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Target Rips Up Paper Checks as Payment Method

Retail TouchPoints

Citing “extremely low volumes” of customers using personal checks, Target will stop accepting checks for in-store payments on July 15, 2024, as reported in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and confirmed by Target. According to the Federal Reserve , the number of payments made by check has been declining, dropping 7.2%

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How digital payments can help businesses lead in customer experience

Inside Retail

The acceptance of cash has started to trend upwards again, but payment technology is helping businesses to deliver consistently better experiences, so what does the future hold? And how can businesses be ready for evolving payment technologies? Consumers, too, preferred to use contactless payments or to shop online.

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Amazon Plans Chainwide Rollout of Palm-Based Payments at Whole Foods

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S., Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion.

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

Inside Retail

People flock to shopping centres and it is not just to procure goods and services; it is also about the experiential enjoyment, the social element and the ability to make more informed purchasing decisions.”. Of course, physical retail has had to undergo a few changes since the first wave of Covid, particularly at entry, payment and checkout.

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H Mart Upgrades Ecommerce CX with Real-Time Inventory Availability

Retail TouchPoints

Asian-American supermarket chain H Mart has migrated from a legacy commerce platform to VTEX , an upgrade that allows the retailer to leverage store inventory to provide online shoppers with real-time product availability. Additionally, H Mart customers can now order both shelf-stable and fresh products in the same cart.

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Filipino Specialty Supermarket Seafood City To Launch Online Store

Retail TouchPoints

Seafood City Supermarket , which sells Filipino specialties and general grocery items in 32 stores in the U.S. Local Express is instrumental in not only creating the best face of Seafood City online, but also optimizing the back-end e-Commerce operations and synchronizing with our POS and other systems,” said Jonas C.

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Save Mart Partners with Flashfood to Offer Discounted Food and Divert Waste

Retail TouchPoints

The Save Mart Companies , a 194 -store supermarket chain operating in California and western Nevada, has partnered with Flashfood to offer high-quality groceries at up to 50% off and, not incidentally, divert food waste from landfills. SNAP EBT payment capabilities are built in to the Flashfood platform, benefiting the 4.6