Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2025

The company previously operated stores in Sydney, NSWs Central Coast, Newcastle and Canberra, according to the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO). Q Fay Trading, a company operated by Gu and Yang which imported and supplied products to the stores, also received a $44,100 fine. The penalties include a $4.3

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 12, 2025

Digital shopping and payments app Klarna has partnered with the Nift gifting platform, offering Klarna users a choice of gifts at key points in the purchase cycle in categories including fashion, jewelry, restaurants, music and home goods. The Nift offering is now available to all U.S. Klarna users. and the UK.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

That inherent distaste for the transaction phase is one reason payment companies are so eager to expand into other parts of the shopper journey. taking place online, digital payment solutions like Venmo and PayPal (which has owned Venmo since 2013) are well positioned to capitalize on the opportunity.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

GameStop , Express and Saks OFF 5TH all have deployed buy now, pay later services. GameStop is partnering with Sezzle , and Express and Saks OFF 5TH are both partnering with Klarna to offer the option to shoppers of paying for their purchases in four equal, interest-free payments.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2024

They’ve been shaped/scarred by not one but two global economic traumas — the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the COVID pandemic — and they’ve grown up with social media playing an increasingly large (and loud) role in shaping culture, including how these consumers shop, research and purchase products and services.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 3, 2025

Liverpool ONE has announced that Inditex-owned fashion brand, Zara , has opened its significantly upsized flagship on upper and lower South John Street. Increasing in size by 55% from 27,200 sq ft to 42,000 sq ft, Zaras new Liverpool ONE store offers a larger collection of Zaras menswear, womenswear, and childrenswear across two floors.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2023

Uniqlo Australia says an internal audit has uncovered underpayments of staff stretching back seven years with the fashion retailer now contacting impacted workers to organise redress. The Japan-headquartered company is also revising and re-investing in its HR and payroll processes with the help of external auditors.

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365 Retail

JUNE 6, 2025

By 2025, the differences between traditional retail and digital payments will be almost gone. Lithuania provides a clear legal framework for virtual asset service providers (VASPs) and is renowned for its innovative regulatory environment. Under the direction of the Bank of Lithuania, its licensing procedure is efficient but reliable.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

For example, a fashion store may sell winter clothing in the Northern Hemisphere while offering summer apparel to customers in the South. They want seamless experiencesfrom clear product information and localised payment options to transparent shipping costs and easy returns. However, global customers also have high expectations.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 23, 2021

Flexible payment provider Affirm is expanding its range of services to include the post-purchase experience with the acquisition of online returns solution Returnly for approximately $300 million. Retailers such as Walmart , Bonobos and Peloton currently use Affirm to offer customers flexible payment options such as Buy Now, Pay Later.

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

percent overall uplift in acceptance rates in 2024, leading Vinted to triple its volume processed through Checkout.com Checkout.com , a global digital payments company, has announced its partnership with Vinted, the online marketplace for second-hand fashion. As a result, Vinted experienced a 4.15

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2025

Many previously manual processes have been automated, enabling staff to spend more quality time with customers. The strategy has increased margins, improved customer experience and optimised internal operations. Its about reimagining the entire end-to-end ecosystem of technology, from stock systems to payment and fulfilment.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

For the Overall Online Store Experience, the Online CX Index covered search and discovery, pre-purchase support, and checkout and payment analysing up to 100 data points across the entire pre-purchase experience. Moreover, customers compliment Supres wide range of payment and flexible shipping options and authority to leave deliveries.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 4, 2024

Australian fashion brands are gaining momentum in the UK and Europe, reflecting the growing diversity and dynamism of the global fashion industry. Customise your delivery processes to match local tastes and expectations. Your operations should not only be efficient but should also reflect the ethos of your brand in every market.”

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

For the Overall Online Store Experience, the Online CX Index covered search and discovery, pre-purchase support, and checkout and payment analysing up to 100 data points across the entire pre-purchase experience. Moreover, customers compliment Supres wide range of payment and flexible shipping options and authority to leave deliveries.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Certain categories seem to work best with social commerce: Consumer packaged goods (CPG), fashion, beauty, and health and wellness. Promotional efforts such as coupons and discounts work well in social commerce, too, as do flexible payment terms.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

According to data analysed by ASBFEO of 7,000 big businesses collected by the federal government’s Payment Times Reporting Regulator , only 24 per cent of big businesses in the retail sector are paying its small business customers within 30 days. This was introduced as a mechanism to increase transparency, and improve payment performance.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

