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How Ecommerce Retailers Can Prepare Now for Back-to-School 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Give Back-to-School Shoppers Alternative Payment Options. Regardless of your customers’ age demographic, it’s a smart idea to offer digital wallet payment options at checkout. This alternative form of payment was popular with all age groups in the survey, although the reasons for its popularity seem to vary by generation.

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7 Biggest Traps That Ecommerce Platforms Don’t Tell Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

To measure this performance, the website must have high conversion rates, low bounce rates and an easy checkout process, rather than a wide range of colors and innovative buttons that bring the focus to homepage attractiveness only. . In the long term, it can turn out to be an extremely costly and time-consuming process.

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The Future of Retail and AI

Retail TouchPoints

Namely, the conversations focus on how traditional brick-and-mortar stores can incorporate AI into their operations as more and more fully autonomous stores pop up around the world. As a result, retailers had to move quickly to implement social distancing mandates in stores to make their customers feel as safe as possible while shopping.

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No Longer Alternative: The Rapidly Approaching Future of Local Payment Methods

Retail Minded

Contributed by Steve Villegas VP, Head of Payment Partnerships for North America. Customer retention requires a well-balanced blend of gilt-edge experience and customization. Merchants serving a global audience need an added layer of personalization; tailoring their payment method offering to consumers in each market.

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10 Ways to Keep Customers from Leaving Your Store Empty-Handed and Boost Your Profitability

V Count

It directly impacts the short-term profitability of the business, creating financial issues that can weigh heavily on the operations. Poor Customer Service : One significant factor that can lead to a decrease in customer retention is poor customer service.

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Unveiling the Winning Playbook: What Retailers Can Learn from Online Sportsbooks

365 Retail

Streamlining the Checkout Process Sportsbooks prioritize simplicity and speed in their transaction processes. Retailers can enhance the checkout experience by implementing efficient and user-friendly payment systems, reducing friction, and ensuring a hassle-free purchasing journey.

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mPOS – bringing back the human touch to in-store shopping

I Vend

Mobile POS allows store associates to get alongside customers as they are making their buying decisions. It offers a wide range of customer-focussed services: for example: Locate items – the associate can use the mPOS to see which items the shopper has browsed, or reserved, online, and help them locate the item in the store.