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#RSP22: Everything You Need to Know About Holiday 2022

Retail TouchPoints

The Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment, providing a wealth of insights to help merchants refine and optimize their holiday strategies. The return to offices and social events is inspiring consumers to level up their wardrobes and focus more on apparel and footwear.

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Exclusive Shopify Q&A: Product Head Reveals How SMBs Can Compete in the Age of Amazon

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It took Shopify merchants nearly 15 years to reach a cumulative GMV of $200 billion. I think a world without independent brands and independent merchants and local stores is a very boring world and a very boring landscape for commerce. It took just 16 months for them to double that figure. What stood out to you in the findings?

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As Consumer Demand for Inclusion Rises, Retailers Must Tackle Legacy Issues and Attitudes

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this year alone, representing approximately 21% of the total women’s apparel market. Retailers need to listen to the customers who are demanding representation, or risk walking away from potential profit and alienating a new consumer base.”. It all comes down to better understanding who the customer is and how we can best serve them.”

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

Retail TouchPoints

The most notable shift between the 2019 back-to-school season and today is the strong consumer preference for technology over traditional items like apparel and even school supplies. The move from school supplies and apparel to hardware and computers wasn’t at all surprising to us,” Sides explained. “The

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#RIC21 Provides 8 Real-World Answers to the Question ‘What do Consumers Really Want?’

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“AR and 3D modeling are going to revolutionize ecommerce because they give an interactive, immersive and really sharp user experience,” predicted Matt Maher, Founder of M7 Innovations. According to a report from Shopify, merchants see a 250% increase in conversions when using 3D product image models instead of 2D images.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

We also discuss the latest news (and controversies) around Facebook and TikTok pulling back from some social commerce initiatives (and pressing forward with others). Services to other retailer. Episode 297 is a recap of the GroceryShop trade show in Las Vegas, and the Consumer Brands Executive Summit in Colorado Springs.

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3 Takeaways from NRF Converge: Quick-Hit Quotes from Sephora, Walmart, Zappos and More

Retail TouchPoints

While discussions on diversity, inclusion and social responsibility have come to the forefront in retail over the last year, the billion-dollar market for adaptive and inclusive apparel remains largely untapped — but that’s changing. “In So right there you’ve got yourself a marketplace, but we’re also trying to be a lot more than that.