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4 Key Point-of-Sale Trends for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

The point-of-sale (POS) system has always been the one truly indispensable technology for any merchant, large or small. But retailers’ needs can change, sometimes quite quickly, as they did during COVID-19 when many merchants began scheduling specific shopping appointments with customers, both virtually and in person.

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Does Procurement Play a Role in Retail Recovery?

Retail TouchPoints

For most types of consumer retail stores, the pandemic scared regulars away, diminished traffic from visitors, altered consumer preferences, snapped formerly reliable supply chains and required dramatic shifts in the way stores serve their clientele. But that’s only part of the story.

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CryptoCurrency Paving the Way to Retail Success

Independent Retailer

An increasing number of businesses worldwide are adopting cryptocurrency as a way for consumers to pay for goods and services. If this trend continues, crypto could become a regular form of payment for shoppers. Crypto Payments Help Deliver a Competitive Advantage. and Canada.

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A Retailer’s Guide to Preparing Your Warehouse for Ecommerce Success

Retail TouchPoints

Those businesses clinging to rudimentary paper-based processes and a belief system that “we’ve always been able to make money doing things this way, why do we need to change?” Inertia and not knowing where to start when it comes to implementing ecommerce into their warehouse operations are holding back many merchants.

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Inside Westfield Century City’s Infrastructure Supporting Experiential Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Photo credit: Westfield Century Center Designing Experiences that Drive Measurable Results Because WCC’s experiential clientele is so diverse, it measures the success of these events and activations through various lenses. Some events, like the John Legend pop-up concert, generate a lot of buzz and drive new customers to the center.

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6 Best Practices For Fraud Prevention In Risky eCommerce Niches

Retail Minded

Safeguarding both the enterprise and its clientele through robust fraud prevention strategies becomes not just important, but imperative. Moreover, this educational approach builds a foundation of trust between businesses and their clientele. This includes areas such as nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, MLM products, and more.

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Everyone else is raising prices

Retail Smart Guys

We know, all the vendors, and service providers are all raising prices right now because of inflation. Take advantage of some of the other services we offer. Do you know about these other services? Clienteling: The best way to drive sales is to have a solid clienteling program in place. How are you?