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Study Forecasts Accelerated Adoption of Digital Wallets and Buy Now, Pay Later

Retail TouchPoints

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. Digital wallet usage is expected to account for 40.5%

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

Retail TouchPoints

That, of course, is the key to Wish’s business model — by connecting international consumers directly with manufacturers (most of them Chinese, although diversifying the company’s merchant base is one of the company’s key turnaround pillars), customers can get products for dirt cheap. Doubling down on merchants outside of China.

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What Fighting Digital Commerce Fraud has in Common with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 

Retail TouchPoints

Online fraud cost digital commerce merchants $27 billion in 2021 , so it’s no surprise that retailers have redoubled their focus on eliminating these threats. With marketing and advertising costs, discounts, promotions, free shipping, fast deliveries and high returns, leaving money on the digital commerce table isn’t an option.

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Google Doesn’t Care if it Sells Products, but it Cares a Lot About Attracting Shoppers. Here’s Why.

Retail TouchPoints

We’re indifferent on where the shopping journey ends, where that transaction takes place ,” said Matt Madrigal, VP and General Manager of Merchant Shopping at Google in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “It The result is a much lower barrier of entry for merchants looking to capitalize on Google’s massive reach.

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How to Set Up Shipping in Google Merchant Center

Store Growers

When you’re configuring your Google Merchant Center account, one of the essential parts to get right is the shipping settings. Google needs this information to be able to show an accurate comparison between advertisers, both in terms of shipping time and cost! Why You Need to Set Up Shipping in Google Merchant Center.

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Jason Del Rey Explores the ‘Bare-Knuckled Battle’ Between Amazon and Walmart

Retail TouchPoints

What were your biggest goals going into writing the book, and how did your approach evolve as you embarked on the writing process? I think there’s a lot of rapid improvement going on in areas like their advertising and logistics businesses, but they’ve also experienced some major challenges in recent years. 8 division ?

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Back-To-School Spending Poised To Top $100 Billion Even Amid Disruption

Retail TouchPoints

“However, what was interesting is the amount of money that’s going to be spent on things like subscriptions for educational services. As in previous years, mass merchants are poised to take the largest share of back-to-school and back-to-college sales, according to the Deloitte surveys.