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How Streamlining Digital Checkout Boosted Polywood Conversions Nearly 50%

Retail TouchPoints

In 2017, Polywood had a great product sustainability story (its outdoor furniture is made from 100% recycled plastic and comes with a 20-year guarantee) and a solid launching pad for direct-to-consumer sales (a 27 -year history of selling through big box, home improvement and specialty patio stores). It was an involved, intense process.

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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. Research by The Ascent showed that among people who have used a BNPL service, 45% first did so in 2019, 21% first did so in 2020, and only 7% had used a BNPL service prior to 2015. billion, according to IBISWorld.

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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

As the tactics behind these crimes become increasingly sophisticated, and customer expectations for in-store experiences are higher than ever, retailers are finding it more difficult to protect their assets while maintaining great service. While they solve one issue, they create a few more when it comes to theft. Set safe web browsing rules.

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Amazon to Deploy Just Walk Out Tech in Two Whole Foods Stores in 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon will let Whole Foods customers “skip the checkout line” at two new Just Walk Out-enabled locations, in Washington, D.C. Seven Whole Foods locations in the Seattle area already are using the Amazon One contactless payment solution , which allows customers to pay by scanning their palm.). and Sherman Oaks, Calif.,

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5 Things to Know About Amazon’s New ‘Style’ Clothing Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Other tech integrations that will enable a “seamless and elevated shopping experience” include new inventory management systems , new technology to support customer service and the Amazon One palm recognition payment system for fast checkout. There will be humans working the store too.

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How Amazon more than tripled its profits in Q1

Inside Retail

While other retailers arguably offer a better, more engaging and more personalised online shopping experience than Amazon, they don’t have Amazon’s same ecosystem of services, from video streaming to same-day delivery, which has enabled the online retailer to attract more than 200 million paid Prime members worldwide. . billion in 2019. “As

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Boost Your Business with These 3 Must-Have Technology Trends

365 Retail

Technology is constantly evolving to improve business processes, create consumer solutions, and provide adaptable and convenient service. 1. If you recently made a purchase through Target, Amazon, Walmart, PayPal, or other big online companies, you probably noticed an option to split your order total into several payments. .