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What Every Retailer Should Do to Stop Account Takeover Attacks

Retail TouchPoints

According to a recent report from the Identity Theft Resource Center there was a 68% increase in data breaches in 2021 compared to 2020, awarding last year with the highest number of data breaches ever reported. adults have been victims of account takeovers. A Rise in Retailer ATO Attacks. See yourself as a target.

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Wilko collapse takes retail job losses to 100,000 since 2020

Retail Gazette

The 12,500 jobs at risk from Wilko’s collapse is set to take the number of job losses on the high street to more than 100,000 since 2020, according to new figures from the Centre for Retail Research. Some 24,179 jobs were lost in 2021 and 53,364 jobs were aced in 2020 when the pandemic took its toll.

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The Merchant’s Prep Guide to 2020 Holiday Delivery Fraud

Retail TouchPoints

While many stores have been closed and people are stuck at home, shoppers have turned to their devices to get the products they wanted, and that is expected to continue during the holidays. The common denominator at the core of this fraud is stolen information found and sold on underground marketplaces.

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Consumers spent $900 billion more at online retailers in 2020, but local still has a future

Retail Focus

In fact, according to a report from the Mastercard Economics Institute , consumers across the globe spent $900 billion more at online retailers in 2020 versus the prior two-year trend. Here is a look at some key reasons as to why offline shopping is, on occasions, the better option. . Online shopping certainly has its benefits.

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How to Address the Needs of the Next Generation of e-Commerce Customers

Speaker: Jenn VandeZande, Head of Digital Engagement Strategy at SAP Customer Experience | Beth Scott, VP, Business Operations - Supply Chain | Nikki Grigsby, PHR, Chief Operations Officer at Syndigo | Levana Wang, Content Creator, Gen Z Expert

Post-2020 life has changed the world in many ways — not the least of which is accelerating our reliance on digital commerce. What it means to integrate passion, ethics (transparency and accountability), and DEI&I accessibility. May 26th, 2022 at 9:30am PDT, 12:30pm EDT, 5:30pm BST

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Black Friday 2020 In-Store Traffic: An Expected Result in an Unexpected Season

Retail TouchPoints

Black Friday Weekend vs. Spring 2020. The worst of the pandemic — the very bottom of the retail traffic journey — occurred the week of April 12, 2020, when year-over-year traffic was down 83%. 29) were closer to recent trends, at -34% and -26% respectively. But first, a little recent history. 28) and Sunday (Nov.

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How Amazon’s Anti-Counterfeit Unit Keeps Fake Products off its Site

Retail TouchPoints

The Amazon Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU), established in June 2020 , stopped more than 700,000 attempts by bad actors to create fake selling accounts in 2023. That’s down from 6 million would-be fake account attempts that were thwarted in 2020, the year that the CCU launched — an 88% decrease in less than four years.