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Consumers and Merchants Should Look Before They Leap into BNPL Services

Retail TouchPoints

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options. Surges in online shopping during the pandemic helped fuel the growth of point-of-sale loans — a market that is forecast to grow at an annualized 9.8% Consumers are using BNPL to stretch purchase payments between paychecks.

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The Next Generation of Shoppers Needs a Next-Generation Strategy

Retail TouchPoints

They want shopping to be fast and fun — less of a process. That’s why Synchrony partnered with payments startup Skipify, which enables purchases instantly across email, text, social and other channels. And they represent a market segment that retailers can’t ignore. strikes Gen Z as cumbersome, slow and old-fashioned.

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From Retail Experiment to Commercial Phenomenon: The Evolution of Amazon Prime Day

365 Retail

The Evolution of Amazon Prime Day In 2015, Prime Day made its debut on July 15 to commemorate Amazon’s 20th anniversary. As a result, they find themselves coming back to the big players – that offer myriad payment solutions and services – for convenience and reliability.

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The Downfall of Sears, 5 Reasons Why it’s Struggling to Survive

Indigo 9 Digital

Consumers were finally given a way to access merchandise at much lower prices than what was available from nearby merchants. Walmart saw a future in discount retailing and aggressively went after that market chipping away over time at consumers that once would have shopped at Sears. It was a runaway success. Retail stores.

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The Profitability Challenge: Why SKU-Level Visibility Matters

Retail TouchPoints

My days as a merchant are long over, yet I remain a retailer at heart. It was a challenge in 2015, and it’s hard to believe this puzzle hasn’t been solved yet by some combination of tech, process and operating model advances. Julie Bernard is Chief Marketing Officer at Tradeswell.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 289 – ShipBob Co-Founder and CEO Dhruv Saxena

Retail Geek

use for gyves but as Bob kennels to be a shipment so that’s like the marketing angle on shipbob. Scot: [5:52] And then so that was 2015 earlier kind of also 2014 yet. Dhruv: [5:58] Now 2014 2015 we got into this incubator called y combinator Scott so.