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Opinion: An Unvarnished Review of the Smart Cart Shopping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

This month Retail TouchPoints has been exploring the state of autonomous checkout experiences in our series From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out. But there is a more middle-of-the-road area of self-checkout that is currently growing by leaps and bounds — smart carts. by the end of 2024. by the end of 2024.

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Yahoo’s New Shoppable Ads Support Multi-Retailer Checkout

Retail TouchPoints

Yahoo has partnered with ecommerce enablement software MikMak to offer add-to-cart functionality and ecommerce analytics for advertising campaigns on its properties, which include Yahoo Finance, TechCrunch and AOL. Yahoo’s move to make its advertising products shoppable mirrors the current retail media trend.

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Reports: Microsoft’s Bing Quietly Launches Marketplace in Bid to Compete with Google Shopping

Retail TouchPoints

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. Google’s shopping function is more algorithm-based, relying on the query itself and search history.

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What Rewe’s hybrid concept says about the future of checkout-free stores

Inside Retail

Powered by Trigo, the store is based on a hybrid model, where customers can either choose to go through a conventional checkout process, or have a frictionless experience using the latest camera and sensor technology. If they opt for the autonomous checkout, customers need to use the Rewe app to register at the entrance to the store.

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Retail Media will add Fuel to the Fire for M&A in AdTech

Retail TouchPoints

If you think those “sponsored” products on Amazon are an innocuous little niche of advertising, think again. digital advertising channel after paid search and paid social campaigns. Currently, Amazon dominates the space with almost 78% of retail media ad revenue in 2021, trailed by Walmart at a significantly lower rate of 5.4%.

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5 Tips to Improve Retail Pay-Per-Click Results

Retail TouchPoints

between January and February of 2023 — they are still some way behind the comparative period of 2021. To continue on a positive trajectory, the retail sector must focus on the growth being driven by consumers’ continued adoption of online shopping. It’s crucial to maximize the performance of Google Shopping campaigns.

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Pinterest Names Google’s Bill Ready CEO, Underscoring Platform’s Commerce Ambitions

Retail TouchPoints

It’s been a busy month for Pinterest, which just four weeks ago announced the acquisition of AI-powered shopping platform The YES in a clear push to enhance its commerce capabilities. We want you to be able to pivot into shopping from inspiration at any point.”. Ready’s appointment further drives home that ambition.