This is also the moment to renegotiate supplier contracts to share the cost burden, secure discounts, defer payments or temporarily freeze prices. Prashant Agrawalis the visionary CEO of Impact Analytics , a software and services company that has been leading innovation rooted in AI for almost a decade.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Luxury resale marketplace The RealReal has teamed up with luxury fashion site Mytheresa to educate consumers about the value of resale and encourage online consignment of upscale goods. The RealReal inaugurated National Consignment Day in 2017 to raise awareness about creating a more sustainable fashion ecosystem through resale.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 27, 2022

including new payment and checkout options, personalized styling facilitated by smart mirrors and upgraded delivery and return options. COS (which stands for Collection of Style) is owned by H&M and currently operates 13 locations across the U.S. location, with additional locations getting the upgrades later this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2020

Touch-free “contactless” payments in stores and at vending machines are gaining popularity with U.S. Although contactless payments are already popular in much of the world, they hadn’t seen much interest in the U.S. And NFC payments offer the same level of security as EMV-chip enabled cards. Here’s what U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2023

And thanks to a seamless payment experience powered by SplitIt , GSN is creating inspiring content about its fine jewelry and is then translating it into bottom-line results. “If For fashion and even semi-fine jewelry, paying with a credit card isn’t such a hassle. We did not want that to reflect on our business.”

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2024

Online fashion retailer Revolve recently entered the omnichannel space with its first-ever permanent physical retail location in the heart of downtown Aspen, Colorado. Here, Li speaks to how Revolove’s global growth is driven by localisation strategies that deliver the best service to its customers within each region.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 10, 2025

The group has resumed home delivery of a selection of its best-selling fashion ranges across England, Scotland, and Wales, with plans to add more fashion, home, and beauty products daily. Click and collect, next-day delivery, nominated-day delivery, and international shipping services are also expected to restart in the coming weeks.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2021

Southeast Asia’s leading online fashion and lifestyle retailer offers customers a world of payment options and a seamless shopping experience. Now, consumers who shop Zalora will have the ability to pay with any of their preferred local payment solutions at online checkout as part of a seamless shopping experience.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2022

Melbourne Fashion Festival is partnering with PayPal as its naming rights sponsor for the 2022 show in a three-year partnership that aims to “ignite creativity and commerce”. PayPal is all about inclusion, innovation and helping Australian businesses thrive,” said PayPal general manager of payments Andrew Toon.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

Fashion Retail’s Looming Cash Crunch. Across the industry, nearly half of global fashion brands do not commit to paying for finished orders, which causes a huge liquidity problem for suppliers. Many of these suppliers, hit hard by the shock waves of the pandemic, have ceased operations and will never reopen.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

The white label program is powered by the ThredUP Resale-as-a-Service solution and includes the digital shop, clean-out program and cash offerings — all elements designed to encourage customers to rotate their wardrobes sustainably, buy secondhand and receive credit to repeat the process. “At

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2020

Fashion retailers were hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, but the industry may have found a silver lining: an influx of new e-Commerce customers. This data frames the fashion industry’s recovery roadmap: work to retain new customers, and keep the former single-channel customers shopping online.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

A notable gap is apparent, though, between values and actions, as many still shop frequently on fast-fashion platforms like Shein. Fast and frictionless checkouts leveraging mobile payment systems and self-service options. Explore circular economy initiatives, such as buy-back programs or rental services.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2021

For Vietnamese retail management firm Au Chau Fashion and Cosmetic Company (ACFC) , the rapid adoption of online shopping spurred by COVID-19 store closures offered an opportunity to beef up the omnichannel experience across its suite of international brands. .

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Inside Retail

MAY 17, 2022

The industry’s latest move: accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment. In August 2021, German streetwear brand Philipp Plein became the first fashion brand to accept cryptocurrency at its new crypto concept store in London. Since the beginning of this year, a number of brands have begun to process crypto payments in-store.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2020

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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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Australian arm of fast-fashion brand H&M is launching an initiative today to help vaccinate children against preventable diseases by partnering with UNICEF. The partnership relies on the launch of Adyen’s ‘Giving’ platform, which allows merchants to accept charitable donations during an online checkout process.

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Inside Retail

JULY 9, 2023

BB Retail Capital (BBRC) has issued a compulsory acquisition notice in relation to its takeover bid for discount fashion retail brand Best & Less Group (BLG). He is the global CFO of BBRC business across investments and operations. In an ASX announcement, BBRC advised BLG shareholders to accept the takeover offer at $1.89

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2023

The Container Store has debuted its Closet Clean Out resale program for apparel and accessories, powered by the ThredUp Resale-as-a-Service solution. Together, we can slow fashion waste and reduce its impact on our planet.” Sellers can then choose between cash or a Sam Edelman credit as payment. “At

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 12, 2023

However, to do that, the system needs to be operable 24/7 throughout the entire year. The old-fashioned way of doing that was always to have staff available. The ultimate benefits that come with all of that include: reduced operating costs, fewer operator errors, increased sales, . Deciding Which Processes to Automate.

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