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#TBT: Service Merchandise Was the OG Multi-Channel Shopping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

I have very vivid memories about Service Merchandise , a now-defunct business with a unique ordering process focused on catalog inventory. Service Merchandise was a bit more fun than today’s similar IKEA shopping experience because it carried more than mediocre DIY housewares and furniture. Don’t remember it?

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The customer is in control: Here’s the new payment and checkout experience

Inside Retail

E-commerce skyrocketed when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, as more consumers realised its ease and convenience. However, the past few years have also exposed what online shopping just cannot replicate – human interaction, experiential shopping and social connection. . “We We are all inherently social beings.

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Consumers Just Keep Spending Online: Here’s How to Keep it Going this Holiday Season and into 2024

Retail TouchPoints

However, the overall data masks some key data points that may be of concern to retailers, including data showing declines in discretionary categories such as furniture (-1.0%) and sporting goods (-1.6%). And with less inflation, consumers will regain some spending power. But there are possible headwinds on the horizon.

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Mollie’s Black Friday payment data reveals 51% increase in BNPL usage

A1 Retail

Fintech unicorn and payment processor, Mollie, reveals trends for small and medium-sized merchants during Black Friday, Cyber Week and Cyber Monday. Payment methods and merchant performance. Payment by BNPL methods more than doubled from 2019 to 2020. France, the Netherlands and Belgium. Category insights.

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5G in Retail: Creating the WOW factor

Retail TouchPoints

Dick’s Sporting Goods , one of the largest sporting goods retailers, recently unveiled its House of Sports store with a running track, rock wall, batting cages and outdoor turf field. Omnichannel solutions that leverage intelligent displays, QR codes and consumer profiles can provide extreme personalization.

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Top Ways Retailers Continue Evolving their Tech Stacks

Retail TouchPoints

But while blending of in-store and online provides consumers with significantly more flexible shopping, it also creates operational challenges. Consumers’ new shopping habits picked up during the pandemic show no sign of waning. Providing Various Payments Technologies. billion in 2020, up 32.4%

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DoorDash Looks Beyond Restaurants to Become ‘The Local Commerce Company’

Retail TouchPoints

The delivery platform unveiled a series of major updates and service additions at its first-ever product showcase on June 27, 2023, including search and shopping features to help consumers find and buy whatever they are looking for (well beyond just meals), and a new integrated rewards program for merchants. “We