Inside Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Australia will create a licencing framework for cryptocurrency exchanges and consider launching a retail central bank digital currency as part of the biggest overhaul of its payments industry in a quarter of a century. “Australia must retain its sovereignty over our payment system.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2022

Luxury platform FARFETCH will accept cryptocurrency payments for all purchases on the FARFETCH Marketplace, with plans to expand to FARFETCH Private Clients in the coming months and to all customers in the U.S., UK and Europe by late 2022.

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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. Retail ‘winners’ were already doing this at much higher levels than others, even before COVID,” said Buzek. trillion worldwide, equivalent to both 10.3%

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

million debt service payment on municipal bonds sold to help finance the venture, due to insufficient funds. The mall also had missed the previous payment deadline for the same reason in August 2022. Requests for comment from American Dream and its owner, Triple Five Worldwide , had not been received at press time.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty. and New York’s Times Square.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In what follows, we discuss the top 2022 e-commerce technology improvements guaranteed to develop your business. . Mobile commerce is any marketing activity, which retailers use in promoting their services and products through mobile devices. As a result, using visual marketing might resonate at a deeper level with customers. .

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2023

The acceptance of cash has started to trend upwards again, but payment technology is helping businesses to deliver consistently better experiences, so what does the future hold? And how can businesses be ready for evolving payment technologies? Consumers, too, preferred to use contactless payments or to shop online.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that). Mastercard Spending Data Reveals 4 Key Takeaways for Holiday 2022. Following are recaps of some of the most pertinent presentations.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2024

The rise of online shopping scams presents significant reputational risks for e-commerce businesses of all sizes if they don’t take proactive measures to help protect consumers. As more consumers fall victim to scams, the level of trust in genuine retailers, brands and marketplaces could be eroded.

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365 Retail

MAY 17, 2022

Axerve, Payment Partner to Grow, specialising in creating accessible and frictionless payment solutions for Ecommerce and physical sales, today announces the release of a new white paper, ‘ New technologies and trends in digital payments in 2022 ’. billion in fees, labour, and lost business in 2020.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 24, 2024

a leading provider of end-to-end technology solutions for self-service commerce, has released its highly anticipated Cantaloupe 2024 Micropayment Trends Report. The report analyzes payment transaction data from a sample of more than 600,000 (out of 1.2 Cashless payments continue to dominate the self-service payment experience.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

So what changes should we expect to see in 2022? Outfits like GoPuff, Gorillas and 1520 took the grocery market by storm in 2021, offering a limited menu of consumables, delivered to your door in an incredible 30 minutes or less (and commanding multi-billion dollar valuations in the process.) Here’s my take: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Gift cards remain a popular purchase among consumers, but they also provide openings for scammers and criminals. In conjunction with the upcoming National Consumer Protection Week, the Retail Gift Card Association (RGCA) is promoting a public service announcement to inform consumers about steps toward secure use.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 4, 2021

In particular, consumer expectations for contactless payment methods as a result of health and safety concerns during the pandemic are galvanizing retailers to integrate flexible, contactless payment options like voice payment technologies into their operations. that consumer spending fell by a record 16.4%

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Cisco Retail

MARCH 15, 2022

The past months have shown an acceleration in managed services to support the shift from customers’ demand for IT services. Of the 302 channel partners surveyed by Canalys last month , 32 percent of respondents reported that managed services would represent more than 30% of their revenue in 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Throughout the past few pandemic years, buy now, pay later (BNPL) has become the latest fintech trend to change how people pay for goods and services. A majority of American consumers have now used a BNPL service, up from 37.65% in July of 2020 — an increase of almost 50% in less than one year. Meeting B2B Business Needs.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 10, 2024

Since 2020, the global economy has sat on pins and needles as the fallout from COVID-19 rippled through 2021, 2022 and 2023. But the resilience of the American consumer prevented an all-out economic disaster. Time and time again, consumers kept the economy chugging along despite the bleak forecasts from leading economists.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2023

Any retailer that’s attempted to provide pickup and delivery services knows how fraught (not to mention expensive) they can be. But it’s how those stores operate that allows them to effectively serve as fulfillment hubs. She credited solid partnerships with courier services such as DoorDash and Uber in making these goals achievable.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 12, 2024

This requires suitable payment solutions – turning payment into a strategic success factor. Payment systems were of rather subordinate importance as a trade fair topic because payment in retail was mostly still analogue. Credit card payments were done via Imprinter and a paper receipt.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2022

