Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The retail landscape is constantly changing, and there’s no doubt that the rise of online shopping has been revolutionary. Offline merchants are introducing new tech to compete with ecommerce companies, and there have been delivery issues with some internet-based services.

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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. Bing’s goal might be similar.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

And when shopfloors get busy, a reliable payments solution is essential – which is why CommBank’s new Smart terminal is the perfect addition to your store this holiday season. This uptick looks set to continue as we head into the holiday season and consumers return in-store. That means merchants need to be prepared.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Flexible Payments Will Gain Further Ground. Flexible payments are continuing to gain steam, particularly among younger generations. A survey by Klarna found that 75% of Gen Z, 76% of millennials and 60% of Gen X are looking for more flexible payment options. Let the countdown begin…. 2 (Super Saturday, Dec. 18) and No.

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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. 31, 2021. “We’re

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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. million applications to start new businesses through September 2021. Given the ongoing shift in consumer shopping preferences, many of these new businesses will be digital-first companies.

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 27, 2022

The value of payments made contactlessly increased 40.2 The contactless limit increase to £100 in October 2021 increased the average number of transactions by 27.5 Thursday 23 December was the busiest day for contactless payments with the value of eligible transactions 121.4 per cent higher than the daily average in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

As early as February 2021, industry analysts predicted the year’s holiday ecommerce sales would climb to $206.88 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.

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 8, 2021

As part of our ongoing review of 2021 , Dezeen rounds up the top 10 most remarkable and intriguing shop interiors of the year – from a cannabis dispensary made to look like an old-fashioned grocery store to a makeup boutique arranged around a large, mossy mound. Apple Via del Corso, Italy, by Foster + Partners.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Bonta hopes that the lawsuit will force Amazon to cease these allegedly anticompetitive practices and recover damages for California consumers and the state’s economy. Amazon counts more than 160 million members of its Prime service and approximately 25 million are located in California. In the U.S., Racine has appealed the decision.

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Star Miconics

MARCH 11, 2022

Self-service, or “unattended” environments, are the new expectation, and 2022 will officially be the watershed moment for self-checkout technology, adoption, and innovation. Consumers now expect payment solutions that both anticipate and address their needs no matter where, when, or how they choose to shop.

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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% 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. share of ecommerce payments. of ecommerce spend.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2022

announced in October 2021 that it planned to change its name to Meta, searches for the term “metaverse” skyrocketed. One definition most can agree on, though, is that it’s a “virtual world,” and one that already is presenting tremendous opportunities for both brands and consumers. When Facebook, Inc.,

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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. Consumers in every age bracket are in fraudsters’ sights.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

With consumers feeling increasingly worried about missing and damaged packages, SMB retailers that adopt personalization methods — from real-time package tracking and multiple delivery options to an omnichannel ecommerce approach — can improve both their bottom line and provide peace of mind for consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

trillion in 2021, according to Euromonitor International, which means international expansion has a value simply too good to overlook. However, experts note that in times of economic volatility and fast-changing consumer behaviors, brands need to think strategically about their path to global growth. Build Out Your Engagement Strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In the last two months alone, TikTok has rolled out dedicated “Shopping Tabs” for Shopify merchants, Twitter began a pilot of its “Shop Module,” and Pinterest made it possible for creators to “control the shopability of their content” by tagging products. There’s no time to waste, because consumers are already there.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 20, 2021

ATLANTA — InComm Payments released the results of its 2021 Holiday Report on Wednesday, which found that consumers are already preparing for the holiday season and plan to get a head start on shopping – beginning as early as right now. consumers regarding their expectations for this season’s holiday shopping.

