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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Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

by PingPong Payments. trillion in 2022. Social commerce is a subset of ecommerce, and harnesses the purchasing power of young customers on innovative new retail platforms. With this in mind, how do online sellers capitalize on social commerce trends, and what preparation must be made to ensure success in 2022?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

Shopping is everywhere. There are seemingly endless opportunities to shop — or be inspired to shop — in both the physical and digital worlds at any moment. Today’s consumers move across digital, physical and social platforms with ease, switching from browsing, researching and buying in seconds.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2022

Some of the biggest changes include new capabilities and integrations with Twitter that will enable additional social commerce options; Google , which will help retailers connect with shoppers near their brick-and-mortar locations; and iOS , which will let retailers use iPhones to accept contactless payments.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Whether it was inspiration from this “summer of sport” or keeping up with the ever-changing weather, the increasing unpredictability of consumers’ shopping habits was on display this summer. Having grown up as internet natives, Gen Z is said to be more desensitized to traditional advertising. after deploying both of these tactics.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2023

A series of executive shifts at Pinterest in the span of one week indicate that the social platform is gearing up for the next stage of its push into social commerce. Bornstein joined the company through the acqui s ition of her AI-powered shopping platform The YES in June 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2024

Consumers responded to steep discounts in key ecommerce categories, including electronics, where discounts peaked at 31% off listed prices (versus 25% in 2022); toys ( 28% versus 34% last year); and apparel ( 24% versus 19% ). Other key data points for holiday 2023: Mobile commerce overtook desktop, clocking 51.1%

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Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Independent Retailer spoke with multiple experts in the industry to find the hottest technology trends in 2022 for indie retailers to keep an eye out for: Human Behavior Analytics for Physical Locations. The Growth & Future of Mobile Payments. Now, as many as five in six payments involve no notes or coins, according to Cadoo.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

Her appointment follows a seven-month search after the brand’s former CEO Patrik Frisk announced his resignation in May 2022. In this company, he led platform product and operations. Social commerce – the use of social media to promote and sell products – is estimated to be a US$1 trillion industry in APAC by 2025.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

Her appointment follows a seven-month search after the brand’s former CEO Patrik Frisk announced his resignation in May 2022. In this company, he led platform product and operations. Social commerce – the use of social media to promote and sell products – is estimated to be a US$1 trillion industry in APAC by 2025.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2023

eMarketer expects retail mobile commerce sales to account for 43.4% In 2024, mobile commerce sales are expected to hit $534.18 billion in 2022. The Inherent Messiness of Mobile For a growing number of consumers, mobile commerce is the new standard, particularly when it comes to Q4 holiday and gift shopping.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Now, as we move into a post-pandemic environment, what will 2022 bring for retailers? From the rise of online shopping and its impact on in-store sales to the increasing importance of technology and security, we spoke to a few retail experts about what those in the industry can expect to see next year and beyond. . shops.? ?.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 4, 2023

Consumers are realigning their shopping habits and adopting cost-saving behaviour: price, coupons and discounts are key decision factors Global leader in payments services, Worldline, has published a survey highlighting changing online shopping behaviour.

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Retail Minded

JANUARY 21, 2022

And, while the current retail industry all too often has frustrating experiences to manage – including empty store shelves, hiring instability, and rising inflation – I believe that with great challenges also come great opportunities and NRF 2022 certainly reinforced this sentiment for me this year. Robotics and Retail Go Hand-In-Hand. .

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

Appointments for high-end fashion brand shopping have been a long-time standard, but they’ve begun to trickle down to fast fashion brands like H&M and Zara too. Customers book an appointment online and then shop in-store, creating a more curated feel while making life easier for associates to manage. Social Shopping (Livestream).

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

But the luxury market sits in a unique position of growth: spending on luxury goods grew approximately 20% in 2022, according to Bain & Company , and it is likely to expand further through 2023. The luxury market has a few key advantages that will likely safeguard it from financial turmoil. At Alibaba’s recent 11.11

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Australia Post’s 2022 e-commerce industry report told us that online retail sales represent around 20 per cent of total retail sales , with shopping habits being reformed during the pandemic. However, over the 12-month period from November 2021 to November 2022, online purchases were down 3.8

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

The 15 sessions, now available on demand, encompass critical areas of the retail enterprise, including: customer loyalty strategies; visual tech developments such as AR and 3D modeling; fulfillment and delivery management; the power of social networks; fast-growing Buy Now, Pay Later services; and the all-important customer experience.

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Independent Retailer

JANUARY 5, 2023

Live Shopping on the Rise. It is clear that ecommerce shopping will remain a major revenue source for retailers. Helen Herrick, Studio Director at MBH Architects ’ New York City office, says these are the hybrid shopping design trends that retailers should focus on in 2023: Browse Online, Try On In-Store. Augmented Reality.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It offers a unique value proposition to users and retail partners through the hyper-personalised styling service it provides, 24/7. We don’t hold stock, handle payments or shipping. Mys Tyler’s recently launched AI stylist is one such example. We’re a technology platform,” Mys Tyler CEO and founder Sarah Neill told Inside Retail.

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Rangeme

JANUARY 26, 2023

We’re seeing trends like sustainability, social commerce , omnichannel shopping experiences, and flexible payment plans take off among retailers and their consumers. The Plastic Packaging Tax – On April 1st, 2022, the U.K.’s Here’s a snapshot of what the top U.K. that is not at least 30% recycled plastic.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 8, 2022

A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. In episode 290 we recap all the key trends and news from the ShopTalk 2022 tradeshow. Episode 290 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday April 8, 2022. ShopTalk held it’s first in-person show since 2019, May 27-30th in Las Vegas. Transcript.

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Retail Assist

JANUARY 17, 2023

Quick commerce, social commerce, marketplaces, greenwashing of brands, a resurgence in physical retail and a rebalancing of ecommerce were key themes during the year. Whilst some press reports suggest there could be a decline in social media usage amidst a shunning of Big Tech, it’s pretty unlikely.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this episode we cover: Amazon Q4 Earnings Walmart Q4 Earnings US Department of Commerce Q4 e-commerce data Discussion of Temu and other Social Commerce News Don’t forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. more than 20 21 largely because 2021.

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Retail Geek

JULY 26, 2023

Adobe says total sales were up 6% over 2022. Commerce Next 2023 was held in New York City June 20-21st. You know what Gardner calls compostable Commerce so you know 8 micro services or you know efficient apis or however you want to look at it but often it’s like. [5:39] We give a complete breakdown.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 7, 2022

2022 Predictions. Jason : NFTs, Web 3, Metaverse, and Ultrafast delivery services are all overhyped and don’t deliver meaningful commerce revenue in 2022. Shein exceeds $30B in annual sales, disrupting apparel industry Adoption of BNPL services slows down to less than 15% CAGR in 2022. Transcript.

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