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Frictionless checkout – is it the ‘new omnichannel’?

I Vend

Frictionless checkout – is it the new omnichannel? Retailers had long understood the need for diverse shopping channels, but in 2010 there was a lightbulb moment when they realised that simply having multiple routes to market wasn’t enough – those channels had to be integrated. Friction matters because it restricts growth.

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5 Tips to Improve Retail Pay-Per-Click Results

Retail TouchPoints

With a wide range of ad types, brands can target their ad to a very specific audience based on everything from age, gender, interests, location and behaviors; and Instagram — This social platform has launched features such as Instagram Shopping and Instagram Checkout, making it a key marketing channel for many ecommerce brands.

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Why July GM Zhoe Low is betting big on physical stores

Inside Retail

ZL: My first job ever at 15 was at the checkout at my local IGA! She’s been in the game since 2010 and she took Showpo from her parents’ garage to a global brand. We’re fortunate enough to come through on the other side with the growth we’ve had in the past six months. It’s been very rewarding. IR: What was your first job in retail?

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Why Retailers Need Cloud-Native Payment Orchestration: 5 Tips to Flexible, Scalable, Customized Payment Infrastructure

Retail TouchPoints

New, exciting payment methods have arisen such as wallets, installment payments and QR code checkouts, and there’s more on the way. The platform a retailer chooses should optimize conversion rates at a cart level and at checkout. 3) Nimbleness Matters. Retailers need to be nimble. The world of payments is getting more complex.

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‘How do you want to pay?’ Why choice of payment types matters.

I Vend

PayPal in particular is very widely used, and has grown from 84 million users in 2010 to 392 million in the first quarter of 2021. million shoppers in the UK said that they avoided buying from retailers that don’t offer BNPL options at the checkout. For example, 9.5 It detracts from the customer experience.’.

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Former Coles CEO Ian McLeod reflects on a transformative career in retail

Inside Retail

As Tony Boyd wrote in the Australian Financial Review in September 2010, McLeod only really realised the magnitude of the mess the business was in when he started visiting stores. “He But they gave us the window early on,” he said That turnaround would have seemed a herculean task at the start.

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Social Commerce: Retailers (and Platforms) Struggle to Catch up With Consumers’ Enthusiasm

Retail TouchPoints

In 2010 , adults in the U.S. If something crashes, even though, for example, it’s Instagram’s problem, checkout was on J.Crew’s page, so my negative sentiment is going to be with J.Crew unless it’s blatantly obvious that Instagram failed,” Said Maher. There’s no time to waste, because consumers are already there.