The 2022 back-to-school (BTS) season could be the most “normal” since the start of the pandemic, with even more demand than the record-setting BTS 2021 season for clothing, classroom supplies and new technology. Give Back-to-School Shoppers Alternative Payment Options.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Google Pay will make buy now, pay later (BNPL) options available for online and mobile payments in the U.S. Google Pay has partnered with Affirm and Australia-based Zip and will begin offering their pay-in-four services on Android devices early in 2024. YoY and $2.5 billion more than last year, according to data from Adobe Analytics.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

The digital wallet will be managed by Early Warning Services (EWS) , the company that operates Zelle, but will operate separately from Zelle. The other four owners in the EWS/Zelle venture include Capital One Financial , PNC Financial Services Group , U.S. Bancorp and Truist Financial.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In a first indication of what to expect as we enter the heart of the 2022 holiday season, digital Black Friday sales hit record highs despite inflationary pressures, topping $9.1 Shoppers are embracing the Buy Now Pay Later payment method more this year to be able to buy desired gifts for family and friends.”. billion and up 2.3%

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2023

billion on pet food and treats, supplies, medicine, vet care and other services in 2022, and are predicted to spend $143.6 Myos Fetch is a full-service SMS “concierge” for all things related to the brand and its focused, yet growing, product line. More than 66% of U.S. million or so homes spent $136.8 billion in 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

As the retail industry starts to return to normal in 2022, merchants around the world continue to respond to changing consumer behavior by embracing adaptability with open arms, in addition to being increasingly open to new technologies as part of their long-term strategies. This led to an increase in ecommerce sales by 14.2%

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2023

According to the e-commerce company’s latest Trender report, emerging innovations like ‘shoppertainment’ and virtual retailing are enabling brands to further diversify their omni channel offerings and cater to modern consumers who expect more from online retail platforms. billion by 2025, with digital payments making up 91 per cent.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

As the retail industry starts to return to normal in 2022, merchants around the world continue to respond to changing consumer behavior by embracing adaptability with open arms, in addition to being increasingly open to new technologies as part of their long-term strategies. This led to an increase in ecommerce sales by 14.2%

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

“Mobile technology is transforming payments, making it easier, safer and more affordable for people to move and manage their money than ever before,” said Dan Schulman, President and CEO of PayPal at the time of the spinoff. “As Source: CivicScience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2022

Secondhand furniture reseller Kaiyo has introduced its services on the West Coast with a launch in Los Angeles following its generation of $36 million in Series B funding. With the expansion of Kaiyo’s services to the West Coast, the company hopes to grow the furniture resale category. Kaiyo’s L.A.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As we embark on the journey into 2024, the e-commerce landscape is evolving at a breathtaking pace, presenting businesses with both unprecedented challenges and promising opportunities. billion in 2022. Streamlining and optimising these processes are essential for reducing cart abandonment rates.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Retailers know this, consumers know this, cybercriminals know this, and are unfortunately ready to take advantage of any weak link that can be found to steal vital consumer and business data. Threat actors highly covet consumer credit cards and personally identifiable information (PII) as criminals can quickly and easily monetise it.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

The Save Mart Companies , a 194 -store supermarket chain operating in California and western Nevada, has partnered with Flashfood to offer high-quality groceries at up to 50% off and, not incidentally, divert food waste from landfills. More than 11 million tons of food went to waste in California alone in 2022, according to Flashfood.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Photo courtesy of TikTok Shop While the ecommerce functionality has been available to at least some users since late last year, today marks the service’s debut to the wider TikTok community, and to say that both consumers and brands have been eagerly anticipating this development might be an understatement. in November 2022.

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Star Miconics

MARCH 11, 2022

Self-service, or “unattended” environments, are the new expectation, and 2022 will officially be the watershed moment for self-checkout technology, adoption, and innovation. Consumers now expect payment solutions that both anticipate and address their needs no matter where, when, or how they choose to shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 26, 2023

year-over-year increase in both online and in-store retail sales, according to the Mastercard SpendingPulse , which measures sales across all forms of payment and is not adjusted for inflation. As in previous years, ecommerce grew at a faster pace than brick-and-mortar retail, but the latter still accounts for the majority of all sales.

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A1 Retail

MARCH 29, 2023

Tom Pope, Head of Payments and Platforms at Tink talks to A1 Retail about how retailers can overcome the refund conundrum with payment solutions. Slow refunds are never ideal, let alone against an ongoing cost of living crisis, where the need for cashflow has become crucial in helping consumers navigate this difficult climate.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2022

The 2022 Connected Consumer Series featured industry experts, thought leaders and practitioners prepared to share their wisdom with their peers, and spotlighted powerful examples from FILA, Lidl, Patagonia and other businesses. It’s also changing the dynamics of retailers’ relationship with consumers. “If

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