Retail Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

In a world where consumers can shop from virtually anywhere, ecommerce is no longer limited by geography. Evolving Consumer Behaviours Todays consumers are more global than ever. They want seamless experiencesfrom clear product information and localised payment options to transparent shipping costs and easy returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

UPS is cultivating its shipping capabilities for integrated international ecommerce through a partnership with ESW. The agreement between the shipping-and-logistics company and DTC ecommerce firm will aim to facilitate cross-border online business for brands seeking to reach consumers on a global scale.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2022

Shipping is ideally the last interaction we have with customers. There are a lot of options out there to create a more fine-tuned shipping strategy, while also saving money. Here’s five ways from ShipStation Australia to help you save money (and time) when it comes to shipping. Automate your shipping process.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

With more consumers shopping online than ever before, thanks in part to the pandemic, which has seen more than 80 per cent go online to buy , it’s more important than ever to have the right shipping process in place. . However, if done right, your shipping can be a competitive advantage.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Buzek forecasts very strong growth for these solutions during the next two years, with self-checkout rising 178% , contactless payment climbing 190% and payment via consumers’ mobile devices increasing 300%. We’re forecasting 700% growth over the next two years for these second locations with dedicated inventory.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2025

Dealing with customer service for a faulty product or return? One area that may drastically improve consumers satisfaction with customer service: AI-powered bots that can act as a shoppers own personal concierge service. Want to combine a gift card with your credit card for payment? Most chatbots cant keep up.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Despite having just officially begun, this holiday shopping season already is marked by supply chain disruption, persistent inflation and mixed consumer confidence. And just like last year, it looks like consumers will respond by turning to ecommerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Dharmesh Mehta, VP of Worldwide Selling Partner Services at Amazon , is celebrating his 10th anniversary with the company this year, and so he kicked off the fourth annual Amazon Accelerate conference for sellers by comparing the differences between the ecommerce platform today and 10 years ago.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2024

Here, Li speaks to how Revolove’s global growth is driven by localisation strategies that deliver the best service to its customers within each region. That involves operations, customer service, logistics, warehousing, currency and finance. We built a good service to increase repeat customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Experts report that chargebacks will cost merchants over $100 billion in 2023, and false claims and abuse of the chargeback process are a growing threat to merchants. The hidden expenses of wasted time, expensive fees, penalties or additional losses of goods and services add up. Internet payments mean more purchases.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

Consumers will be encouraged to clean out their closets to earn PacSun credits and to shop for “pre-loved” (a.k.a. At PacSun, we are committed to digital innovation and delivering services that our customers will love and use,” said Mimi Ruiz, VP of eCommerce at PacSun in a statement. gently used) items through the retailer’s website.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In addition to supporting customers who use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) payment options, the program also affords easier access to Amazon Layaway. The ecommerce giant noted that the program was introduced to help consumers as they weather rising costs on essentials.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Photo courtesy of TikTok Shop While the ecommerce functionality has been available to at least some users since late last year, today marks the service’s debut to the wider TikTok community, and to say that both consumers and brands have been eagerly anticipating this development might be an understatement. Digital Service (USDS).

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The current economic environment has driven consumers to be more budget conscious and price sensitive as inflation pushes up the cost of living and products’ prices. Have a simple checkout process. Simple and easy checkout processes are needed to seal the deal. Be mobile-friendly.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

The demand for grocery omnichannel ecommerce has been fueled by the pandemic, specifically consumers’ desire for convenience. To keep up with this demand and consumer expectations, grocers will have to invest in the right forward-looking technology to evolve omnichannel offerings to meet customer needs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

Merchants in particular had to quickly shift from in-store sales to online and learn how to accept payments digitally. Given the ongoing shift in consumer shopping preferences, many of these new businesses will be digital-first companies. These can all be categorized as customer service-type chargebacks.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, challenges are inevitable, despite the resilient consumer spending we’ve seen earlier in the year. Consumers could be led to believe that these charges are a mistake or even potentially fraudulent and end up requesting their money back from their bank. Recent data shows that overall U.S. retail sales have increased 8.8%

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Retail Focus

MARCH 7, 2025

The e-commerce industry has experienced rapid growth and transformation in recent years, driven by technological advancements, changing consumer preferences, and global market shifts. With smartphones and tablets becoming integral parts of daily life, consumers are increasingly shopping on the go.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2022

As consumers engage with online storefronts on an increasingly regular basis and even more options emerge, they’ll be less patient with slow and wonky checkouts that are held back by inferior tech. For brands selling internationally, local tax codes, compliance and support for a variety of currencies are hurdles that can’t be ignored.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2023

The Container Store has debuted its Closet Clean Out resale program for apparel and accessories, powered by the ThredUp Resale-as-a-Service solution. Container Store customers can pick up a ThredUp Clean Out Kit at any of the retailer’s 97 stores or generate a prepaid shipping label from containerstore.thredup.com.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As consumers increasingly adopt hybrid and omnichannel experiences, retailers must adapt to meet changing consumer expectations. Consumers expect brands to provide seamless access to products and services via mobile apps. Provide seamless checkout options with digital rewards and payment options.

