Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2023

As their popularity continues to surge, it is crucial for retailers to consider embracing crypto acceptance as a payment option. There are a number of businesses across Australia already accepting cryptocurrency payments. Mitigating the volatility of cryptocurrencies can be a barrier for retailers as a payment option.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Crate & Barrel Holdings will adopt a unified payment processing solution from Adyen across both its ecommerce operations and its 110 stores, with the goal more closely aligning the in-store and online shopper experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

As the holiday shopping season approaches, retailers face increased pressure to facilitate a seamless and secure shopping experience. Payments technology is central to the shopping experience. During the holiday rush the security and ease of the payments experience can be as crucial as product price or availability.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2024

Citing “extremely low volumes” of customers using personal checks, Target will stop accepting checks for in-store payments on July 15, 2024, as reported in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and confirmed by Target. According to the Federal Reserve , the number of payments made by check has been declining, dropping 7.2% billion that year.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2023

With new applications on the horizon, AI is set to play an ever growing role in improving not only customer experience, but also store efficiency and operations. From warehouses to in-store customer service, robots are increasingly being used to streamline operations and improve efficiencies. Payment systems evolution.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 1, 2023

Woolworths Group and its subsidiary Woolstar have allegedly failed to pay more than $1 million in long service leave to 1235 former employees. Since 2019, the group has undertaken an extensive end-to-end review of its payroll systems and processes. Meanwhile, Woolstar failed to pay $45,000 in entitlements to 36 former employees.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2023

As the online payments industry continues to evolve, new digital wallet solutions, such as mobile payment apps and e-wallet platforms, are becoming increasingly popular and reshaping the way consumers transact. 4 Pros of Digital Wallets Some of the advantages of digital wallet payment options include: 1.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Apple Pay, Google Pay and China’s WeChat Pay, which have grown rapidly in recent years, are not currently designated as payment systems, putting them outside Australia’s financial regulatory system. It would also give powers to the treasurer to order regulators to check if any payment platforms pose risks to the country.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 4, 2024

The European Commission charged Apple last year with preventing Swedish streaming service Spotify and others from informing users of payment options outside its App Store, following a 2019 complaint by Spotify. The post Apple fined $2bn for thwarting rival music streaming service downloads appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

After a customer pays at a register or via the Scan & Go mobile payment solution, a combination of computer vision and digital technology deployed in stores’ exit areas captures images of their cart and verifies payment for all items within a shopper’s basket.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

That inherent distaste for the transaction phase is one reason payment companies are so eager to expand into other parts of the shopper journey. taking place online, digital payment solutions like Venmo and PayPal (which has owned Venmo since 2013) are well positioned to capitalize on the opportunity.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2023

Today, it seems cash is a thing of the past, with most shoppers leaning on credit cards or even mobile payment to complete transactions for both physical and online shopping. retail organizations should remember that compliance is only the beginning of their cybersecurity journey. While PCI DSS 4.0

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2023

An email from the brand to a former employee, shared with Inside Retail , shows Uniqlo identified “a number of errors” in the calculation of wages and superannuation payments between July 1, 2015 and June 30 last year. “Our team is very important to us and we are sorry to all valued current and former employees impacted by these errors.

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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. First Mover Advantage: Masters of Compliance Look Beyond Current Mandatory Standards PCI DSS v4.0 These include PCI’s Mobile Payment on COTS (MPoC, at 1A-1.2)

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A key aspect of Tractor Supply Company s brand mission is providing legendary customer service. Whether customers decide to shop online, use the mobile app or are face to face with an associate, Tractor Supply offers a number of tools that enable inventory visibility, seamless service and fast checkout. One of these is Hey GURA.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The company has already completed the back payment to a majority of the employees. Meanwhile, Optus also signed an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman that includes contrition payments. Optus must also provide the Fair Work Ombudsman with proof of systems and processes it has implemented to ensure future compliance.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 22, 2024

