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Digital Is Turning Retail Into An On-Demand Model

Retail TouchPoints

To accomplish this, operational models need to be adapted quickly. Predicting what’s to come isn’t easy, but having a robust network infrastructure in place would allow retailers to deploy new services rapidly when they’re ready to add them — regardless of where stores are located, or how long they’ve been established.

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#RSP22: Everything You Need to Know About Holiday 2022

Retail TouchPoints

The Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment, providing a wealth of insights to help merchants refine and optimize their holiday strategies. Customer service, digital experience, personalization and other factors drive that emotional loyalty.”.

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Temu Lawsuit Targets Counterfeit Apps and Lookalike Online Marketplaces

Retail TouchPoints

Customers who unknowingly engage with these fake sites often go so far as to place orders, and when they inevitably get neither the product nor a satisfactory answer from customer service (assuming there is any), their opinion of Temu goes down. This may be because they have bigger fish to fry.

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Holiday Leftovers? Here are 4 Ways Sellers can Minimize Excess Inventory

Retail TouchPoints

Further, excess inventory can lead to lost revenue because products that are not sold quickly can become obsolete or go out of fashion. Sellers are also setting up independent stores on platforms that can help automate the selling process and enable sellers to connect their stores to a broader range of marketing channels.

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Retail Lessons From China: Innovation, Resilience And Recovery

Retail TouchPoints

From payments to delivery, processes have been scrutinised to reduce the need to touch people, products and PIN pads. Retailers need to make the necessary adjustments to store operations, fulfilment processes, payments and more, to respect shoppers’ continued desire for contactless commerce.

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Analysis: Luxury retail in the post-Covid landscape

Inside Retail

Many habits they developed during 2020 — such as shopping online through WeChat and making mobile payments — will become permanent. According to a 2019 study by McKinsey, young Chinese consumers will account for 65 per cent of the growth in luxury fashion and accessories globally heading into 2025. Retail the New Way.

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2023: The Year of Customer Retention? Retail Tech Predictions

Retail Assist

Quick commerce, social commerce, marketplaces, greenwashing of brands, a resurgence in physical retail and a rebalancing of ecommerce were key themes during the year. Whilst some press reports suggest there could be a decline in social media usage amidst a shunning of Big Tech, it’s pretty unlikely.