture is made from 100% recycled plastic and comes with a 20-year guarantee) and a solid launching pad for direct-to-consumer sales (a 27 -year history of selling through big box, home improvement and specialty patio stores). said Narang.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2024

A recent study of more than 4,700 consumers from Bread Financial indicates payment choices — including retail store credit cards, bank branded credit cards and buy now, pay later (BNPL) — at checkout have become a major factor in pleasing shoppers and closing a sale. Long gone are the days where retailers can only say, “Cash or card?”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2022

over its mobile Express Pay shopping app. The Scan & Go technology was introduced to afford an easier shopping experience to customers through scanning and bagging items as they shop, eventually checking out and paying with their mobile devices. Walmart Inc. has filed a lawsuit against BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Keeping up with shifting consumer trends is no easy feat for retailers in an increasingly competitive omnichannel shopping market. To help prepare for the hectic year ahead, Inside Retail delved into a recent Euromonitor report, which revealed the top global consumer trends to expect in 2025.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Despite the surge in online shopping, physical stores remain essential for retailers, providing a space for customers to interact with products and build deeper brand connections. Retailers using cashier-based systems also are focusing on updating hardware and software to improve the checkout experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2024

supermarket with cashier-free checkout technology powered by computer vision. It’s exciting to see a checkout-free capability live in one of our stores,” said Eric Traxler, VP of IT at Aldi in a statement. Aldi has retrofitted its Aurora, Ill.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2022

CPG advertisers can now offer consumers a multi-retailer checkout experience directly from their Yahoo native ads and display inventory, allowing consumers to make a purchase from their preferred retailer.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

New research from Capterra finds that tip fatigue — exhaustion caused by the pressure to tip more money to a widening array of workers — is a serious problem affecting most consumers who use checkout tablets at restaurants and other businesses. This should give pause to any business that uses checkout tablets.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2022

Albertsons Companies will launch cart-based smart checkout technology later this year at select supermarkets throughout the country, in partnership with Veeve Smart Carts. we are building a link between multiple consumer channels and the brands they trust while keeping customer loyalty central to the experience.”. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The in-store grocery shopping experience has held on to its appeal, even as supermarket retailers have realized that they also need to offer customers simple, yet personalized, digital commerce options. Albertsons also has recognized the major role that mobile devices play in grocery shopping.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Last month Booths axed its self-service checkouts in all but two of its 28 stores, claiming the move was in response to customer demand. The high-end supermarket will only retain self-checkouts in its Windermere and Keswick stores in the Lake District as these stores can become very busy. Busby thinks it was a factor for the grocer. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 20, 2023

Walmart is the first retailer to test out TalkShopLive ’s new “shoppable simulcast” feature, which allows brands to broadcast live shopping events simultaneously across up to four different online destinations, including the TalkShopLive platform, their own website and Facebook.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It might have been the worst-kept secret in retail, but after months of unconfirmed reports , behind-the-scenes testing and tales from the front lines , TikTok has finally, formally launched its new ecommerce offering — TikTok Shop. in November 2022. reads the company announcement. The company also reiterated that all TikTok-protected U.S.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2021

The partnership relies on the launch of Adyen’s ‘Giving’ platform, which allows merchants to accept charitable donations during an online checkout process. 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 24, 2024

The pandemic really accelerated all of these numerous platforms where people can create and share content, [so that now] a consumer can come in at any point in time and easily buy in that second,” said Kaisy O’Reilly, Chief Marketing Officer at Stuart Weitzman during the IAB Connected Commerce Summit.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For the first episode, we spoke to industry expert and Swinburne University professor Jason Pallant about the rise of checkout-free stores, what they can offer the sector, and the barriers they need to overcome to succeed. Checkout-free stores also open up the potential for new and innovative ways of designing stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This opens up a world of possibilities for both businesses and consumers. While this shift is poised to transform the retail industry all the way from the stockroom to the cereal aisle, retailers should start tapping into the power of QR codes today to build trust, loyalty and stronger relationships with consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

CVS Pharmacy has implemented touch-free checkout using PayPal and Venmo QR codes at all 8,200 standalone retail locations, reaching a milestone set at the start of the partnership in July 2020. Introducing more digital options, including touch-free payments at the register, is in step with changing consumer preferences.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2021

These concerns are fueling consumer expectations for more contactless experiences everywhere they go, including the retail environment. To mitigate health and safety concerns and deliver on these expectations, retailers are designing touchless shopping experiences with the help of voice and speech recognition technology.

