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Walmart Sues Capital One to End Branded Credit Card Partnership

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart has filed a lawsuit seeking to end its credit card contract with Capital One Financial , alleging that the payment company failed to live up to certain terms of the agreement. In the meantime, cardholders should not experience any disruptions in service and can continue to use their existing Capital One Walmart credit cards.”

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What is an ‘everything app’ and why does Elon Musk want to make one?

Inside Retail

A super app, or what Musk refers to as an “everything app,” has been described as the Swiss army knife of mobile apps, offering a suite of services for users such as messaging, social networking, peer-to-peer payments and e-commerce shopping. Have other US tech companies tried this?

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Gift Card Lawsuits Can Be Avoided — Here’s How

Retail TouchPoints

Responsibility for your gift card program typically lives in the marketing department. If your company is like most, one very important aspect of managing your gift card program may be overlooked, or at least not be given the attention required — state regulatory and legal compliance. Keeping Up with State Compliance.

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Buy now pay later: What’s retailers’ responsibility?

Inside Retail

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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How AirRobe’s Circular Wardrobe is taking resale mainstream

Inside Retail

When Hannon Comazzetto started Australian re-commerce platform AirRobe in 2018, resale was still quite niche locally – pursued by a small but passionate group. The resale market is expected to grow five times in the next five years, so fashion brands and retailers really can’t ignore it. Tapping into gen Z spending power.

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

Retail TouchPoints

And Wish, which held that top spot back in 2018, has now dropped out of the top 50 completely after having fallen to #35 as of last March. There are other troublesome indicators for the company: Q2 saw declines across the board at Wish. followed by former #1 Shein , now bumped down to the #2 position. (It

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How Hong Kong gourmet food start-up Le Dessert is tapping into tech to grow

Inside Retail

Established in Hong Kong in 2018 by Paris-born Julien De Preaumont, Le Dessert has quickly gained a reputation for its signature Pavlovas and Charlotte layer cake creations, as well as creative jar desserts and cookies. Customers in Hong Kong are very demanding and they have very high standards both in terms of product quality and service.