Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2024

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) says it will “revisit” the issue of surcharging in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) sector, flagging a new review to assess if payment sector reforms are necessary. The review will focus on surcharging, Connolly said, given the rapid development of payment systems available to merchants and consumers. “The

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2023

Amazon is bringing ‘Buy with Prime’ capabilities to Shopify merchants via a new app integration. Now, the new app is empowering Shopify merchants to offer this seamless payment experience to their customers. The app is rolling out as invite-only to select Shopify merchants and will be available to all U.S.-based

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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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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Aided by mass digitalisation, businesses are increasingly revamping their processes by adopting globalised digital tools, especially cross-border payments. Across Asia, the fintech space has witnessed significant technological progress, owing to the ever-growing preference for digital payment methods among societies.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2024

PayPal is entering the media business with plans for a new advertising platform that will draw on its relationships with millions of consumers and merchants to help the latter “sell more products and services effectively,” according to a company statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

Since spinning off from eBay and going public for a second time in 2015, PayPal has expanded its reach well beyond that one digital marketplace to more than 30 million merchants worldwide. When we have partnerships with these merchants they’re trusted brands, so consumers can feel good about shopping with those brands.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2022

Mastercard has launched a new Biometric Checkout Program globally that will enable merchants of all sizes to offer contactless biometric checkout experiences based on facial- or palm-based recognition technology. Customers visiting the pilot stores can enroll with their facial and payment information through the Payface app.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2023

Amazon has expanded its reach in the payments arena with the the launch of Express Payout for Amazon Pay merchants and the reported expansion of its cashierless checkout to 200 stores. The growth of Amazon’s cashierless technology reflects its rising payments capabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 23, 2021

Users go through a brief onboarding where they indicate their tastes and preferences and are then presented with their “own digital mall” featuring brands that align with their interests. The Yahoo Shops marketplace will feature a personalized digital storefront.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 23, 2024

But times have changed — both customers and merchants can now choose from a range of same-day delivery offerings in addition to traditional mail carriers. How does that impact your inventory planning? Not too long ago, if you wanted to get a package somewhere there were three primary choices — FedEx , UPS and USPS.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2021

consumers have now used a buy now pay later (BNPL) service. . Businesses looking for ways to gain a competitive edge over their competitors have been pushing service advantages into new areas, including alternative payment models. Using BNPL, approved customers can defer payments at checkout — both online and in-store.

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365 Retail

APRIL 1, 2025

Ahead of showcasing the company’s allin-one payment solution at this year’s Retail Technology Show, Payment Expert Madara Antanavia from Exactly.com explains how e-commerce businesses can improve conversions and reduce acquisition costs while scaling in the UK and beyond.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2025

Once, borrowing money to make a purchase was a relatively tedious process, not a spur-of-the-moment thing. True, some stores offered lay-by plans that would let you pay for goods in instalments. Many BNPL providers charge less visible fees, such as late payment fees and account maintenance fees. Why might they be spending more?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

Square plans to purchase buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Afterpay in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $29 billion. The Melbourne, Australia-based company currently serves more than 16 million consumers and nearly 100,000 merchants worldwide. Schwartz noted that Afterpay is a founding member of the CLA’s BNPL task force.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Shopify has partnered with Alipay for a program that will let Shopify retailers seamlessly accept payments through Alipay from more than 1 billion active users in China — with plans to add hundreds of million more users across Asia. The Alipay payment gateway for China is already available to Shopify merchants in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In this quest for data-driven precision, merchants must understand the power of the address and its immense strategic value. Will the item purchased arrive on time and as planned? This seamless data integration reduces costs and enhances customer service, supporting accurate, efficient order delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2024

The critical role payment and financial services play in the global economy means companies in this industry will be some of the first mandated to comply. With a proper plan in place, thousands of organizations worldwide already engage with the global ethical hacker community to simplify how they find and fix vulnerabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

The digital wallet will be managed by Early Warning Services (EWS) , the company that operates Zelle, but will operate separately from Zelle. The other four owners in the EWS/Zelle venture include Capital One Financial , PNC Financial Services Group , U.S. Bancorp and Truist Financial.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Just in the time for the holiday shopping season, Google is debuting new features to help merchants capture consumers’ attention in search results, including a small business “tag,” generative AI tools for product imagery and a more detailed business information module in search results. The tools will be available first to U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 28, 2023

