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Ubers Eats Enhances Customer Experience with Extended Ordering Hours, Live Tracking

Retail TouchPoints

Uber is expanding Uber Eats’ services with new features such as the ability to place orders when grocery stores aren’t open for later delivery, live tracking of orders from store to door and easier product replacements. The improvements will start in select cities before rolling out across the country throughout the summer. and Costco.

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5 Real-World Ways 5G Will Transform Retail

Retail TouchPoints

There are an almost infinite number of answers, but the long and the short of it is that 5G will enable merchants to perform intricate digital tasks faster and on a much larger scale. “5G Then in 2019, 5G entered the scene (in case you were wondering, 6G is predicted to arrive around 2030). “5G What matters most is what you do with it.

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#RSP22: Everything You Need to Know About Holiday 2022

Retail TouchPoints

The Retail TouchPoints 2022 Retail Strategy & Planning (#RSP22) webinar series, now available on-demand, offered a wealth of tips and best practices across critical areas including pricing, location-based technology, inventory management and marketplaces. Mastercard Spending Data Reveals 4 Key Takeaways for Holiday 2022.

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Has retail seen its watershed moment?

365 Retail

In fact, recent figures showed that footfall in physical stores dropped by a whopping 50% in comparison to the same figures for 2019. If services involve remote assistance, e-tailers should evaluate the software they are putting into use. Payment Modes: Today, consumers use multiple payment modes for online shopping.

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Social Selling: Need to Know Data for Small and Medium Businesses Amid the E-Commerce Explosion

Retail Minded

The following guest article has been written by Mark Hook , VP, Global Brand, Communications and PR at Brightpearl, a retail-tailored operating system for omnichannel merchants. The Gen Zers who are used to engaging through an ever-increasing choice of social apps and digital services are going to keep growing in purchasing power.

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Social Selling: Data for Small and Medium Businesses Amid the E-Commerce Explosion You Need to Know for 2022

Retail Minded

internet users 18-34 made a purchase on social media in 2019 – a number that is only set to grow, with the rapid growth in e-commerce, and emerging channels ready to explode into social selling. . It’s only with this type of system that you can easily and rapidly add the new services your customers demand, right now and in the future. .

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 315 – 2023 Turkey5 Recap with Salesforces Rob Garf

Retail Geek

3:26] And of particular note, and I know we’ll talk about this more, they’ve seen a significant uptick in use of Buy Now, Pay Later services, and they’ve seen deeper discounting than we saw last year. billion consumers are shaping shopping trends.