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Holiday Shopping Trends and Payments Innovations: Experience as Competitive Advantage

Retail TouchPoints

As the holiday shopping season approaches, retailers face increased pressure to facilitate a seamless and secure shopping experience. Payments technology is central to the shopping experience. Innovations like biometrics and tap-to-pay have transformed how, when and where consumers shop.

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DoorDash Simplifies Multi-Merchant Shopping, Offers Discounts to EBT Recipients

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DoorDash has redesigned its shopping experience for retail products, allowing customers to search for an item across multiple merchants with prices and estimated delivery times displayed in a single view. For the hard-to-shop-for, DoorDash has gathered physical and digital gift cards from hundreds of merchants, including DoorDash gift cards.

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DTLR, Shoe Palace Shift to Mobile POS at 450 U.S. Stores

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The UK-based JD Sports acquired Shoe Palace in December 2020 and DTLR in February 2021 as part of a push into U.S. The move to Jumpmind Commerce for point of sale on mobile devices is part of a larger initiative to modernize our stores and elevate the shopping experience for our customers , said DTLR CEO Todd Kirssin in a statement.

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Toys ‘R’ Us to Make Latin America Debut with New Panama Flagship Stores

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We look forward to creating a unique and engaging shopping experience with the opening of our flagship store in Panama, as well as expanding the footprint with standalone stores across the region. flagship location had opened in New Jerseys American Dream mall in December 2021. The initial U.S.

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Luxury brand pop-up store hyperlocal retail strategies

Retail Focus

Media outlets often cover the shopping experience as part of cultural events or trends due to the sense of occasion and exclusivity it creates. In Los Angeles, Gucci opened a pop-up shop to commemorate the brand’s centenary, with references to the Hollywood film industry.

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La-Z-Boy Embraces Experiential Retail in New Chicago Store

Retail TouchPoints

La-Z-Boy is in the midst of its Century Vision transformation strategy, launched in 2021, which includes doubling down on omnichannel and growing its Joybird ecommerce brand. However, the key focus is reinvigorating the La-Z-Boy brand, which was launched nearly a century ago in 1927.

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Grocery Trend Report: Upgrading Digital Shopping to Support ‘Power Users’ and Appealing to Ethno-National Identities

Retail TouchPoints

The in-store grocery shopping experience has held on to its appeal, even as supermarket retailers have realized that they also need to offer customers simple, yet personalized, digital commerce options. Albertsons also has recognized the major role that mobile devices play in grocery shopping.