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Reports: PayPal in Talks to Acquire Pinterest for $45 Billion

Retail TouchPoints

The payments provider has worked to stay at the cutting edge of relevant trends, including the buy now, pay later (BNPL) services that are currently experiencing massive growth and are expected to surge during the holidays. Adding social media capabilities could further enhance PayPal’s offerings for retailers. “We

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2023: Ring in Retail Profits by Stopping Automated Threats

Retail TouchPoints

As consumers faced higher prices at the gas pump, grocery stores and other places, many cut back on their spending, increasing the competition among retailers. This was especially evident on Black Friday, when many merchants offered steep markdowns to compete. ATO attacks cost retailers millions of dollars each year.

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How AI is Helping a Brooklyn Thrift Store Amp Up Both Sales and its Environmental Impact

Retail TouchPoints

The company was founded by two veterans of fellow circular economy tech solution Happy Returns , Andy Downard and Josh Packard, and uses AI to tackle one of the trickiest facets of secondhand retail pricing. One of the results has been the rise of a new class of online merchants resellers.

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How-to: 39 Google Merchant Center Errors You Need to Fix

Store Growers

Last Updated on July 3, 2023 Ecommerce merchants are no strangers to using Google Merchant Center. This powerful platform lets merchants manage, modify, and adjust their ecommerce shops across Google’s various services, such as Google Shopping, Ads, My Business, etc. First, log in to Google Merchant Center.

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What is Return Fraud and How to Prevent It

Small Biz Trends

It’s the act of defrauding businesses using its return process and it’s a problem in the retail industry. American hospitality and retail sectors reported $33.9 Other methods are called price arbitrage and open box fraud. It’s the crime of defrauding a retail store through its returns process.

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The Adoption of Pop-Up Stores by Luxury Brands

Retail Focus

This retail format has a long history, dating back centuries to the earliest known travelling merchants, but has gained significant traction in the early 2000s as retailers and brand manufacturers incorporated temporary locations into their omni-channel strategies.

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Behind Apple’s price cuts and the competitive mobile phone market in Apac

Inside Retail

According to Reuters , the US tech giant slashed retail prices by as much as 500 yuan ($70) on select iPhone models. But these days, based on retail reports from key markets like Singapore, Indonesia and Australia, consumers are spending more on services, travel, food and beverages, clothing and footwear.

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