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Amazon Service Refinements: New ‘Low-Cost’ Store, Prime Fuel Discount, Ending of ‘Today’ Delivery Service

Retail TouchPoints

Not all the changes have been additions— Amazon also is reportedly winding down its Today same-day delivery service for sellers that also have brick-and-mortar stores. Here’s all the recent news on Amazon’s recent services shuffle. Retailers currently using the service include Office Depot, Staples, Petco, Pacsun and GNC.

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Banner Black Friday Sales Bode Well for Holiday Season

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on Black Friday according to Mastercard SpendingPulse , which measures in-store and online retail sales across all payment types. Shopify data aggregated across that platform’s hundreds of thousands of merchants indicated that Noon Eastern on Friday, Nov. retail sales (excluding automotive) up 3.4% billion online, up 10.2%

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Jewelry Retailers: Prepare Your Curbs, not Your Cases, for 2021

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While certain ecommerce verticals saw mind-boggling sales increases in 2020, luxury goods, including jewelry, enjoyed more modest revenue boosts, according to Signifyd Ecommerce Pulse data. Upscale jewelry designer Gorjana, for example, saw 300% growth in 2020, with a 400% monthly increase in sales between April and May 2020 alone.

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Simon, Shopify Team Up to Help Digital Brands Enter Brick-and-Mortar Retail

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Mens apparel brand True Classic and fine jewelry brand Ring Concierge are among the first companies to take advantage of the new offering. We are highly encouraged by our Q4 sales performance that we saw in these new markets over the holiday season.

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Identifying the ‘Faces’ Behind Faceless Online Transactions

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In 2019 , the total market share of online U.S. Because of this ease, merchants have begun relying on POS financing to drive sales growth. McKinsey has found that around 50% to 60% of loans originated at POS are either partially or entirely subsidized by the merchant. According to McKinsey, merchants face up to 2.4X

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Walmart Steps Up Ecommerce Investment With Cross-Border Commerce and NFT Projects

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The invitation to Indian retailers will initially include only a select number of participants, adding to existing merchants including Delphi Leather India , Mahi Exports , Touchstone Gems & Jewelry and Welspun. A dedicated Cross Border Trade team has been set up in India to help sellers onboard and grow on the platform.

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Three trends shaping the luxury retails sector in 2025

Inside Retail

Despite modestly positive expectations for 2024, the luxury retail market did not pan out as merchants had hoped. According to a 2024 report released by global management consulting firm Bain & Company, this market dropped two per cent from an all-time high of US$387 billion to US$381 billion.