Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Founded in July 2020 and launched in February 2021, Refundid is a fintech tool designed to cut, or essentially eliminate, waiting times for refunds for products bought online. According to co-founder and chief product officer Joel Aaron, refunded cash can be in the customer’s account within as little as 30 seconds. The time is now.

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Store Growers

APRIL 1, 2022

Having your Google Merchant Center account suspended can be a death sentence for your business. Because if you can’t use Merchant Center, it also means you won’t be able to use Google Shopping. Most of the time, they are also clueless as to why their account got suspended. How To Fix Google Merchant Center Suspensions.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2022

With the pandemic ushering a wave of traditionally brick-and-mortar merchants online since 2020, the chances of being targeted by scammers is at an all-time high. In 2020, retailers lost $17.5B, with a report projecting an 18% increase in losses last year. Return Fraud.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 4, 2021

and one with significant appeal to small merchants seeking commerce outcomes), it has created interesting new bedfellows such as Google and Shopify.”. But making it easier for merchants to list their products on Google is only the first step. “As Amazon has emerged as the third-largest digital advertising platform in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

Online fraud cost digital commerce merchants $27 billion in 2021 , so it’s no surprise that retailers have redoubled their focus on eliminating these threats. With marketing and advertising costs, discounts, promotions, free shipping, fast deliveries and high returns, leaving money on the digital commerce table isn’t an option.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

With the stakes for getting returns right continuing to rise, retailers have to focus on multiple elements including the customer’s return experience and streamlining reverse logistics systems (sometimes with the help of third parties). More Online Sales Means More Returns. The big driver? Retailers across the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

When it comes to embracing ethical commerce and moving corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies forward, Amazon Web Services (AWS) research shows that retailers and CPGs identify three primary hurdles to success. This category includes discount stores, mass merchants (“big box stores”) and businesses focused on specialty hardlines.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

billion, accounting for a record 18.9% It’s a lose-lose scenario: Customers are left completely frustrated by the process and brands put their reputations on the line every time a customer leaves their website because of a poor user experience. of all holiday retail revenue and representing an 11.3%

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Following in the footsteps of Instagram, which launched its shop in 2020, TikTok has entered the competitive space with its new shop function, enabling merchants, brands and creators to showcase and sell products directly to over 1 billion users through in-feed videos, LIVEs, and the ‘product showcase’ tab.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We’re indifferent on where the shopping journey ends, where that transaction takes place ,” said Matt Madrigal, VP and General Manager of Merchant Shopping at Google in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “It The result is a much lower barrier of entry for merchants looking to capitalize on Google’s massive reach.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

On the surface, 2020 wasn’t a great year for globalization. For example, international online sales conducted through cross-border ecommerce solution eShopWorld (ESW) increased 82% year-over-year in 2020. When the pandemic first emerged on the global stage in March 2020, initial uncertainty caused a dip in international online sales.

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Merchant Services Beauty and Health Consumer Returns 270

A1 Retail

AUGUST 24, 2021

SME optimism is improving, as concern about the impact of the pandemic falls to its lowest point since February 2020. The quarterly SME Barometer combines billions of merchant transactions, processed by Barclaycard Payments, with research data to provide an in-depth look at the UK SME economy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

In 2020, more than any year since the advent of online and mobile commerce, consumers lost a sense of control. Meanwhile, for merchants that had already built their businesses online before the pandemic, a larger addressable market buoyed most, but created scalability challenges for all (including Amazon). on average.

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365 Retail

MAY 7, 2021

2020 was a year like no other, and the shockwaves caused by the pandemic have inherently altered consumer-facing operations at their very core. over the six weeks of Christmas 2020, the worst-ever outcome. If services involve remote assistance, e-tailers should evaluate the software they are putting into use.

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365 Retail

JULY 20, 2022

in 2020, with e-commerce accounting for more than three-quarters of overall retail growth, and 57% of global shoppers’ spend is now online, and this momentum will only continue to drive the retail industry forward. Globally, online’s share of total retail sales was 16.4%

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We have already seen a lot of that in the past 18 months, what the experience is now versus before is defining new roles as we hopefully continue to exit the pandemic and return to this new version of normal. Crypto Payments Help Deliver a Competitive Advantage. Second, purchase amounts are twice that of credit card purchases.

