Retail Minded

MARCH 20, 2025

To safeguard profits, protect customers, and maintain operational stability, retailers must proactively address these challenges with modern solutions. Retail risk encompasses any potential threat that could disrupt a stores financial health, reputation, or daily operations. As per Merchant Savvy, global card fraud has reached $35.8

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2022

Some of the biggest changes include new capabilities and integrations with Twitter that will enable additional social commerce options; Google , which will help retailers connect with shoppers near their brick-and-mortar locations; and iOS , which will let retailers use iPhones to accept contactless payments.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2024

Up to 60% of merchants say reducing friction between in-store and online is a top priority. To create a competitive experience, the back end of a merchant’s in-store and online business needs to be unified, ultimately creating a front-end experience that is consistent and cohesive.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2024

The transition to an omnichannel payment operations platform represents a significant positioning as a technology leader for BridgerPay, filling the untapped gap of omnichannel orchestration and payment operations that exists in the world, a pain shared by many enterprise merchants that run a multi-channel business.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

As ecommerce losses from online payment fraud surge toward $48 billion annually, it’s crucial for organizations to leverage advanced technologies to stay ahead of these bad actors. A sudden spree of small electronics purchases from different vendors at a new location could indicate account compromise.

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Cisco Retail

JULY 29, 2022

This is the third blog in a series on financial services where I investigate a few challenges of managing hybrid cloud operations in the payment application development arena. The evolution of electronic payment technology. million websites globally rely on PayPal for the checkout and payment process, generating 15.4

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

Financial services and POS solution Square has launched a new consumer-facing app that lets customers search, discover and book appointments with beauty and personal care professionals. Additionally, businesses can solicit private feedback through the app to better improve operations and customer service.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

To address these compounding problems, retailers need to re-evaluate their operating priorities by focusing on cost-cutting measures that also enhance customer experiences, such as through automation, AI or other tech. Embracing AI, enhancing data access and integrating technology across operations are pivotal.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2020

Store closing sales began at 19 of Lord & Taylor’s 38 locations that day. A joint venture of Hilco Merchant Resources and Gordon Brothers is conducting the liquidation. A joint venture of Hilco Merchant Resources and Gordon Brothers is conducting the liquidation. looks for a buyer, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2025

In the last year alone, the number of Australian merchants looking to sell online to new countries overseas almost doubled to 39 per cent, up from 20 per cent in 2022. When choosing one, consider every detail, from sending locations and costs to the level of service and support youll receive along the way.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Happy Returns offers box-free, label-free returns for more than 800 merchant partners at over 10,000 locations across the U.S. The company was acquired by PayPal a little over two years ago as part of PayPal’s ambition to expand beyond payments and become a “ digital commerce enablement engine.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2025

The basic service that a point-of-sale (POS) device provides checking out customers is essential to any retailers functioning. However, the POS itself the software, connections to other retail systems and the increasingly varied hardware has become a less prominent part of the merchants tech stack.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The eQR payments platform is being rolled out in partnership with Commonwealth Bank and NAB, as well as with fintechs Azupay , Beem It and Merchant Warrior. What do QR-code payments mean for SMEs? When it comes to payments services, the hardest part is the implementation. appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2022

Automate your shipping process. An employee who would spend most of their time processing shipping labels can now focus on customer service, marketing, or other business activities. ShipStation now offers discounted rates, so there’s more added value and convenience for the merchants. Take advantage of shipping discounts.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 13, 2021

PayPal has acquired ecommerce returns solution Happy Returns as it continues to expand beyond payments, with the aim of becoming a “digital commerce enablement engine.” The Happy Returns network currently includes more than 2,600 drop-off locations in 1,200+ metro areas across the U.S. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

To close the KPI gap, merchants must forget the idea that a mobile shop is just a smaller version of the desktop shop. Merchants need to be prepared to experiment with their mobile platforms as new technologies and new information becomes available. That said, mobile shopping best practices are far from established.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2021

An avid home gardener shopping online will benefit from knowing exactly which home improvement retailer location has the products they want in stock. The retailer can recommend additional items based on the gardener’s recent landscaping purchases, while letting them know that the location 1.3 Make it easy for customers stay engaged.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2023

The acceptance of cash has started to trend upwards again, but payment technology is helping businesses to deliver consistently better experiences, so what does the future hold? And how can businesses be ready for evolving payment technologies? Consumers, too, preferred to use contactless payments or to shop online.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

