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Officeworks MD: “Product trends are constantly evolving”

Inside Retail

Officeworks’ evolution Officeworks became part of Wesfarmers in November 2007 following the conglomerate’s acquisition of Coles Group by way of a scheme of arrangement. Geeks2U supports our customers beyond the point-of-sale, providing help to set up mobile phones, printers, computers or smart home devices,” Hunter said.

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How Retail Businesses Can Use Customer Data to Enhance Targeted Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

Since joining the company in 2007, Chaar has helped the company expand its North American footprint. He began his tenure as a Business Development Manager before becoming VP of Sales for North America, and then moved to his current role. Mo Chaar is the Chief Commercial Officer at Givex.

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How to make cashless pay off for you

Inside Retail

Data from the Reserve Bank of Australia suggests that, nowadays, cash is used for only 16 per cent of in-person transactions, down from about 70 per cent in 2007. Phones and smartwatches are now regularly used to make payments, more recently complemented by such emerging options as buy-now-pay-later and cryptocurrencies.

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Behind the Scenes of TikTok Shop with a Pioneering U.S. Seller

Retail TouchPoints

We’ve been able to sell lots and lots and lots of products, to the point that TikTok is quickly becoming one of our larger [points of sale].” But the meteoric success on TikTok of the 3D puzzle game Kanoodle (first introduced in 2007) took everyone by surprise.

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The Evolution of Communication: A Deep Dive into the History of Cell Phones

Small Biz Trends

Introduced by the Apple iPhone in 2007, it enabled users to navigate through multi-touch gestures, such as pinch-to-zoom. Access to apps for tasks like project management, point of sale (POS) systems, and e-commerce platforms optimizes operations and enhances customer engagement.