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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Among these strategies, two stand out as particularly effective tools for driving conversions: discounts and free shipping. On the other hand, free shipping has emerged as a potent marketing strategy in the era of eCommerce. Free Shipping The influence of free shipping on eCommerce conversions is profound.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2022

This is also the ideal time to review the online customer journey, because consumer expectations for ecommerce convenience and personalization are higher than ever, based on the findings of ClearSale’s 2021 State of Consumer Attitudes on Ecommerce, Fraud & CX survey. Give Back-to-School Shoppers Alternative Payment Options.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

Today’s consumers move across digital, physical and social platforms with ease, switching from browsing, researching and buying in seconds. As shopping journeys become increasingly complex, it’s harder for brands to put themselves in front of their consumers at exactly the right moment. Shopping is everywhere.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

As the ecommerce wars heat up, BigCommerce is making a name for itself as one of the top facilitators of digital trade, alongside competitors such as Shopify, Adobe Commerce and Salesforce Commerce Cloud. As data privacy increases, it becomes more and more challenging to get data about [consumers] from other places.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Consumer preference for online shopping continues to rise, as more purchases are being made online than in stores with each passing year. With account takeover, a fraudster takes over an individual’s existing account (either with stolen credentials or social engineering) and, using the card on file, purchases goods to ship to another address.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2021

If you’re a wholesale retailer or brand owner and you haven’t already launched a direct-to-consumer sales channel, you’d better be thinking about it. A tech stack is the ecosystem of hardware and software platforms needed to manage the DTC order fulfillment process from end to end. Fulfillment and Returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that). The return to offices and social events is inspiring consumers to level up their wardrobes and focus more on apparel and footwear.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

Today, every one in five purchases is made online, largely due to changing consumer habits in the wake of lockdowns and other restrictions. A high level of services unique to each customer, delivered with little or no downtime, is what consumers now expect. From Monolith to Microservices. The answer? Cloud-native microservices.

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M19 Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Benefits of a Mobile POS for Retail Stores In the fast-evolving retail environment, where customer expectations continue to rise, delivering quick, personalized service is no longer optional; it’s essential for business growth and customer retention.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Now, blockchain is building on the foundations of both by influencing everything from payments and loyalty programs to retail locations and supply chains. Building payments with blockchain The idea that a major retailer could provide its own stablecoin, or fiat-backed cryptocurrency, is tantalising. It comes with two big caveats.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

The early-season surge can be attributed to shoppers’ awareness of potential shipping delays , which also made omnichannel fulfillment a winning solution during that final rush: stores with curbside or in-store pickup options captured 62% of global sales during the Dec. But when it came to alternative payments, BNPL was the star.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On one hand, personal safety and security are still top-of-mind for consumers, driving changes in everything from online shopping to brick-and-mortar store layouts and delivery models. A starting point in approaching retailing in the time of coronavirus is to understand that it’s currently a tale of two consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2024

A recent Coresight Research consumer survey revealed that nearly three in five ( 56.9% ) of surveyed consumers are members of at least one loyalty program, and more than half spend more with retailers once they join their loyalty program — a net 39.5% As a whole, loyalty programs are quite popular. higher spend overall.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

A few days before reporting Q2 earnings, Wish also announced plans to cut approximately 34% of its workforce, or about 255 employees, in order to “refocus the company’s operations.” The trade-off is long shipping times, another thing Wish is working hard to improve. Approximately 160 of those positions will be in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2023

After three years of supply chain logistics and shipping delays, retailers have too much inventory sitting on shelves, and consumer demand continues to be in flux as inflation maintains a strong grip on budgets everywhere. This means the way consumers shop has drastically changed as new financing options rise in popularity.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Outfits like GoPuff, Gorillas and 1520 took the grocery market by storm in 2021, offering a limited menu of consumables, delivered to your door in an incredible 30 minutes or less (and commanding multi-billion dollar valuations in the process.) Merchandise assortments will shrink dramatically.

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