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Beyond the Transaction: How PayPal is Helping Remove Friction Across the Commerce Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Since spinning off from eBay and going public for a second time in 2015, PayPal has expanded its reach well beyond that one digital marketplace to more than 30 million merchants worldwide. When we have partnerships with these merchants they’re trusted brands, so consumers can feel good about shopping with those brands.”.

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DoorDash Debuts DashMart Digital DCs In 8 U.S. Markets

Retail TouchPoints

DoorDash is taking dark store fulfillment in a new direction with an online delivery service that sells products from its owned and operated local distribution centers. The company says “many more cities” will launch the service in the coming months, including San Diego, Baltimore, Denver, Sacramento and Concord, Calif.

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Integrate Pricing, Promotions and Markdowns to Drive Profitability

Retail TouchPoints

Despite a positive job market and a stabilized economic environment, most consumers ( 96% ) are looking to save money in the short term, according to a recent study from PwC. But at the same time merchants’ margins are being squeezed, making intelligent pricing and promotions strategies even more critical for success.

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How to Win Consumer Choice in 2022: Focus on These 3 Trends

Retail TouchPoints

Virtually every aspect of the enterprise, from product development and analytics to operations and marketing, will need to evolve in parallel with the modern market; retailers need to rethink their cross-functional operations to thrive as they progress into the future. Lindsey Mazza is Global Retail Lead at Capgemini Group.

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Kroger Taps DoorDash to Add Flowers and Sushi to its Delivery Mix

Retail TouchPoints

. “By offering customer-favorite sushi options and premium floral bouquets through third-party marketplaces, we are continuing to evolve and meet customers where and how they are shopping,” said Stuart Aitken, SVP and Chief Merchant and Marketing Officer at Kroger Co. in a statement.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

Groundbreaking at the time, but now sorely outdated, UPCs are finally getting a facelift and moving into the 21st century thanks to the GS1 Sunrise 2027 initiative. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process.

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Grocers need a long-term, scalable e-commerce platform

Mass Relators

merchants, up 14.2% Over the past two years, retailers have been introduced to a vast array of tools and services to help support this volume — ranging from marketplaces to quick-add software packages, to new but often disparate systems — the options can seem overwhelming. Consumers flocked online for essential purchases, adding $102.08

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