Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 4, 2021

In particular, consumer expectations for contactless payment methods as a result of health and safety concerns during the pandemic are galvanizing retailers to integrate flexible, contactless payment options like voice payment technologies into their operations. that consumer spending fell by a record 16.4%

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2023

The acceptance of cash has started to trend upwards again, but payment technology is helping businesses to deliver consistently better experiences, so what does the future hold? And how can businesses be ready for evolving payment technologies? Consumers, too, preferred to use contactless payments or to shop online.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is planning to start regulating buy now, pay later (BNPL) products. in 2020; A total of 13.7% in 2020; and Lenders’ profit margins fell to just over 1% of the amount of the loan in 2021, down from nearly 1.3% of users charged at least one late fee in 2021, up from 7.8%

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 10, 2024

Since 2020, the global economy has sat on pins and needles as the fallout from COVID-19 rippled through 2021, 2022 and 2023. But the resilience of the American consumer prevented an all-out economic disaster. Time and time again, consumers kept the economy chugging along despite the bleak forecasts from leading economists.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 23, 2021

Flexible payment provider Affirm is expanding its range of services to include the post-purchase experience with the acquisition of online returns solution Returnly for approximately $300 million. Retailers such as Walmart , Bonobos and Peloton currently use Affirm to offer customers flexible payment options such as Buy Now, Pay Later.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Despite having just officially begun, this holiday shopping season already is marked by supply chain disruption, persistent inflation and mixed consumer confidence. And just like last year, it looks like consumers will respond by turning to ecommerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 14, 2023

In recent years, the financial landscape has changed dramatically with new economic challenges making it increasingly difficult for consumers to commit to recurring monthly payments. Consumer concerns around inflation also remain “highly elevated”. trillion in 2020 and is expected to reach $3.9 In the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2021

In May 2020, McKinsey issued a report stating while the COVID-19 pandemic was shaking up small businesses across the board, it was disproportionately affecting minority-owned small businesses. Think food services, retail and personal and laundry services, for instance. Reasons cited were that the country’s 1.1

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2023

According to the e-commerce company’s latest Trender report, emerging innovations like ‘shoppertainment’ and virtual retailing are enabling brands to further diversify their omni channel offerings and cater to modern consumers who expect more from online retail platforms. billion by 2025, with digital payments making up 91 per cent.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2022

The good news is that since its global popularization in 2020, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) has become a real game-changer for merchants looking to boost their business. For shoppers, BNPL is a seamless payment method that helps break up their purchases into several installments, bringing more cash flow and budgeting flexibility.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2021

The pandemic accelerated not just ecommerce but also digital payment methods: digital wallets reached 29.3% ecommerce share in 2020, up from 23.7% The wallets are expected to unseat credit cards as the preferred online payment method in the coming years, according to the FIS Global Payments Report 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

On one hand, ecommerce automation saves a ton of time compared to manual ways of executing an operation. On another, it may even enable a nonexistent infeasible process, i.e. a process that’s unthinkable in a manual way but can provide an unprecedented growth opportunity to companies when automated. Advertising.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

While Party City operated approximately 275 temporary Halloween locations last year, it plans only about 25 this year. Despite the pandemic, we know that consumers are looking to celebrate and capture the special holiday spirit, even if it looks a little different this year,” said Brad Weston, Party City CEO in a statement. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 23, 2020

For the time being, however, 96% of the retailer’s approximately 1,400 stores — operating under the Men’s Warehouse , Jos. Bank , Moores Clothing for Men and K&G brands — have returned to operation after closing due to the pandemic. Ulta currently operates 1,264 stores. Tailored Brands Appoints Chief Restructuring Officer.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Therefore, Rudolph believes that companies should minimise the amount of data they store or have available in their networks, use advanced security mechanisms, such as encrypted databases, and securely de-identify data, so that it doesn’t put consumers at risk if it is stolen. million in 2020 to US$1.27 per cent from 2021. .

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 3, 2023

ZigZag Global , a leading provider of technology-driven retail returns solutions, is announcing a strategic partnership with Royal Mail, the universal service provider that delivers a ‘one-price-goes-anywhere’ service to 32 million addresses across Britain. Each customer’s definition of an exceptional returns service is different.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

Merchants in particular had to quickly shift from in-store sales to online and learn how to accept payments digitally. Concurrently, the summer of 2020 brought the highest number of new business applications in the past 15 years, and this trend has continued, with Americans filing a record 1.4 Thankfully, there is a better way.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2021

A year of quick pivots for the retail industry, 2020 required brands to rapidly adjust their spaces to account for social distancing and the safety measures of consumers, staff and everyone in between. In order to lean into creating safer environments, we saw the rise of flexible fulfillment and contactless payments.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2020

