I Vend

JULY 8, 2021

What I am hearing, and is supported by expert 3 rd party research, is a consistent pattern of four key priorities: in-store customer experience, knowledgeable staff, personalised loyalty programs and social media marketing. The in-store customer experience is that differentiation.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2024

The retail technology revolution has brought forth many new innovations such as palm scanning and AI chatbots over the last few years, all of which have sought to meet the same goal: improving the customer experience. Last year, it implemented several self-checkout stations for its market concessions.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In another first, customers access the checkout solution via the Sainsbury SmartShop app rather than the Amazon app, meaning they can use an interface they already are familiar with. Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, had piloted a cashierless customer experience at this store using its own technology in 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2024

The customer experience is paramount to the success of today’s retailers. This includes enhancing in-store inventory, delivery services and even the personalization of customer service. However, when it’s time to check out, how do payment options factor into that customer experience?

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M19 Retail

JULY 5, 2023

MIAMI, FLORIDA, July 5, 2023 – Mi9 Retail, a leading provider of Retail Software, is pleased to announce that the Aubuchon Company has successfully piloted Mi9 Store Self-Checkout in their hardware and home improvement stores. Mi9 Store Self-Checkout software uses intuitive and highly configurable UX to engage customers and process sales.”

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Mass Relators

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

FMI’s annual research report, The Food Retailing Industry Speaks 2022, finds that food retailers are focusing on investments in new technologies (73%) like foodservice ordering and delivery, dynamic pricing, and mobile checkout systems. Retailers report they are also expanding numerous fresh or perimeter departments.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The AI-powered autonomous shopping experience just got bigger, in the form of a 4,000-square-foot hybrid convenience market called AI Go in Shanghai. The store combines a manned checkout with the use of computer vision as part of checkout-free shopping powered by AiFi Solutions.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The desire is still there to do touchless, but for different reasons than COVID safety,” he said during a presentation at the 2021 retailX conference in Chicago. margin points when their customers’ journeys are not optimized, but when they are optimized, they can recover about 70% of that margin loss,” explained Buzek.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2024

The retailer will still offer its free-to-join Target Circle loyalty program and plans to enhance it by providing its 100 million+ members with access to automatic deals applied at checkout. Walmart debuted its Walmart+ program in September 2020, followed by Kroger ’s Boost program in November 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Amazon Business has added a pay-over-time option for B2B customers via an expansion of its partnership with BNPL provider Affirm. Small business owners selecting Affirm at checkout will enter information, including their registered business name and address.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

And 2021 was itself a record year for foot traffic. It’s also why retailers are spending billions on new store openings, up 13% versus 2021. Checkout is moving to frictionless. About half of all checkout lanes are self-checkout and this percentage is growing weekly. The good news for shoppers? The bad news?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

alone in 2021 and has the potential to double in the next three to five years. For the enterprise solutions we have Pay with Venmo checkout, which is the integrated checkout button that you see as you’re checking out with large businesses such as the Grubhub s and Lyft s of the world. Denise Leonhard, VP and GM, Venmo.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2020

There is much for retail organizations to do to make themselves resilient to the incoming challenges, but enhancing omnichannel capabilities and building powerful ecommerce experiences will be crucial. These are our predictions for retail in 2021. This is ultimately what will put them on a path to do well in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The new concept was tested in select stores and will be implemented in more stores this fall, evolving based on customer and associate feedback. Contactless Checkout and Payment: Stores will include self-checkout kiosks as well as contactless payment solutions, including Walmart Pay, to limit contact between associates and customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

Automation provides efficiency by consolidating your backend processes and therefore improves the customer experience. In 2021, 20.8% This means for every 100 visitors, 69% of visitors will leave the store during the checkout process. in 2019 to 14.9% at the peak of the pandemic. But then it fell to 12.2%

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

One variation of Bolt’s Checkout Everywhere function on The Independent ‘s site. When they close the checkout, they’re back on the article if they want to continue shopping or reading or doing something else.”. We see this [new integration] as a way to go a bit deeper with our most engaged readers.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 11, 2023

The tiers also have different annual pricing thresholds, which will undoubtedly appeal to consumers who are closely assessing the money they spend on subscriptions and membership programs. The lowest (and only free) tier, My Best Buy , will offer free shipping, access to robust online order tracking and advanced wish list and checkout options.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2022

According to the PwC study, more than one-third of Generation Z believe that an ideal shopping experience must be as quick and easy as possible — especially when paying. That means no checkout line and fast access to product information. Digital wallets such as Click to Pay or Apple Pay make checkout faster.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

The 2021 Connected Consumer Series reflected the challenges retail (and society as a whole) have faced during the past year, but also the growing sense of optimism that is taking hold this year. 5 Social Advertising Trends for Retailers to Know in 2021: Featuring Under Armour. Retail CX Trends 2021: New CX for a New World.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