Merchants on the WooCommerce platform will be among the first to integrate directly with TikTok ’s new Shop feature, which allows brands to sell directly on the social media platform. Now, through the beta program, WooCommerce merchants can bring their entire inventory to TikTok Shop. as well as in the UK and Southeast Asia.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

Ulta Beauty is partnering with Happy Returns to add Return Bar services to 1,300 brick-and-mortar locations. Shoppers begin their returns journey on the Happy Returns-hosted returns portal or the merchants’ own return flow. As a result, 78% of Americans will live within 10 miles of a Return Bar.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options. Research by The Ascent showed that among people who have used a BNPL service, 45% first did so in 2019, 21% first did so in 2020, and only 7% had used a BNPL service prior to 2015. billion, according to IBISWorld.

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MARCH 17, 2025

However, the buy now, pay later (BNPL) company still has not revealed how many shares it plans to sell, their price range or when the IPO will take place. since 2015 , handled $105 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) and has 93 million active customers and 675,000 merchants using its services. Walmart stores. million U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 11, 2022

J.Crew and its sister company Madewell have both implemented a new integrated inventory planning solution that allows the retailers to increase efficiency when creating new products and tap into comprehensive data insights to inform assortment and merchandising decisions.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As economic pressures and living costs surge, more people than ever are considering using point-of-service (POS) finance — such as buy now, pay later and installment loans — to manage their cashflow. It is in nobody’s interest to onboard financially delinquent customers or customers with affordability problems.

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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. for iOS devices.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Combined Solutions Facilitate Rapid Store Openings Ring Concierge, whose website is built on Shopify, leveraged the service to open three new stores in a matter of months with the help of the Leap solution, which offers location sourcing, store design, staffing, technology and analytics support.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

Pay Later — which will let users split purchases into four payments spread over six weeks with no interest and no fees — is now available for some randomly selected Apple Wallet users in the U.S., For its part, Apple says it plans to report Apple Pay Later loans to the U.S. and will roll out to all users in the coming months.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2021

In another sign of the global growth of buy now, pay later services, Zip Co Ltd. Zip already owned a portion of Twisto, and plans to buy the remaining shares for approximately $108.5 Twisto holds a European Payment Institution license, enabling the provision of payment serves across all EU member states, subject to regulatory consents.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2025

Once, borrowing money to make a purchase was a relatively tedious process, not a spur-of-the-moment thing. True, some stores offered lay-by plans that would let you pay for goods in instalments. Many BNPL providers charge less visible fees, such as late payment fees and account maintenance fees. Why might they be spending more?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

based Amazon merchants at the end of January. Additionally, Amazon is adding a new feature to the Buy with Prime package that will enable merchants to display ratings and reviews from Amazon customers on their own online stores. The offering was previously only available by invitation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

marketplace, while CNBC has reported that the company plans to create its own cryptocurrency and collection of NFTs. 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.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2021

PayPal Holdings Inc’s new “buy now, pay later” offering in Australia will not charge late payment fees, the U.S. payments giant said on Wednesday, as it attempts to edge past main industry rival Afterpay in the country. It, however, lets the merchants set their own minimum spend value.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2023

For retailers, meeting demand for an ever-expanding range of payments and digital services no longer has to be costly or complex. To keep pace, online retailers continue to add new services to their e-commerce offerings. Every consumer wants to shop on their terms. The evolution of e-commerce offerings continues to gain pace.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

TikTok Shop will now bring shoppable videos and livestreams directly to For You feeds across the country, and give brands, merchants and creators the tools to sell directly through shoppable content on the TikTok app.” Digital Service (USDS). reads the company announcement. The company also reiterated that all TikTok-protected U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

“The Style Forecast is an embodiment of the art and science to our approach , fueled by billions of data points that we gather across our experiences and through millions of our clients that we engage with,” said Loretta Choy, Chief Merchandising and Client Services Officer for Stitch Fix during a recent Retail Remix interview.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 16, 2022

Retailers and CPG brands can use that strong desire to support like-minded businesses by developing CSR plans that resonate with their target audience, whether that’s a customer segment or a pool of key job candidates. Scope 3: Both upstream and downstream emissions from transportation, etc.

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