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Regulation is Coming to POS Finance: Why Responsible Lending Will Benefit Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

As economic pressures and living costs surge, more people than ever are considering using point-of-service (POS) finance — such as buy now, pay later and installment loans — to manage their cashflow. With UK borrowing on credit cards growing at an annual rate of 12.9% What Increased Regulation will Mean for Consumers and Retailers.

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How Brands Large and Small are Leaning into the Amazon Effect to Compete

Retail TouchPoints

It’s not just possible but inevitable that retailers can thrive on Amazon and compete with it at the same time. Since Amazon Prime’s inception 15 years ago, Amazon has only increased the annual membership cost three times — rising from $79 per year in 2005 to $119 in 2018. The purchasing power of $79 in 2005 equals about $109.90

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Elf on the Shelf CEO on the Brand’s Unlikely but Enduring Success

Retail TouchPoints

Image courtesy The Lumistella Company The success of the brand feels like something of a Christmas miracle to Co-founder and Co-CEO Christa Pitts, who launched the Elf on the Shelf with her twin sister, Chanda Bell, and mother, Carol Aebersold, in 2005. Pitts: Well, at its core this tradition is extraordinarily simple.

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Brits’ uptake of new pastimes provides big boost to small businesses

A1 Retail

A huge majority (94%) plan to stick with their hobby now restrictions are easing. New research from American Express Shop Small 1 reveals that over a third (38%) of Brits have taken up at least one new hobby in an effort to keep themselves busy during lockdown, which has provided a welcome boost for the nation’s small businesses.

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The Ultimate Wholesale Fashion Clothing Suppliers List: Take Your Retail Business to the next level!

I Love Fashion

Fashion Digital Marketing Agency Planning to start clothing dropshipping online? Wholesale clothing supplier sells large amounts of products to online store owners or retailers at a comparatively lower price than the market. Considering the process of wholesale clothing can be divided into 3 categories. Let’s know about them.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

In this interview, we cover the sale of ModCloth to Walmart, Matts’s subsequent work at Lucky Brand and Afterpay, and his new role as CEO at Goodwillfinds. Goodwillfinds.com is an e-commerce site, which sells previously owned merchandise, which has been donated to Goodwill.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 292 – Q1 2022 Recap (Live)

Retail Geek

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the NYC Google HQ, for Zenith Basecamp. Scot: [1:56] Sure and congrats on that a win at Blockbuster on the digital that was that was good you crush that one yeah. ? ? ? ? Sorry for the delay since our last show.