Revenue Recognition Pitfalls in Ecommerce Platforms like Shopify, while instrumental in facilitating online sales, often present financial data that can be misleading for CFOs and finance teams. In addition to non-compliance with GAAP, inaccurate revenue recognition can lead to failed audits and poor business decisions based on skewed data.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Options such as buy now, pay later (BNPL) services were first introduced to business to consumer (B2C) transactions, giving customers the ability to access products and services they need today while paying at a later date or over a series of instalments. . Transform your B2B transactions with better payment technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2023

One such payment option that has demonstrated its effectiveness in streamlining these transactions is Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC). DCC is an optional service offered at the point of sale, allowing customers to view the cost of their purchases in their home currency. Benefits for Retailers 1. As evidenced by the data showing U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Returns negatively impact brands in several ways including processing costs, shipping fees, unsellable merchandise and more. With the growth in ecommerce and higher consumer expectations for convenience, it is essential for retailers to make returns processes as efficient as outbound fulfillment.

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Mastercard's board gave a green light for an impressive new share repurchase program that will allow the payments processor to repurchase up to $11 billion of its Class A shares.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 11, 2024

SMB buyers also can use the after-sales services that are part of Alibaba Guaranteed, including quick money back for order issues and free local returns for defects. In addition to fulfillment by Alibaba.com, the platform handles finance tasks such as escrow and payment terms.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

Mobile technology is transforming payments, making it easier, safer and more affordable for people to move and manage their money than ever before,” said Dan Schulman, President and CEO of PayPal at the time of the spinoff. Source: CivicScience. RTP: Consumer adoption of things like digital wallets is still relatively low.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 16, 2024

Providing healthcare services — such as Botox, hair removal, skin contouring and even facelifts — in a sleek spa environment means many who first come in for a one-time facial or massage ultimately may opt for more expensive healthcare services. Bespoke statement designs and calls to action also promote faster payments.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While this certainly makes online shopping easier, it also means that consumers expect fast, first-contact resolutions during customer service interactions — and unfortunately, retailers can struggle to meet this demand. This process helps businesses verify a customer’s identity before any confidential information is provided.

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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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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2025

Once, borrowing money to make a purchase was a relatively tedious process, not a spur-of-the-moment thing. In recent years, though, the financial technology or fintech revolution in the customer credit market has changed all that, with the meteoric rise of buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services. But does it also change our spending habits?

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2024

Small business operators in retail and e-commerce are crucial to the Australian economy, yet they face significant cyber threats that can jeopardise their operations. BIN (Bank Identification Number) attacks: Cybercriminals use BINs to generate working card numbers and test them on your payment page.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

On one hand, ecommerce automation saves a ton of time compared to manual ways of executing an operation. On another, it may even enable a nonexistent infeasible process, i.e. a process that’s unthinkable in a manual way but can provide an unprecedented growth opportunity to companies when automated. Advertising.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2024

Ebay has drawn a line in the sand when it comes to payments. After very publicly announcing last week that it would no longer accept American Express due to “unacceptably high fees,” today the online marketplace said it will be adding Venmo as a payment option in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2025

Sydney-based wedding dress designer 10 Foster Street needs to pay $51,604 in penalty and back pay entitlements after failing to act on Fair Work Ombudsman’s (FWO) compliance notices. One of the workers did not also receive payment-in-lieu-of-notice-of-termination entitlements when her employment concluded.

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Inside Retail

JULY 30, 2024

The system automatically adds up the items, processes payment, and sends the receipt to the customer. 7-Eleven Pay & Go tech speeds up payment processes Stephen Eyears, 7-Eleven Australia’s general manager-technology and strategy, said speedier shopping is the goal.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 20, 2025

PXP , a leading omnichannel global payment platform and innovative industry disruptor, is announcing the launch of its industry-redefining technology platform, PXP Unity. Marking a shift in payments, PXP offers a single integration into a commerce ecosystem that makes business simpler, better and more connected.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Operating a CX strategy that equips founders and team members to interact directly with users is critical. Implementing processes that facilitate real-time communication and feedback collection is crucial. These companies operate in competitive markets where personalized service can make or break their success.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

We operate in more than 100 countries and see that retail automation technologies are no longer simply trend-setting differentiators, but essential tools in effective retail.” When retailers think of retail automation, they are prone to conjure images of such in-store features as check-out lanes and digital payments.

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