Small Biz Trends

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Instacart offers grocery delivery and pick-up service. The company also offers an option for customers to pick products at selected retail locations. And Instacart pays for their services. The signup process is easier. Full-Service Shopper Vs. In-Store Instacart Shopper. What is Instacart? In-Store Shoppers.

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Star Miconics

JULY 14, 2023

Offer Excellent Customer Service Outstanding customer service can set you apart in the ecommerce realm. Consider integrating chatbots for 24/7 customer service or providing live chat options for real-time assistance. The future of retail and hospitality is omnichannel, cloud-based, and connected. Download Now 7.

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Small Biz Trends

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Cashiers play an important role in your business operation as they handle most of the monetary transactions. While a well-trained cashier can offer a balanced cash drawer, shorter lines in the checkout aisle, and most importantly satisfied customers. In business, loss in processing time results in incurring additional costs.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2020

While brick and mortar stores still play a strategic role in this market vertical, online shopping has skyrocketed, and with $294 billion expected in online home furnishing sales by 2022, retail store owners can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunity to ramp up their cross-channel game plans. What is cross-channel retailing?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2020

While customer loyalty remains a top priority for executives, less than half believe their current approach is effective, according to a Mastercard-sponsored Harvard Business Review Analytic Services (HBR-AS) report of more than 400 executives globally. A single data breach in the retail industry typically costs more than $1.84

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Small Biz Trends

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

If you’re a small business, freelancer, or just have an online side hustle, you’re going to feel the recent increase in fees from online payment platforms like PayPal and Venmo. And as these other online payment systems increase their fees, Square Online is keeping the same rates with more features.

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Small Biz Trends

APRIL 15, 2021

Besides having a brick-and-mortar shop, going online to offer your products and services comes with lots of opportunities for your business. An eCommerce platform is a software application that helps businesses sell products and services online. This means users don’t have to buy web hosting or install software anywhere.

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I Vend

AUGUST 13, 2023

Retail is one of the most highly competitive sectors in the business world* – it’s a tough environment, with constant industry changes. Retail trends show that every year increasing numbers of retailers shut their doors for the last time**, impacting hundreds of stores and thousands of employees.

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Indigo 9 Digital

AUGUST 2, 2022

In the United States Amazon has made the most significant advances in creating tech enabled retail stores with its Just Walk Out technology that allows customers to skip the checkout. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox.

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I Vend

JANUARY 9, 2022

A new year is a time to look forward and think about what will shape the future, and in this, my first article of the year, I’ll be exploring the top five trends in retail technology for 2022. iVend Retail Management Suite iVend’s retail technology is delivering innovation in retail.

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Retail Assist

JANUARY 17, 2023

Blending physical and digital to get the basics right will be paramount: from visually appealing displays and signage, tidy shop floors, well-stocked shelves and accurate stock information, efficient queue management of sales, click and collect, returns and service points, to the availability of knowledgeable and empowered retail teams.

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Star Miconics

MARCH 29, 2024

Barcode technology, a cornerstone of modern retail, offers a systematic approach to tracking a wide array of inventory items through unique numerical values represented by parallel bars. This innovative method has facilitated the rapid processing and easy readability of product information by both computers and humans.

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