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Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2025

Bitcoin’s Dominance: Explore Bitcoin as the first and largest cryptocurrency, facilitating peer-to-peer transactions with enhanced security through decentralization. Examples include Ethereum, which facilitates smart contracts, and Litecoin, known for faster transaction times.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 10, 2025

In 2018, the most prominent brands with trackside sponsorship during the season were tyre brand Pirelli, logistics giant DHL and Amazon Web Services (AWS). billion in 2017. At the same time, online payments service MoneyGram and motorsport technology supplier Toyota Gazoo are the principal backers of the US Haas team.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S., Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 25, 2022

ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said: “We are pleased that RFG has agreed to make payments to certain impacted franchisees. We initially took this action because we were concerned with the alleged conduct and the impact on a number of small business operators. Michel’s marketing fund. Waiving historical debts.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 25, 2022

ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said: “We are pleased that RFG has agreed to make payments to certain impacted franchisees. We initially took this action because we were concerned with the alleged conduct and the impact on a number of small business operators. Michel’s marketing fund. Waiving historical debts.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Other areas of investment announced by the retailer include: Top-to-bottom renovations of 200 existing stores, bringing the total percentage of remodeled stores to more than half its fleet since the effort began in 2017.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 23, 2023

However, in a statement, the retailer responded that “any under-award payments to team members, will be corrected” adding Adero Law has not clarified the details of the claims. “To To date, The Reject Shop has not received a copy of Adero’s class action.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2022

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says the financial services giant has been engaging in anticompetitive conduct since 2017 in the supply of debit card acceptance services, with the purpose of substantially lessening competition.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

The appointment follows a search process conducted over the past several months with the mandate to find a next-generation leader with extensive global payments, product and technology experience capable of driving growth across the PayPal platform.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

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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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Before the NotPetya attack rampaged through Europe in 2017, affecting companies including FedEx and shipping giant Maersk, few people would have thought a vulnerability in a piece of accounting software could create such devastation. Critical vulnerabilities can be found in unexpected places. Adopt a zero trust approach.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2024

The lawsuit, filed in 2017, alleged that Founder and then-CEO Kevin Plank knowingly or recklessly misrepresented facts regarding consumer demand for Under Armour’s products as well as the company’s financial and operating results, according to the Wall Street Journal. 16, 2015 and Nov. billion revolving credit facility.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2023

The acceptance of cash has started to trend upwards again, but payment technology is helping businesses to deliver consistently better experiences, so what does the future hold? And how can businesses be ready for evolving payment technologies? Consumers, too, preferred to use contactless payments or to shop online.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2021

In many ways, the switch to easy online retailing, with its lower operating models, has driven the retailing rebound. And it’s a powerful driver with ASX-listed BNPL providers processing about $10 billion worth of purchases in Australia and New Zealand, during 2019/20, according to the RBA. Until a payment is missed.

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Inside Retail

MAY 13, 2021

ACCC chair Rod Sims said Telstra’s board and executives failed to act to stop this behaviour when they were first made aware of it in 2017. “[The The stores in question were Alice Springs, Casuarina and Palmerston in the Northern Territory, Arndale in South Australia, and Broome in Western Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

“Signify Health will play a critical role in advancing our healthcare services strategy and gives us a platform to accelerate our growth in value-based care,” said CVS Health President and CEO Karen S. Lynch in a statement. ”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2020

After emerging in January from its second stint in bankruptcy since 2017, Payless “is back,” the retailer trumpets on its newly launched e-Commerce site. On the community service front, Payless is launching a “Powered by Payless” initiative for the coming fall season to help communities affected by the pandemic.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

(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.). Amazon-owned Whole Foods is hardly the first retailer to feature Just Walk Out.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

The Aldi Express service is now available from more than 2,100 Aldi supermarket locations across the U.S. “We Aldi first began offering delivery services via Instacart in 2017, and the service now delivers from more than 2,200 Aldi stores, as well as powering pickup from 1,500+ Aldi stores nationwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

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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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

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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Cisco Retail

MAY 5, 2021

The Cisco Financial Services team welcomes imimobile’s Aly Abji – Strategic Client Director for Financial Services as our guest blogger this week. Technology-fueled disruptors continue to threaten traditional financial businesses with the rise of fintech, challenger banks, and digital-only financial services.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2021

More data processed gives way to more possibilities of data breaches. Similarly, Home Depot also faced a large-scale data breach in 2014, leading to over 56 million payment information being stolen. In 2017, retail coffee giant Starbucks faced a strong backlash from consumers in the U.S. This has led to over $18.5

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The RealReal inaugurated National Consignment Day in 2017 to raise awareness about creating a more sustainable fashion ecosystem through resale. One of the partnership’s goals is to show that rather than cutting into sales, resale can support the primary industry by expanding the consumer base and enhancing brand loyalty.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2021

George Yeung, managing director of Jeanswest, attributes the win to the high standards of customer services in the Jeanswest team across the country, despite it being a “very tough year”. Jeanswest previously won the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards in 2016 and 2017, but Yeung said this time was particularly significant.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Results in the past two years were bolstered by Covid management strategies, including landlord rent concessions and government JobKeeper payments. David Jones is performing marginally better than Myer, but is still well below its peak and its earnings are also reliant on reduced operating costs more than sales growth. per cent to $1.5

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2021

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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Inside Retail

JULY 14, 2024

Consumers who use the service are often effusive about the technology, with Reddit threads about it. Asked both on stage and during our interview, Tambara was reluctant to discuss the cost aspect, deferring to the fact that RFIDs played a role in the entire supply chain – not just facilitating easy checkouts.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2021

As digital-first shopping is here to stay, retailers must invest in connected experiences — and success hinges on frictionless operations. However, collaboration between retail marketers and their commerce and service counterparts is less common, with only about half saying their goals are aligned. And consumers can feel it.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2024

Since its launch in 2017, the platform has raised more than $1.29 Bringing Silicon Valley-Style Innovation to Wholesale In 2011, Rhodes was working for payments solution Square in Silicon Valley while running a side hustle as a wholesale distributor for New Zealand-based Blunt Umbrellas. “It billion and was valued at $12.59

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Subscription services really took off in 2020 thanks to a combination of lockdown driving online shopping, consumers’ desire to save money, and the innate convenience of the subscription model. 45% of consumers streamed live television at least weekly, up from 20% in 2017. . The subscription phenomenon. billion by 2025.

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Small Biz Trends

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

READ MORE: Zelle Forecasted to Soon Be Most Popular P2P Payments App, But Can It Help Your Business? When using payment apps like Zelle, it’s important to be aware of the most common scams. If you use Zelle to send or receive payments for your small business, be aware that there are scammers who will try to target you.

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Inside Retail

JULY 30, 2024

Fairprice Group’s convenience store chain Cheers, which has operated unmanned stores since 2017, announced plans to open 13 more in partnership with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) this year. These stores can operate 24/7, providing convenience to customers and increasing sales opportunities.”

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Wiser

JUNE 23, 2020

Mobile payments and rewards, the drive to provide healthier options, and consumers’ demand for fast service without compromising on quality have affected every type of restaurant. Quick service restaurants in particular have had to respond to the rise of fast-casual dining. You don’t want to be invisible there.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Whilst buy now pay later has raised concern in recent years, the online trend allowing customers to split their payments into interest-free instalments continues to surge. . Since 2017, searches for the digital bank ‘Revolut’ have increased by 143%, now receiving 1.3M Buy Now Pay Later 2.0 . Virtual Cards.

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