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Inside Retail

JULY 20, 2021

India and the Philippines, both reeling from vicious waves of Covid-19, account for more than a third of the world’s commercial seafarers, said Guy Platten, secretary general of the ICS, which represents over 80% of the world’s merchant fleet. “We People are desperate. Global Brands, Beware. A total of 55 member countries of the U.N.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 7, 2021

Tomorrow’s malls may still service some small percentage of these buyers, but will need to target today’s shoppers —people driven by emotion who are eager to be surprised and happily search out unexpected experiences, products and services. That said, having only national chains even in an open-air mall no longer works the way it did.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

billion in 2020, and total sales across all platforms (including Alibaba rival JD.com ) for the 11-day campaign topped $139 billion. is about how to best leverage Alibaba’s latest technology to support brands and merchants in driving sustainable and inclusive growth in more efficient ways.”. The 13 th annual 11.11 billion ( U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2021

Following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, brands and retailers were eager to show solidarity and support. We’ve been on a multi-year quest to help people buy nearly everything that they find on Pinterest and to give merchants the tools to connect with those eager Pinners. THEME 1: Actualizing Diversity and Inclusivity.

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Retail Minded

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Reinforcing this are technology leaders who aim to deliver profitable solutions for merchants looking to achieve clarity to their inventory, supply, logistics and consumers – ultimately creating more dynamic, more engaging and more profitable retail experiences. Efficiency should always be the goal, yet too often it’s not achieved.

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Store Growers

MARCH 9, 2020

In some research studies , Google Ads accounts for as much as 18% of all ecommerce revenue. The most important thing, of course, is a Google Ads account. If you’re creating a campaign for a client, it might be worth looking into a Google Ads MCC account , which allows you to manage multiple accounts with logging in and out).

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

During Amazon Prime Day in 2020 third party sellers generated $3.5 If an organization decides to enter Amazon’s FBA program they send their inventory to Amazon then Amazon manages storage of the inventory within its facilities, shipping and customer service (including returns). billion in sales. Think about this.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2022

Inside Retail : When I spoke with Gerry Harvey a few months into the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, he described it as one of the best things for his business because of how much people were spending on their homes. IR: What are your expectations around when the supply chain will return to normal?

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Retalon

AUGUST 2, 2019

Retail businesses collect more data than ever before, and from every aspect of the supply chain, including: Logistics data (vendor compliance, lead times, etc.). POS data (sales, returns, etc.). Predictive analytics systems go beyond traditional forecasting by letting you unify processes within your business. The result?

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Wiser

OCTOBER 2, 2020

What can be done to optimize shelf conditions such as availability, planogram compliance, display compliance, and more? We have answers in this webinar, held on September 25th, 2020, and hosted by the Category Management Association. Retail in 2020. Tom Vieira is the director of product in-store at Wiser Solutions.

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Store Growers

JULY 13, 2020

As I said in the beginning, I used to ban Smart Shopping completely from my accounts. Product feed uploaded and approved: you need a feed in Google Merchant Center and products need to be approved. This is for my own store , where I ran the same campaign in both 2019 and in 2020: 2019. Not every account responds the same though.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 1, 2022

Very profitable, doing really well you’ve got a smaller ad business super profitable doing really well growing rapidly AWS the cloud component now merchant services which is essentially the monetization of the, Center asset you had to build for the first piece. And as I mentioned at the top third-party one today.

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Retail Geek

MAY 28, 2021

last year) Burlington – Comps up 20% (shutdown e-commerce Q1 2020) Gap – Comps up 28% (up 13% vs 2YA). The more reasons Amazon has for people that join Prime the more money they make on this whole ecosystem of services around Prime and it’s. Dollar General – US Comps down 4.6%; (up 17.1% Digital up 82% vs 2 YA.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 31, 2021

That that sort of visual video interface and you know it’s it’s on on a HIPAA compliant version of AWS which they have a lot of HIPAA compliance services on AWS now. And I’m going to quote here the Amazon threat is overstated Macy’s nearly 800 stores offer a huge advantage over Amazon.

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