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4 Key Steps to Profitable Store-Based Fulfillment

Retail TouchPoints

retail executives whose stores offered at least one method of store-based online order fulfillment — revealed that the pandemic triggered a 5X increase in ecommerce volume in 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. A frictionless return experience is critical. The survey found that returning an item ranked as the No.

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mPOS – bringing back the human touch to in-store shopping

I Vend

As shoppers return to brick and mortar stores in their drovers, they crave the in-store experience. Retailers who want to set themselves apart are integrating more human and personal touchpoints into the shopping experience, increasing engagement, loyalty and sales. mPOS offers the opportunity to save the sale and increase revenue.

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Havaianas continues to reinvent itself in APAC amidst sustainability push

Inside Retail

“We opened a subsidiary in China in 2019. Esser revealed that there are more than 4000 points of sales in the APAC region. The company has bounced back from the dip in sales during the pandemic, and is on track to deliver growth as the company returns to pre-pandemic levels of commercial success. The marketplace.

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Why retailers are moving their ad spending into in-store digital assets

Inside Retail

Early adaptations of digital signage were often very much about replacing print to get a return on investment, with Lotteries Corporation, a great example. So there’s an obvious and real return on investment from converting to digital around cost saving in printing and fuel, for a start.

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Three Requirements For Successful Retailers Post-Pandemic

Retail TouchPoints

While we shouldn’t expect online sales to remain at their peak levels when the safety risks of in-person shopping dissipate, merchants cannot hope to weather the storm and return to business as usual. In 2019, the global contactless payments terminal market was valued at $13.23

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The height of fashion – the brick and mortar revival

I Vend

Shoppers are returning to retail stores in their droves – where lockdown saw the rapid rise of online purchasing, industry experts are now forecasting a similar upward trajectory for brick and mortar shopping. But for many, the screen was a poor substitute for the store, they’re returning to brick and mortar in their droves.

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Study Forecasts Accelerated Adoption of Digital Wallets and Buy Now, Pay Later

Retail TouchPoints

of brick-and-mortar transactions in 2019 to 11.4% I think you’re going to have a whole host of people that are going to return to their, for lack of a better term, normal buying patterns coming out of COVID,” said Brames. “I ecommerce share in 2020, up from 23.7% of ecommerce spend. Mobile wallets surged 60% to account for 9.6%