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Despite global scrutiny, BNPL is on the rise in Singapore. Here’s why

Inside Retail

He noted that the pandemic followed by surging inflation have adversely affected consumers’ disposable income, which is driving the demand for short-term financing, thereby benefiting BNPL service providers. “To Alternative payment tools, such as Apple Pay, PayPal and GrabPay, collectively account for a 37.9 per cent in 2021.

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Who could replace Sharon White as the next John Lewis Partnership chair?

Retail Gazette

The retail veteran grew the upmarket grocer into a more than £6.5bn brand during his 10-year tenure as its boss, helping it to weather the 2008 recession. The accounting scandal led to a company fine of £129m and £85m in compensation for investors, and was soon followed by Tesco posting a £6.4bn loss.

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How to Make Money with Cryptocurrency

Small Biz Trends

Since the creation of Bitcoin in 2008, the cryptocurrency industry has been the subject of uncertainty, boom markets, and hype thanks to the volatile market of cryptocurrencies. trillion while the total volume in Decentralized finance (DeFi) is currently $7.30 The 2022 Crypto Industry.

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BJ’s Wholesale Club taps Bob Eddy as CEO

Mass Relators

In her new role as executive vice President and chief financial officer, Felice will have oversight of finance as well as controls, accounting, tax, treasury, risk management, audit and investor relations. She is a certified public accountant and serves on the board of the Massachusetts Society of CPAs.

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Experts predict the biggest fintech trends for 2023

365 Retail

Embedded finance . Embedded finance is also expected to grow in 2023, with searches for the term accelerating by a staggering 488% in the last five years. The success of embedded finance will be predominantly down to distribution, trust, and improved user experience. Cryptocurrency will become an everyday way to pay .

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Is Aldi and Lidl’s UK expansion slowing down?

Retail Gazette

He comments: “It’s hard to pick apart the numbers, but a reasonable conclusion would be that the full-range grocers have become more adept at retaining shoppers than they were in 2008-09 and that the discounters have been seeing more muted like-for-like growth as a consequence.”

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Analysis: Why does Shein continue to escape scrutiny?

Inside Retail

In 2008, he launched a fashion e-commerce site – She Inside – as a way to target consumers who were tired of waiting in lines in stores or unable to find their specific size. It completed a series E financing round in 2020, which values the business at USD$15 billion. Shein’s inclusive strategy makes a lot of sense.