Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2021

Namely, the conversations focus on how traditional brick-and-mortar stores can incorporate AI into their operations as more and more fully autonomous stores pop up around the world. Retail stores typically had to guess what changes will have a positive impact on sales and operational efficiency. The Pandemic’s Initial Impact on Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2020

Earlier this year, we released a report, titled “The Best Vision is Insight,” outlining our predictions for the top retail trends of 2020. And the backlash — the desire for a return to substantive human interactions — had already begun too. Smooth Operators Appeal Online And Off.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Outfits like GoPuff, Gorillas and 1520 took the grocery market by storm in 2021, offering a limited menu of consumables, delivered to your door in an incredible 30 minutes or less (and commanding multi-billion dollar valuations in the process.) Meanwhile, rising energy, shipping and labor costs means higher prices for many grocery items.

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365 Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

Fashion brands are pivoting to offer new, value-add delivery services and improved post-purchase experiences to enhance sales, encourage customer loyalty and protect margins, the latest data from parcelLab , the leading operations experience platform, reveals.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2022

Decathlon’s Data Lab in Singapore is the latest facet of the brand’s pursuit of innovation and part of its efforts to develop new digital services and incubate data projects, in collaboration with partners such as Sport Singapore, research agencies, and schools.

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A1 Retail

JULY 2, 2021

This trend is fueled by online shoppers willing to purchase goods outside of their country’s borders, so long as the process is smooth, and reliable. As the COVID-19 pandemic brought much of the economy to a halt in early 2020, cross-border ecommerce proved to be a bright spot compared to the growing uncertainty in other industries.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 25, 2023

–   Zebra Technologies Corporation  has announced the findings of its 16 th Annual Global Shopper Study that confirmed retailers are feeling the omnichannel squeeze, particularly with managing online returns and reducing shrink caused by theft, fraud and other contributing factors.

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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. Gen X, ranging in age from 41 to 56, get targeted by robocalls too, as well as text and email phishing scams designed to steal their login credentials and payment data. Monitor your brand for impersonation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2021

In that time, Bojanowski has seen her fair share of shifts and transformations in the business, but even still 2020 stood out, as it did for many retail executives. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): With all the new services you launched during the pandemic, did you see your customer base shift or expand in any way?

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I Vend

AUGUST 10, 2021

iVend Supermarket iVend helps supermarkets offer uninterrupted service to their customers. Learn how our retail technology drives process transformation in grocery. The pandemic has increased demand for local produce and in April 2020, Google searches for ‘local food’ increased. year on year. Online is essential.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) EuroCIS, the leading trade fair for retail technology, will take place from February 15 – 17, 2022 in Halls 9 and 10 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany Leading topics will be customer centricity, analytics, payment, connected retail and seamless store. The Retail Salsa was successfully launched at the end of 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

The 15 sessions, now available on demand, encompass critical areas of the retail enterprise, including: customer loyalty strategies; visual tech developments such as AR and 3D modeling; fulfillment and delivery management; the power of social networks; fast-growing Buy Now, Pay Later services; and the all-important customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

According to a 2020 survey, over half of U.S. While Amazon is a consumer-facing platform, Shopify is merchant-facing; enabling small businesses, mom-and-pop stores and brick-and-mortar stores to sell online by handling payment and inventory for the businesses. It’s no secret that Amazon is the ecommerce titan.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Design for retail experiences is a hot topic of conversation, especially as shoppers return to stores for the holiday season, still under the influence of a COVID pandemic. Ambient sounds are only consciously heard or recognized when in close proximity to the sound source.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

That was my least favourite of all the options, as the assembly process was a nightmare and the quality always made me feel like I was in a temporary home. I thought how good it would be if I could rent it for a year, then decide if I wanted to keep it or return it. How does the production and design process work?