MAPIC 2021 will be held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes from Tuesday 30 November to Thursday 2 December. This year Etam will transform its stand into a real omnichannel pop-up store where participants will be able to enjoy a conventional shopping experience. Pay using a mobile checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Walmart has planned more than 30 holiday-themed live shopping events for the 2021 season. Powering our commerce API with TalkShopLive will provide customers with a seamless checkout experience anywhere online while being entertained,” said Casey Schlaybaugh, VP of Brand at Walmart in a statement. “We

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

MAPIC 2021 will be held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes from Tuesday 30 November to Thursday 2 December. This year Etam will transform its stand into a real omnichannel pop-up store where participants will be able to enjoy a conventional shopping experience. Pay using a mobile checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

“Today’s significant investment will position us for future growth and make Walmart Canada even better for our associates and our customers,” said Horacio Barbeito, President and CEO of Walmart Canada in a statement. “We More than 150 of Walmart Canada’s 408 stores are targeted for renovation.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

It launched a local online offering in the UK in March 2021, after a previous foray ended with the closure of 30 bricks-and-mortar stores in 2016. Obviously, there’s complications with duties and taxes, but we’ve been bolstering our checkout to be able to cater for those additional complexities,” she added.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 19, 2021

An eWallet integration can convert a customer with one click, compared to 22 on average for a traditional checkout process – but the increased ease of eWallet checkout comes with an enrollment system that is potentially more vulnerable to fraudsters. Download your free copy.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2024

The retailer will still offer its free-to-join Target Circle loyalty program and plans to enhance it by providing its 100 million+ members with access to automatic deals applied at checkout. Walmart debuted its Walmart+ program in September 2020, followed by Kroger ’s Boost program in November 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This entertains the customers and establishes a brand connection during the checkout downtime or while the product is being gift-wrapped. This type of setup may prevent customers from going to a brick-and-mortar store in the future due to time constraints. Tyler Wells is the North American Sales Manager for MicroTouch.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

billion annually, and retailers looking to earn their business need to make their shopping experience as pleasant as it is for any other customer. “ For example, an easily navigable checkout page does little good when the product pages are frustrating for people with certain disabilities.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 21, 2023

The store will feature two floors with both H&M and H&M Home and will offer a world-leading interior look and feel for the brand, including new click and collect lockers and self-service checkouts. We cannot wait to welcome our Milton Keynes customers to the new store on April 1st at 10am.”

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

E-commerce may be booming in 2021, but the year remains shrouded in uncertainty. In this model, both the user experience and the shopping cart, search and checkout functionality, continue to be driven by your existing e-commerce engine, while Marketplacer drives the back-end supplier automation and administration.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

With the 2021 holiday shopping season a few months away, it’s clear retailers need to find new and exciting ways to attract shoppers and create an impactful experience that keeps customers engaged. Although shoppers are currently flocking back to brick-and-mortar stores, research shows that 43% of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

Available to retailers that also sell on the Amazon Marketplace, the expanded seller offering will see Amazon associates pick up and deliver online orders from retailers’ stores to Prime members who select the option at checkout. Now, Amazon is increasingly making its logistics services available outside of its own ecosystem.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 24, 2021

Today’s consumers are enjoying better standards of e-commerce than ever before – recent figures show 56 per cent of Australians now prefer to make purchases online, while 85 per cent are likely to purchase more at the digital checkout in 2021 over last year. Retailers’ prior investment in going digital has well and truly paid off.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 25, 2023

According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), retailers lost $112 billion due to shrink in 2022, up from nearly $94 billion in 2021. Those preferring pay/checkout anywhere in-store almost doubled from 15% to 26%, mobile payments jumped from 33% to 50% and “just walk-out” to avoid a long checkout line doubled from 14% to 30%.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Account takeover fraud, which is driven by impostor scams, increased by 50%, with no signs of slowing down in 2021. However, by understanding how fraudsters target different age groups, merchants can tailor their fraud prevention programs to fit the risk profiles for their customer demographics. Don’t rely on 2FA to stop fraud.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bot traffic jumped 106% year-over-year in 2021. 2021 saw bot traffic grow 5.5 And every day it gets harder for genuine customers to buy in-demand products directly from online retailers. Even if customers are persistent and buy your products from resellers on secondary markets, you’re still missing out on so much.

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I Vend

MARCH 14, 2023

During the 2022 holiday season, 74% of shoppers visited a shopping centre, up from 70% ** in 2021, which translated to 39% of spend being in brick and mortar stores, up from 34% in 2021. Checkout – the shopper can avoid queues at the fixed POS, by completing the contactless payments at the mPOS.

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