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H&M opens up donations at checkout to support vaccinating kids worldwide

Inside Retail

The Australian arm of fast-fashion brand H&M is launching an initiative today to help vaccinate children against preventable diseases by partnering with UNICEF. The partnership relies on the launch of Adyen’s ‘Giving’ platform, which allows merchants to accept charitable donations during an online checkout process.

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Smaller Spaces, Bigger Tech and Optimized CX

Retail TouchPoints

Controlling traffic volume and giving the perception of control and exclusivity to the consumer is one way to make the most out of each square inch. 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.

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

Retail TouchPoints

It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. Consumers want more information about the products they buy, and retailers want more visibility into the products their customers buy.

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What’s next for Designerex, the Airbnb of fashion rental

Inside Retail

As part of the deal, PixelForce is building a Shopify app that will enable designer fashion brands to show customers exactly how much they could earn if they rented out items on Designerex after purchasing them. Next on the list of innovations is a consumer-facing app, which PixelForce will help build.

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Short-Form Video and UGC are Reshaping the Realm of Influencer Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

If you spend any time at all on social media it’s hard to escape influencers, and there’s a good reason for that — they are incredibly compelling, both to consumers and advertisers. TikTok and Instagram are volume platforms, they’re like the fast fashion of social media,” Dulay explained. But don’t count YouTube out.

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2023 in review: 8 stories that rocked retail this year

Retail Gazette

Rising prices put a squeeze on consumer spending throughout the year, and although inflation has finally started to ease, shoppers sill remain cautious with Accenture research revealing 64% of UK adults plan to reduce their spending over Christmas. Shein is also understood to be mulling listing on the London Stock Exchange.

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Retail Industry Landscape 2021

CJ Retail Solutions

There’s talk of Black Friday tips and the future of retail spaces , and the C word was most definitely “consumer”. From the checkout to the boardroom, retail employees pulled together and recognised they had a job to do – and did it with aplomb. If ever you’re feeling nostalgic, go and read some retail blogs from the end of 2019.