E-Commerce spending has grown by more than 30% , cementing consumer expectations for flexibility, choice and convenience. As we move forward, these capabilities are critical for all retailers: Accept Contactless Payments. In 2019, the global contactless payments terminal market was valued at $13.23 Traditionally, U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 11, 2021

But while blending of in-store and online provides consumers with significantly more flexible shopping, it also creates operational challenges. Consumers’ new shopping habits picked up during the pandemic show no sign of waning. Curbside pickup increased by more than 500% from the end of 2019 to August 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

The 2021 Connected Consumer Series reflected the challenges retail (and society as a whole) have faced during the past year, but also the growing sense of optimism that is taking hold this year. By automating this process and creating a cross-border catalog, Under Armour was able to double the ROI of its social campaigns.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Here, we chat with Missfresh about how the DMWs operate, how it’s digitalising fresh markets and its plans for the future. Our DMW model offers an innovative solution to the growing consumer demand for high-quality product offerings and timely delivery, leveraging technological innovation. In June, the brand went public on the NASDAQ.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2022

Amazon ’s One palm scanner payment technology will reportedly expand to more than 65 Whole Foods stores in California, according to TechCrunch and other media outlets. Amazon One was launched in Amazon Go stores in 2020 and early 2021 before expanding to an Amazon Fresh supermarket later that year.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2021

In 2020, 23 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunisation services, leaving them at risk to devastating but preventable diseases,” said UNICEF Australia chief executive Tony Stuart. “We

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2023

According to a statement provided to Inside Retail by The Iconic, an internal review of the company’s payroll systems identified underpayments and overpayments of casual employees – with 814 current and former employees impacted between 2013-2020. The brand is not seeking to recover any overpayments. Transitory and short-lived.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2023

Documents listed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) show Calia Australia, which operates the flagship restaurant and retail store in the city’s Emporium shopping complex and a spin-off restaurant at the Chadstone shopping centre, appointed voluntary administrators on June 28.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2022

The company’s operating expenses – in particular its bad debts – ballooned out from $72.1 million for the December 2020 half. The buy now, pay later concept allows retailers to offer instant free credit to consumers who don’t have the cash to buy items, usually repayable in three monthly payments.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

Called “Buy Direct,” the third-party marketplace is being integrated into Bing’s existing ecommerce experience, Start Shopping, where consumers can find products and are then directed to a retailer’s website to make the purchase. Microsoft it is reportedly testing out a new retail marketplace in the U.S. At the moment a “ couple hundred U.S.-based

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

NEW YORK — Consumers are still worried about rising prices, according to the latest data from Deloitte’s ongoing ConsumerSignals study. That’s important because a sense of personal financial well-being can impact how consumers approach everything from budgeting for big purchases to their grocery lists. a year ago.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2021

Accordingly, brands spend significant time and money positioning themselves to create positive associations with consumers, whether that’s through communicating their purpose or engaging in worthy environmental or social partnerships. Until a payment is missed. Compared to January 2020, spending on BNPL has increased by 106 per cent.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2022

Covid has dramatically changed how businesses and consumers behave. As we emerge from the worst of the pandemic, it seems the right time to reflect on the most important changes in consumer behaviour we’ve seen, and to make some predictions about COVID-19’s lasting and pervasive effects on how we shop. percent) and boredom (30.1

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Barclaycard Payments’ data shows quarterly SME transactions have risen by 38.1 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 . Year-on-year payments volumes are also showing strong growth – up 21.9

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Many consumer companies were struggling before the arrival of COVID-19. As of mid-September, at least 27 major retailers had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2020, compared to 17 in all of last year, according to Retail Dive. Are there creative ways you can manage your operating margins and extend your cash runway?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

trillion in 2020, while U.S. Additionally, total order count was up almost 10.45% from holiday 2020 levels, according to data from Klaviyo. As a result, Cyber Week 2021 accounted for 23% of total ecommerce spend, down slightly from 24% in 2020. But when it came to alternative payments, BNPL was the star. 18 and Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

The retailer began offering same-day delivery in partnership with DoorDash in December 2020. The future of commerce is on-demand and local as consumers want faster and easier ways to get the items they need delivered to them right now,” said Fuad Hannon, VP of New Verticals at DoorDash in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

CoStar Group, a commercial real estate firm, estimates there were a record-breaking 12,200 brick-and-mortar store closures in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. The Allure of Facial Recognition in Retail The retail industry is built on the ideal of service. Retail and hospitality industries were hit particularly hard.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Subscription services really took off in 2020 thanks to a combination of lockdown driving online shopping, consumers’ desire to save money, and the innate convenience of the subscription model. 45% of consumers streamed live television at least weekly, up from 20% in 2017. . The subscription phenomenon. billion by 2025.

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