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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

Three years on, Bookshop.org now serves close to 2 million customers annually and has 1,700 independent bookstores participating, not to mention a roster of esteemed organizations that curate shops on the site, including The New York Time s , The Atlantic , Buzzfeed and a host of celebrity book clubs.

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Facebook Pay is Getting a Name Change

Small Biz Trends

All of your existing Facebook Pay information will still be there in the rebranded payment app, including account details, payment method and other settings. Anyone new to Meta Pay can set it up by going to Payments settings and entering your payment method and account information. We’re looking forward to building this out.”

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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Gen Z Alternative to Credit Cards

Retail TouchPoints

Contactless payment evolved with Venmo’s release in 2009, and similar mobile solutions like the Apple Wallet have followed. Some services will even suspend consumers from accessing their accounts for additional loans until their existing debt is cleared. Many commercial apps now ask for a credit card on file to make in-app purchases.

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How Vestiaire Collective’s new initiative drives fashion activism

Inside Retail

We’re thrilled to launch an educational programme with sustainability at its heart, that will change consumption habits and encourage our members and the wider world to reduce, reuse, recycle, shop responsibly, and learn more about sustainability in fashion,” said Dounia Wone, Vestiaire Collective’s chief sustainability and inclusivity officer.

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A shift in attitude: How Lekker Bikes is normalising e-bikes in Australia

Inside Retail

Back in 2009, industrial designer Meindert Wolfraad identified a gap in the market for practical, comfortable and stylish commuter bikes that would enable Sydney-siders to get around, similar to what he saw growing up in the Netherlands. Meindert Wolfraad: Lekker Bikes started back in 2009, in Sydney. Watch this space in 2024!

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Japanese department store Takashimaya looks to the future

Inside Retail

Takashimaya’s Nihombashi flagship store, originally built in the 1930’s by Nippon Life Insurance, was given the status of Important Cultural Property in 2009. Takashimaya is part of important shopping centre and larger commercial developments in a number of locations. year on year, the tenth monthly gain on the trot.

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Merchants call on Fed to cut debit card swipe fees

Mass Relators

Online shopping has grown tremendously since routing choice was made law, especially during the pandemic. A Fed survey found banks’ average cost of processing debit transactions was about 8 cents as of 2009. per year since 2009. billion in 2009. Routing is key to competition, which is essential to any free market.