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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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Rain Pros

JANUARY 15, 2023

Overhead Costs are Low Operating an online business means you don’t have to absorb inflated overhead costs common among brick-and-mortar stores. Expenses such as storefront real estate, physical signage, customer service associates, and insurance policies, won’t eat away at your profit margins and drive up prices for your customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Although it’s tempting to hunker down — and double down — on time-tested marketing and sales methods, now is the time to rethink and rewire sales, operations, logistics and support. While they often produce higher revenues and improved profit margins, they also represent risk in the form of unsold inventory and expensive returns.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

W ITH THE WORLD adjusting to Covid a few years later as less of a threat and more a part of everyday life, retailers sought to return to business as usual. In California, Amazon-owned Whole Foods stores launched palm-scanning technology at checkout. Happy New Year. INFLATION ON. OF YOUR HANDS. BEYOND AWFUL. Strategies came and went.

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CJ Retail Solutions

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Physical screens, usually transparent, have been erected in self-service POS stations, checkouts and security areas, and where deli counters have reopened, some form of screening has been included. Social distancing is the least enforceable of the measures as it’s asking people to unlearn decades of socialisation in society.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

in March 2020 and by 11.2% in April 2020 , while in the U.S. retail sales plunged by 20% from February to April 2020. between 2020 and 2021 in the U.S. and by 10% from 2019 to 2020 in the EU. Facilitating a Seamless Customer Experience with Technology Features.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

in March 2020 and by 11.2% in April 2020 , while in the U.S. retail sales plunged by 20% from February to April 2020. between 2020 and 2021 in the U.S. and by 10% from 2019 to 2020 in the EU. Facilitating a Seamless Customer Experience with Technology Features.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Major retailers survived 2020 by transforming how they got their products into customers’ hands. A retail fulfillment process that is known as BOPIS — Buy Online, Pickup In-Store. Adopting BOPIS can be challenging so we’ll explain how you can successfully merge your online and physical store operations. What is BOPIS?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

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. Consider that in the U.S., ecommerce merchants pulled in $10.8 ATO fraud against U.S.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, online retailers earned over $4.2 Customer Service – Unless you’re a web designer, building your storefront can be relatively complicated. Look for options that include firewalls and other encryption services. . Step Five: Figure Out Shipping and Return Logistics.

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Rangeme

AUGUST 3, 2021

billion in 2020). O]nline grocery shows no sign of slowing down, even as consumers return to physical stores …” 3 Petrak, Lynn. US Click and Collect in 2020 and 2021. Walmart ’s cross-category BOPIS sales rose 109% year-over-year in 2020 to $15 billion while Target BOPIS sales rose 192% year-over-year to $6 billion.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 22, 2021

Episode 251 is our annual predictions episode for 2021 and a recap of our 2020 predictions. 2020 Recap – Predictions made on episode 204. 2020 Predictions Recap. The year of returns – “happy returns” – a startup raises $100M+ in space. for year of returns). Merge with Alibaba? spac/ipo?

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Store Growers

APRIL 1, 2022

While these rules have been around for some time, Google has become a lot stricter on enforcing them since 2020. Google Merchant Center Review Process. The review process can be quite lengthy. It’s important to keep in mind that this process is entirely automated, so Google support representatives can’t manually intervene.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 7, 2023

So that was interesting and then the to me the most geeky coolest thing of all although controversial is during the pandemic, the Brazilian government launched a government-sponsored instant payment system so I got. The thing that has grown a ton is you know shoptalk offers this Meetup service.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

So it’s an area where companies are looking to save money very quickly because you’re not locked into certainty or anything like that like you would, be with some software as a service platforms. I suspect it’s because it’s usually pretty robust a lot of other companies have stopped reporting e-commerce and you can.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 4, 2021

“We want to help people discover, learn about and shop for the products they love — whether those products come from a big box retailer, new direct-to-consumer brands or the mom-and-pop shop down the street,” said Bill Ready, President of Commerce and Payments at Google in a blog post announcing enhancements to the Google shopping experience. “We’re

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But such fiscal support is becoming increasingly fraught because so much money was borrowed by governments during 2020-21 that the cupboard is getting bare. There do seem to be a few exceptions, such as processed meat, but these are unlikely to last much longer. per cent, food service up 6.5 Japan holds out. per cent, food up 6.4

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