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

Retail TouchPoints

In the midst of rising inflation rates, many Americans are wondering how to cut their costs — and younger generations such as Gen Z may have found a solution in the short term with “buy now, pay later” or BNPL plans. Contactless payment evolved with Venmo’s release in 2009, and similar mobile solutions like the Apple Wallet have followed.

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eCommerce and its Profitability Issue. Why its So Hard to Make Money

Indigo 9 Digital

When you shift activities consumers used to complete on their own to a retailer, someone has to pay for it. If getting the order to you is expensive what about returns? This process of ordering and returning goods is very expensive. million on “refunds, returns, and discounts”. By Tricia McKinnon eCommerce is expensive.

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Who is Peter Ruis, the man tasked with reviving John Lewis?

Retail Gazette

He also oversaw the relaunch of its fashion website back in 2009, helping to boost the retailer’s online profile, and introduced new in-store design concepts for its womenswear departments. He returned the business to profit, weaning the chain off discounting, reinvigorating its product and restoring its brand power.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Customers across the country are making a concerted effort to effort to return to their local bookstores , but when they can’t, they shop on Bookshop.org. I truly believed that there were a lot of socially conscious consumers out there, especially in books, because people who read are smart, critical thinkers. “We’ve

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5 Ways Dollar Stores Make Money & Beat the Competition

Indigo 9 Digital

Add to that, Dollar General plans to open 1,050 stores in 2023. Dollar Tree which is planning to open as many as 650 stores this year. Do dollar stores use savvy pricing tactics or do they mislead consumers? When you shift activities consumers used to complete on their own to a retailer, someone has to pay for it.

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Parlour X founder Eva Galambos on her life as a luxury fashion buyer

Inside Retail

Tastemaker and entrepreneur Eva Galambos first opened the doors to her luxury multi-brand boutique Parlour X in 2001 in Sydney, when she began introducing major international labels to Australian consumers, from Balenciaga to Vivienne Westwood. . What are your plans for Parlour X in 2022? I opened Parlour X in 2001.

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P&G taps Jon Moeller to be next president, CEO

Mass Relators

We thank David for his strategic leadership and guidance over the last six years as the company has returned to consistent balanced growth and value creation, said James McNerney, lead director of P&G’s board. Taylor will become executive chairman. “We Moeller joined P&G in 1988.

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