Mass Relators

APRIL 25, 2024

household more than $1,100 last year, the Merchants Payments Coalition said. Swipe fees amounted to $897 for the average household in 2021 and $724 in 2020. billion in swipe fees for Visa and Mastercard credit cards alone, which account for more than 80 percent of the market. Last year’s total included $100.8

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Founded in July 2020 and launched in February 2021, Refundid is a fintech tool designed to cut, or essentially eliminate, waiting times for refunds for products bought online. According to co-founder and chief product officer Joel Aaron, refunded cash can be in the customer’s account within as little as 30 seconds. The time is now.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In 2020, consumers spent approximately $630 billion on online shopping, and merchants lost $12 billion to fraud. Account takeover fraud, which is driven by impostor scams, increased by 50%, with no signs of slowing down in 2021. K eep bots out of your customers’ accounts and checkout. Millennials.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2022

“Our teams stop millions of suspicious reviews before they’re ever seen by customers, and this lawsuit goes a step further to uncover perpetrators operating on social media,” said Dharmesh Mehta, VP of Selling Partner Services at Amazon in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

billion, accounting for a record 18.9% It’s a lose-lose scenario: Customers are left completely frustrated by the process and brands put their reputations on the line every time a customer leaves their website because of a poor user experience. of all holiday retail revenue and representing an 11.3%

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2021

In 2020, data security specialist Varonis calculated that close to 10 billion data records had been lost or stolen since 2013 — a third more records than there are people. In 2018, 151 million conventional (non-bot) attacks were observed, and of these, 91 million were directed at online merchants. alone, 19 per inhabitant.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We’re indifferent on where the shopping journey ends, where that transaction takes place ,” said Matt Madrigal, VP and General Manager of Merchant Shopping at Google in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “It The result is a much lower barrier of entry for merchants looking to capitalize on Google’s massive reach.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

Online fraud cost digital commerce merchants $27 billion in 2021 , so it’s no surprise that retailers have redoubled their focus on eliminating these threats. By so doing, they can empower merchants to build stronger, longer-lasting relationships with them. And some 40% of declined shoppers will never try that site again.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Amazon’s latest spat with Visa shows big retailers, armed with a growing array of payment options, are gaining the upper hand in their power struggle with card providers, but it’s not a crisis for the payment company. “If a merchant wants to offer credit in a different way, we’re agnostic.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

toy industry sales increased 11% in Q3 2021 from 2020, according to the NPD Group , driven by price increases, a continuation of pandemic lifestyles and fewer promotions. Adobe reports that out-of-stock messages are up 172% compared to January 2020 and up 360% from January 2019. Stressed Consumers Spread Out Spending with BNPL.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Following in the footsteps of Instagram, which launched its shop in 2020, TikTok has entered the competitive space with its new shop function, enabling merchants, brands and creators to showcase and sell products directly to over 1 billion users through in-feed videos, LIVEs, and the ‘product showcase’ tab. Transport and logistics .

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2020

However, unchecked abuse of returns policies can put a merchant out of business: 54% of the merchants surveyed in a study conducted on behalf of Forter indicated that they lost more than $5 million in revenue each year due to returns abuse. Processing legitimate returns can negatively impact a retailer’s bottom line.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In fact, alcohol was one of the fastest-growing categories in e-Commerce channels, according to Nielsen research : from the first week of March to June 27, 2020, online sales grew 309% over the same period year. In 2020, Vivino’s sales have shown massive year-over-year growth, growing 2X from March to June.

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A1 Retail

AUGUST 24, 2021

SME optimism is improving, as concern about the impact of the pandemic falls to its lowest point since February 2020. The quarterly SME Barometer combines billions of merchant transactions, processed by Barclaycard Payments, with research data to provide an in-depth look at the UK SME economy.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In fact, a 2020 Statista survey found that 38% of consumers surveyed said they would share their spending and behavioral data with a company only if it improved their experience. The way to meet consumer demand and create value through merchants is by leveraging receipt data. Consumers Want Control of Their Data.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 12, 2023

As far back as May 2020, an Ipsos study indicated that two-thirds of Americans were buying directly on, or discovering products through, social media. Twitter Shops enables merchants to showcase up to 50 products on their Twitter profile. And for consumers: Discovery of new products and services. Consumers are ahead of brands.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 26, 2021

retail and ecommerce merchants $3.60 increase since the 2020 survey conducted during the pandemic. since 2020, now at $3.02. The pandemic changed consumer behaviors and fraudsters followed, taking advantage of merchants that accelerated mobile channel strategies. compared to $3.13 prior to the pandemic. The average U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 28, 2020

Monitor changing trends closely: As things continue to evolve during the pandemic, merchants should dedicate staff to carefully analyze emerging patterns. By keeping a close eye on the changing landscape, merchants will be able to catch nuances in shopping behavior that their machines may have missed.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 1, 2022

Since rebranding Freedom in 2020, Callard has continued the retailer’s transformation journey and during Retail Week, he shared his insights from the process with Inside Retail Professionals. Why product is the ultimate source of value…and the problem with having an accountant at the top of a business.

