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Unlocking Commerce: The Win-Win of Dynamic Currency Conversion

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DCC is an optional service offered at the point of sale, allowing customers to view the cost of their purchases in their home currency. Consumers, on the other hand, should compare rates at the point of sale with those provided by their card issuer to ensure they are getting a good deal. trillion in 2022.

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Lowe’s Employs RFID, Blockchain to Combat Retail Theft

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Called Project Unlock , the new technology combines low-cost RFID chips and IoT sensors to activate power tools at the point of purchase while also creating a secure, publicly accessible and anonymized record of legitimate purchases on the blockchain. Visualization of how Project Unlock RFID tags will work.

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Century 21 is back

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Century 21 closed all its stores after declaring bankruptcy in 2020. The store’s point-of-sale system crashed due to the crush of shoppers during Tuesday’s grand opening. The discount retailer of designer labels is back with a new four-story store in Lower Manhattan.

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Amazon’s Just Walk Out has Left the Building

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The retailer will instead rely more heavily on its smart Amazon Dash Carts , which have been deployed at Fresh stores since 2020 as well as at Amazon subsidiary Whole Foods. The company already had moved the JWO unit out of its retail group and into its AWS cloud computing division.

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2020 VALENTINE ECONOMICS AND GROWTH PERSPECTIVE FOR JEWELERS LOOK LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY

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According to many statistics reports including the latest NRF’s Annual 2020 Valentine’s Day Spending Survey and conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the gifts of love are driving retail sales through the roof: 2009, $14.7B. 2020, $27.4B. 2010, $14.1B. 2015, $18.9B. 2019, $ 20.7B.

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Harness the Power of BNPL to Build Stronger Brand Equity

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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. Customers that have a positive point-of-sale financing experience are more likely to repeat purchases from that retail brand if the BNPL option is white-labeled for the retailer.

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Using Retail Pro Prism POS on mobile for your 2020 curbside & COVID-careful holiday shopping setup

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Both are likely to appeal to the ways today’s customers … Continue reading → The post Using Retail Pro Prism POS on mobile for your 2020 curbside & COVID-careful holiday shopping setup first appeared on Retail Pro Blog. Mobility with Retail Pro Prism supports creative ways to sell and promotes faster queuing.