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Despite Recent Bad Press, Self-Checkout is Here to Stay. Here’s Why.

Retail TouchPoints

This is the first part of our two-part series, “ From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out: A Look at Autonomous Retail Experiences.” In part one we go beyond the headlines to uncover the reality of the self-checkout situation. Plus, despite all the vocal naysayers, many consumers actually like the technology.

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Meta Changes Instagram, Facebook Shops to Encourage In-App Transactions

Retail TouchPoints

A shift toward a new dynamic for Instagram and Facebook Shops will require companies to enable in-app checkout in order to offer a Shop on both sites. via both Meta’s Commerce Manager and Shopify will only be allowed if checkout on Facebook and Instagram is enabled. The change will first be tested in the U.S.,

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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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8 Key Ecommerce Automation Strategies That Drive Sustainable and Profitable Growth

Retail TouchPoints

Add the increasing CPC costs at all sorts of paid advertisement channels and harsher competition to that, and you get a not-so-rosy outlook for the market altogether. Advertising. Advertising automation is vital if you want to maximize ROAS and stay competitive. Incident management. “On in 2019 to 14.9% Email marketing.

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

Retail TouchPoints

The move follows a similar trajectory at Google , which has been continuously adding more features to make itself central to the online shopping experience, including the recent debut of a new checkout flow. Certainly having more sellers and more products on its shopping platform should boost traffic and therefore advertising audiences.

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How a Reactive Omnichannel Strategy can Help you Capitalize on Reactive Buying Trends

Retail TouchPoints

Social commerce channels are a boon for brands because they marry authentic connection with the convenience of native checkout features to create powerful shopping experiences. 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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Walmart Expands Reach of Third-Party Retail Services with Salesforce Integration

Retail TouchPoints

Just like Amazon’s AWS, Walmart now offers a portfolio of cloud-based third-party services through its Commerce Technologies division, including checkout experiences , omni-retail fulfillment capabilities such as curbside pickup and BOPIS and retail intelligence offerings for inventory forecasting , pricing and personalization.