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365 Retail

MAY 7, 2021

2020 was a year like no other, and the shockwaves caused by the pandemic have inherently altered consumer-facing operations at their very core. over the six weeks of Christmas 2020, the worst-ever outcome. If services involve remote assistance, e-tailers should evaluate the software they are putting into use.

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 19, 2022

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a global provider of real-time digital payment software , revealed a 28 percent increase in buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions from October to December 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, according to ACI’s eCommerce intelligence. increase in travel packages. “As

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2021

As shown in the study, Australian consumers have consistently reported lower spending hesitancy on e-commerce platforms since 2020 as a result of Covid-19. “In In Australia, more than half of consumers now say that they prefer to shop online instead of in stores since the pandemic,” says Boyer. “So

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 13, 2022

They let you know what your customers like about your products and services and what they don’t. Shopify Says Its Merchants Have Created Nearly 5 Million Jobs. Canadian-based global eCommerce company Shopify says its merchants contributed 5 million jobs and $444 billion in global economic activity in 2021.

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Inside Retail

JULY 20, 2021

India and the Philippines, both reeling from vicious waves of Covid-19, account for more than a third of the world’s commercial seafarers, said Guy Platten, secretary general of the ICS, which represents over 80% of the world’s merchant fleet. “We People are desperate. Global Brands, Beware.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

In 2020, more than any year since the advent of online and mobile commerce, consumers lost a sense of control. Meanwhile, for merchants that had already built their businesses online before the pandemic, a larger addressable market buoyed most, but created scalability challenges for all (including Amazon). on average.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Consumers will be even more selective, payment flexibility and innovation will be vital, and new tools to boost online security will gain momentum. From budget-friendly options and making returns easy to rewards programs and payment options, every interaction can offer a reason to remain loyal.

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Crypto Payments Help Deliver a Competitive Advantage. Crypto payments help businesses attract a new customer segment while also lowering payment costs and eliminating fraud chargebacks. There are four main findings based on interviews with four merchants that accept bitcoin and other cryptos.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Retailers and industry experts have been forecasting a 2020 holiday season dominated by ecommerce almost since the world started taking COVID-19 seriously, and results from “Cyber Weekend,” or BFCM (Black Friday/Cyber Monday), effectively made their case. Mobile continued strong on Cyber Monday, accounting for 37% of that day’s sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2022

And because those wholesale relationships were so central to Natori’s business, losing or seeing a significant pullback from even one account would have been a big blow. Every time someone asks me about my biggest business challenges right now, I just smile, because I feel like nothing will ever be worse than the challenges from 2020.

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Store Growers

APRIL 1, 2022

Having your Google Merchant Center account suspended can be a death sentence for your business. Because if you can’t use Merchant Center, it also means you won’t be able to use Google Shopping. Most of the time, they are also clueless as to why their account got suspended. How To Fix Google Merchant Center Suspensions.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

retailers sold in November 2020 increased 25% year-over-year , with an additional increase of 106.1% year-over-year in December 2020. . With the increase of mobile wallets and more consumers hopping on the e-gift card bandwagon, merchants must practice a heightened sense of vigilance around issues of gift card fraud.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2023

RTP: How do you account for the fact that you were able to break into a category already full of long-held, beloved family traditions? We launched the name in 2020. Now we’re in the process of bringing it back around full circle, so next year we’re going to be elevating the company name itself and redoing the company website.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 29, 2023

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Both of these stars have been seen modelling Fashion Nova clothing on their own Instagram accounts and Cardi B also has her own Fashion Nova clothing line. 2020 marked the first time Inditex ended a year with fewer stores than when it started the year. But stores will continue to play an important role in Zara’s strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

ecommerce merchants pulled in $10.8 billion on Cyber Monday 2020 , while Singles Day in November 2021 in China drove $139 billion in sales for two of that country’s major online shopping platforms. That includes frictionless payments and checkout and fast shipping options. Account takeover fraud trends pose additional risks.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 20, 2023

where he led the operations teams and later served as a merchant. In 2008, these departments accounted for 12 to 16 feet of devoted shelf space. Having worked with Jeff for many years, I am confident in his leadership abilities and capability to lead Dollar General into our next chapter of growth and service,” Vasos said.

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Retalon

AUGUST 2, 2019

Retail businesses collect more data than ever before, and from every aspect of the supply chain, including: Logistics data (vendor compliance, lead times, etc.). Predictive analytics systems go beyond traditional forecasting by letting you unify processes within your business. POS data (sales, returns, etc.). The result?

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