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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. Over the past five or six years we’ve seen huge strides in payments technology, co-founder and chief Brad Karney adds. The time is now.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Retailers certainly need to know what consumers want , but perhaps an even more important question is: How do I provide it to my shoppers? Fortunately the 2021 Retail Innovation Conference, which wrapped up Nov. Share granular consumer data with suppliers to create more appealing products.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Amex also has partnered with musical artist Chlöe Bailey to create a “Shop Small Soundtrack” that TikTok users can add to their content. Shopping small has a significant impact on helping local communities, with two-thirds of every dollar spent at small businesses staying within the local community. small business owners.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The new offering is powered by Bolt’s Checkout Everywhere solution (originally called Tipser until it was acquired by Bolt in late 2021), which allows websites of all kinds to add transaction capabilities and sell products from participating merchants. “We’re IndyBest’s centralized shopping section.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

United Parcel Service (UPS) plans to buy Roadie , a delivery platform supporting local same-day delivery across the country. Financial terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close in Q4 2021, were not disclosed. Roadie will continue to operate under its own name following the purchase’s completion.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Consumers are shopping with intention this holiday season and prioritizing small and local businesses, according to a new Mastercard survey. Unique Shopping Incentive Programs. Sixty-four percent of shoppers plan to support black-owned businesses, while 65 percent say they are planning to shop at women-owned businesses.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Among its multiple impacts, COVID-19 accelerated an elongation of the holiday shopping season that was already underway. Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that).

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Inside Retail

MARCH 7, 2022

Coles’ chief executive of e-commerce Ben Hassing said the supermarket is aiming to deliver a quick shopping experience to its customers “anytime, anywhere, anyhow”. “We We are passionate about finding innovative ways to help our customers to shop with us,” said Hassing. “By billion by 2025, according to ResearchAndMarkets.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In the world of ecommerce, Google is a bit of an anomaly: while a relatively minor player in the marketplace landscape compared to giants like Amazon and eBay , it is at the same time central to the shopping journeys of millions of consumers every day. We’re Not a Retailer, We’re Not a Marketplace’.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2021

The business surveyed 2000 global consumers to compile the data, releasing the report to highlight retailer opportunities that continue to arise in the sector. 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

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 19, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions increased nearly 30 percent during the 2021 holiday period. Supply chain fears prompted early shopping with a 28% increase in October. The data showed that BNPL transactions peaked more than 43 percent in October as shoppers began their 2021 holiday shopping early.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

adults say they begin their online shopping search on Amazon. Amazon: the Consumer-First Platform. Amazon has completely upleveled what a high quality ecommerce experience looks like for consumers. The Amazon Effect also is reflected in the in-person shopping experience at brick-and-mortar retailers. Now 60% of U.S.

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Barclaycard Payments’ data shows quarterly SME transactions have risen by 38.1 per cent (compared to 2019) as Christmas shopping gets underway. 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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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 19, 2021

New customers are a major growth engine for retailers, but many merchants view first-time online shoppers as high-risk due to their unfamiliar behaviour and lack of purchase history. Our data already shows that across the e-commerce landscape, up to 70 per cent of orders that are declined by merchants are made by legitimate customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2022

Uber is expanding Uber Eats’ services with new features such as the ability to place orders when grocery stores aren’t open for later delivery, live tracking of orders from store to door and easier product replacements. billion in February 2021. The upgrades are aimed at benefiting retailers as well as customers.

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Independent Retailer

AUGUST 29, 2022

BNPL is a great payment option, especially with the holiday season coming up so consumers do not have to front the entire amount at the time of purchase. BNPL is a great payment option, especially with the holiday season coming up so consumers do not have to front the entire amount at the time of purchase.

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Mollie data reveals record Black Friday week online spending with European consumers checking out larger basket sizes Mollie , one of the fastest growing financial service providers in Europe, has revealed that merchants saw a 7.3 percent in 2021 to 3.3 percent) when compared to last year. percent in 2023.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In some instances, the diminution in power led to attempts to pivot, for example by leveraging digital infrastructure to turn shopping centres into online marketplaces and food delivery services. The mall operator provided a delivery service there for its tenants. By the third quarter of 2021, the company was delivering $2.3

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 19, 2022

All of these retailers succeed by building hype around the launch, priming their loyal customers to place their order as soon as the product or service is released. Consumers are left disappointed, feeling cheated and let down. This surge of reseller abuse can have a negative impact on the business-consumer relationship.

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