They want shopping to be fast and fun — less of a process. That’s why Synchrony partnered with payments startup Skipify, which enables purchases instantly across email, text, social and other channels. It is critical to provide consumers the right offer at the right time in the right location.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

In short, consumers are now looking for more unique shipping perks from online merchants, and meeting these demands will present an opportunity to differentiate. Another option is enabling consumers to pick whether they prefer a home delivery or delivery to another safer location, such as their office, for specific goods.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2022

Most buy now, pay later offers are interest- and fee-free, unless customers miss a payment. consumers say they have used a buy now, pay later service, according to a recent study from The Ascent, a Motley Fool service. with late payments, fees, etc.]. In fact, 50% of U.S Then I can see a change coming.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2025

Grubhub was inspired by the meteoric rise of retail media , which also has propelled the debut of media networks from other delivery and transportation services such as Uber and Lyft as well as companies more ancillary to the retail landscape, such as BNPL solution Klarna , payments provider PayPal and United Airlines.

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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. How do I make sure I’m talking to my shoppers wherever they are?’. And then analytics is the other piece; how do you measure it all?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Retail TouchPoints 2022 Retail Strategy & Planning (#RSP22) webinar series, now available on-demand, offered a wealth of tips and best practices across critical areas including pricing, location-based technology, inventory management and marketplaces. Mastercard Spending Data Reveals 4 Key Takeaways for Holiday 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The point-of-sale (POS) system has always been the one truly indispensable technology for any merchant, large or small. Among other benefits, these types of solutions simplify employee training and make it easier to move associates to different locations as scheduling needs demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In 2020, consumers spent approximately $630 billion on online shopping, and merchants lost $12 billion to fraud. However, by understanding how fraudsters target different age groups, merchants can tailor their fraud prevention programs to fit the risk profiles for their customer demographics. Monitor your brand for impersonation.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

FedEx and Adobe have entered a multi-year collaboration that will begin with the integration of Adobe Commerce with ShopRunner, an ecommerce platform and subsidiary of FedEx Services. The partnership was forged to help retailers better manage their shipping and logistics and allow them to offer an improved last-mile delivery experience.

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Small Biz Trends

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A point-of-sale system is one of the best tools for small businesses looking to accept payments. Point-of-sale systems enable business owners to be more agile with their payment processing and forego using the cash drawer. A point of sale (POS) system is used to accept payments, like a cash register. Brilliant POS.

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Secure Retail

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is the highest industry security certification that provides a baseline of technical and operational requirements designed to protect account data. This version furthers the protection of payment data with new controls to address sophisticated cyber attacks. Promote security as a continuous process.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2022

Laws and regulations that protect consumer data — such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the removal of third-party cookie support and Apple’s increased privacy protections — are pushing ecommerce operators to find creative new ways to provide successful personalization. Personalization with Privacy.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2022

Walmart has open positions across multiple segments of the company, including merchants, marketers, pharmacists, optometrists, software engineers, data scientists, distribution, store and club managers. The hire of associates to support its technology operations aligns with the addition of technology hubs in Toronto and Atlanta.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Brick-and-mortar locations are still essential parts of the shopper journey, but they need to be reconfigured to accommodate both shopper discovery and functions like flexible store-based fulfillment. Hear how the retailer was able to fine-tune the search experience to drive discovery and conversions during a lunch-and-learn session on Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

Online fraud cost digital commerce merchants $27 billion in 2021 , so it’s no surprise that retailers have redoubled their focus on eliminating these threats. Traditional retailers with digital commerce operations compete head-to-head with online retailers for demanding customers.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2024

For retail merchants who prioritise the customer experience, Shopify POS offers a powerful combination of product and platform that empowers retailers to design the in-store experiences that differentiate their brand,” explains Shaun Broughton, MD Apac and Japan at Shopify. per cent uptime across the Shopify platform.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2022

ShipStation, the world’s largest multi-channel, multi-carrier e-commerce shipping solution, is launching a new feature designed to bring better savings to small businesses signed on to the service. ShipStation now offers discounted rates, so there’s more added value and convenience for the merchants.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2024

The platform now features more than 100,000 brands from 100 + countries, and in September 2023, ecommerce vanguard Shopify took a stake in the company and made Faire the recommended wholesale marketplace for its millions of merchants. The innovation that we at Faire brought to the market was offering free returns and net-60 payment terms.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2022

Catalogs allows merchants of all kinds to upload their active inventory directly to Pinterest and turn those ecommerce listings into dynamic Product Pins, making them more shoppable. More than 40 years on, the company now boasts eight locations across New York’s Hudson Valley region, with a ninth on the way.

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