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Trending The Rules: Top Retail Trends Are Trending At An Unprecedented Rate

Retail TouchPoints

Earlier this year, we released a report, titled “The Best Vision is Insight,” outlining our predictions for the top retail trends of 2020. Now, the newfound immediacy of the trends has, if anything, made them more insightful. Smooth Operators Appeal Online And Off. The trends themselves would have stayed largely the same.

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Retail Trends in 2021 — Overcoming 2020’s Challenges

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In addition, mall operators are being asked to convert empty commercial space into mini-fulfillment centers for retail tenants. CSR opportunities can be found across the entire supply chain in many different forms, including vendor compliance, quality management and sustainability as a whole.

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The ones to watch: Retail trends that should be on your radar

Inside Retail

In light of digital-first shopping, the post-purchase digital experience — from convenient payments to embedded service and loyalty — will also be prioritised more than ever. Indeed, 79 per cent of consumers say that the customer experience is as important as a brand’s products and services.

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Retail Lessons From China: Innovation, Resilience And Recovery

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With retailers continuing to reopen their doors to the public, the question remains — what COVID-19-necessitated retailing strategies will make their way into go-forward plans, and which of those will be forgotten? This applies not just to consumers but to workers returning to retail stores as well.

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Seven critical Asia Pacific retail trends that technology can address

Inside Retail

During the past 10 years, Qiping Sun, VP of Asia Pacific at LS Retail, an Aptos company, has witnessed significant changes in the Asia-Pacific retail landscape: the rise of e-wallets, the adoption of Software as a Service, the embrace of contactless service and self-checkouts, to name a few.

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‘The Best Vision Is Insight’ — The Top Retail Trends Of 2020

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While customer loyalty remains a top priority for executives, less than half believe their current approach is effective, according to a Mastercard-sponsored Harvard Business Review Analytic Services (HBR-AS) report of more than 400 executives globally. Michelle Carter oversees Mastercard’s Data & Services Global Retail practice.

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The Next Generation of Shoppers Needs a Next-Generation Strategy

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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. This new way of shopping is a powerful retail trend toward simplifying, speeding and improving the online shopping experience.