Retail TouchPoints

MAY 13, 2021

PayPal has acquired ecommerce returns solution Happy Returns as it continues to expand beyond payments, with the aim of becoming a “digital commerce enablement engine.” PayPal has been an investor in Happy Returns since 2019. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

With the increase of mobile wallets and more consumers hopping on the e-gift card bandwagon, merchants must practice a heightened sense of vigilance around issues of gift card fraud. Here’s some insight as to how merchants and consumers can avoid scams and gift card fraud: Consumer vs. Merchant. growth we saw in 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

-based online sellers” are reportedly participating in the beta test of Buy Direct, but a source told Business Insider that Microsoft hopes the service will drive $25 million in gross merchandising value (GMV) by fiscal 2023, which ends June 30, 2023.

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Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As more commerce moves online, customers expect merchants to recognize them. Unfortunately, even merchants that invest in personalized marketing sometimes trip on this final step before the sale. and Australia said they experienced online payment fraud between March 2020 and March 2021. by Bruno Farinelli.

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Retail Geek

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

3:26] And of particular note, and I know we’ll talk about this more, they’ve seen a significant uptick in use of Buy Now, Pay Later services, and they’ve seen deeper discounting than we saw last year. billion consumers are shaping shopping trends.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

in 2019 E-commerce grew 32% to $792B in sales, vs 15% growth in 2019 E-commerce was 14% of all retail sales (vs 11% in 2019) Jason wrote a detailed recap of 2020 in Forbes: 2020: Not Quite Retail Apocalypse, But Great For E-Commerce. percent good, well 2019 retailgeek rude 3.5% versus 3.5% Walmart Earnings. for the year.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 29, 2023

Jason: [8:04] No I was just I was just thinking that they I assume they left it blank because the underwriters were out of practice. There’s also the others you can think of Jason there’s this one.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 8, 2022

ShopTalk held it’s first in-person show since 2019, May 27-30th in Las Vegas. If it’s off from from 2019 it’s only slightly like maybe they had 12,000 attendees in 2019 so, 10 felt like a big show they had a 650 exhibitors. The show made the move from the Venetian to the Mandalay Bay.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 22, 2021

5% of retail in 2019, could be 8-10% in 2020 (as measured by IRI, for CPG private label). Installment Payments heat up – At least one company is acquired (Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, QuadPay, Sizzle) Yes (IPO’s). Amazon – Opens affordable grocery concept. Digital grocery wars heat up. Owned brands continue to grow.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 13, 2022

5:15] Another hobby of I guess it was a shared one is we like to coin phrases, one of the ones that I coined was Zero friction addiction so when consumers have these low-friction experiences not only are they great.

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Retail Geek

JULY 30, 2021

6:00] Um Extended the the new visual merchandising approach to to the Staffing and store operations yet so maybe a work in progress. In-store pickup was was much more prominent with like a dedicated area for for Bo p**s pickups in the front of the store you could do self checkout with scan and go using the mobile app and there was a lot of.

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