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Food Lion Donates 5.4 Million Meals to Families in Need

Retail TouchPoints

24, 2022, customers purchased a specially marked, prepacked Holidays Without Hunger food box for $6 or made a cash donation at checkout. Food Lion Feeds was founded in 2014 to address food insecurity in the towns and cities it serves. During the Holidays Without Hunger campaign, which ran from Nov. 9 through Dec.

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Uniqlo opens its first South Australian store, at Myer Centre

Inside Retail

It has 11 fitting rooms for customers and five self-checkout stations to improve the shopping experience. The Adelaide store marks Uniqlo’s 30th store after debuting in Australia in 2014. The Japanese retail giant is expanding its footprint into other markets including the US, Europe, China, South Korea and Singapore.

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Guarding the Retail Fortress: Cybersecurity Challenges and Network Interruption Risks

Retail TouchPoints

In 2014, cybercriminals used a third-party vendor’s credentials to enter Home Depot’s network and deployed malware on the self-checkout systems to steal customer information.

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What next for PayPal, as CEO announces he is standing down?

Retail Focus

When he joined in 2014, the company was owned by eBay. It was primarily associated with the checkout at the online auction site and being used for peer-to-peer transactions. PayPal is now accepted at online checkouts in various e-commerce checkouts. ” Schulman has been a transformational force at PayPal.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process.

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Does it Work for your Online Retail Business?

Retail TouchPoints

Using BNPL, approved customers can defer payments at checkout — both online and in-store. When choosing the BNPL company you will provide at checkout, be sure to look into when you will get paid and any associated costs. Penny Townsend serves as Chief Product Officer at Qualpay , a company which she co-founded in 2014.

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Meet Nakedvice, the brand founded by best friends in the Sportsgirl stockroom

Inside Retail

The brand was co-founded in 2014 by best friends Sarah Miller and Jessie Gargan, who were 23 and 26, respectively, at the time. They had met five years prior when Gargan hired Miller as a Christmas casual at Sportsgirl.

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