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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. It’s clear that there is a consumer-driven need for more flexible finance and smarter buying power. .

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

Retail TouchPoints

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 For Walmart and Target, their physical stores are a key part of their logistics plan, and it’s paying off.

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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. I cherish what I learned at QVC. Looking back on it, it was quite the think tank.

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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. Research conducted by Censuswide among 2005 general UK consumers between 14 – 17 May 2021. Small businesses have benefitted from Britons’ blossoming new hobbies to the tune of £1.8bn, according to new research from American Express Shop Small.

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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? Considering the process of wholesale clothing can be divided into 3 categories. Those are- Merchant Wholesalers Brokers or Agents Manufacturer’s Sales and Distribution Let’s have an overview of them. Let’s know about them.

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

Retail Geek

We cover many of the tactical challenges (onboarding SKUs, product content, fulfillment, and curation), as well as the opportunities of this new “CircularCommerce” space. Matt: [18:53] No no that I left before any of those kind of process integration initiatives occurred.

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

Retail Geek

It wasn’t that long ago I would talk to clients and they’re like hey Jason we’ve got the secret plan to compete with Amazon where we’re gonna buy a warehouse in Kentucky because that can ship to the whole us and we’re going to compete with Amazon and I’m like.