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Tokinomo

JANUARY 31, 2023

Campaign scoop M&M Lovin’. In this commercial , Maya Rudolph, a big fan of M&M's, shared that many people, including her, love her. To highlight this, she presented a pie chart displaying the majority of people love her. As a result of this commonality, she announced that her face will be printed on all M&M's packaging.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The AI-powered autonomous shopping experience just got bigger, in the form of a 4,000-square-foot hybrid convenience market called AI Go in Shanghai. The store combines a manned checkout with the use of computer vision as part of checkout-free shopping powered by AiFi Solutions.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Back in 2020, Amazon opened its first Amazon Go store in Seattle, introducing consumers to the concept of full-size, cashierless grocery stores. If they opt for the autonomous checkout, customers need to use the Rewe app to register at the entrance to the store. All the payments would be done automatically. Already at it in Singapore.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

As a result of these new approaches, customers now expect a secure, seamless shopping experience whether they are shopping in-person or online. One of the most common complaints customers have is waiting too long in checkout lines. Identifying customers also can help retailers discreetly personalize their shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Retailers need to ensure their systems can scale to upcoming seasonal traffic spikes like Cyber Week so they can capture the attention and wallet share of the numerous consumers hunting online for deals. However, while the holiday shopping rush comes with significant opportunity — Cyber Monday 2023 alone is estimated to generate $13.7

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This is not just a transient trend but a robust response to the changing consumer, who now craves the tactile satisfaction of in-store shopping along with the personalisation and convenience of online commerce. Today’s consumers might browse products online and then feel, try and buy them in physical stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2022

We’re excited to bring the smooth Klarna shopping experience to life for the first time in Los Angeles, spotlighting mission driven merchant partners that support a range of important causes from sustainability in fashion to clean beauty ,” said Behal in a statement.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2022

E-commerce skyrocketed when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, as more consumers realised its ease and convenience. However, the past few years have also exposed what online shopping just cannot replicate – human interaction, experiential shopping and social connection. . “We We are all inherently social beings.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2024

Through AI and other technologies, customers in grocery stores, clothing outlets and other convenience-style shops no longer need to wait in line to check out. consumers ages 15-69 anticipate going to a show in 2024, a jump from the 36% who attended one in 2023. As for concertgoers at these same venues, over half of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2022

Pinterest has signed a definitive agreement to acquire THE YES , an AI-powered platform that allows consumers to personalize their shopping feeds based on their brand, style and size preferences. THE YES team are experts in building an end-to-end shopping experience,” said Silbermann in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In the last two months alone, TikTok has rolled out dedicated “Shopping Tabs” for Shopify merchants, Twitter began a pilot of its “Shop Module,” and Pinterest made it possible for creators to “control the shopability of their content” by tagging products. There’s no time to waste, because consumers are already there.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In-store shopping has rebounded post-pandemic. Despite the convenience of online, consumers are attracted by the social and immersive experience of physical stores. However, post-pandemic physical shopping is a different beast to the olden days. However, post-pandemic physical shopping is a different beast to the olden days.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 5, 2024

The grocer said it “will be able to help speed up the customer journey” by receiving real-time data and analytics while harnessing the power of AI for sales analysis, estimating future store performance, colleague productivity and cash management. The new platform will also allow colleagues to approve transactions remotely via tablet.

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Mass Relators

JULY 8, 2024

With this new integration of PayPal and Venmo, we can help customers make their Aisles Online shopping even easier and faster than before.” We are thrilled to innovate with partners like Hy-Vee to help improve customers’ shopping experience by providing trusted payment methods, such as PayPal and Venmo, to their consumers.”

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Amid a global cost of living crisis, consumers are increasingly turning to innovative solutions to manage their budgets and stretch their dollars further. Stocard (a Klarna Group Company) centralises all of a consumer’s loyalty cards in a single mobile application for 5.3

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