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Retail, POS Finance and the Quest for ESG

Retail TouchPoints

In addition to the products and services they offer, retailers are reconsidering the environmental and social impacts of their supply chains, employee activity and even which partners they choose to work with in an effort to fulfill a moral obligation to their consumers — especially the younger generation.

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Embedded Finance: Making Payments Possible in New Frontiers

Retail TouchPoints

In fact, embedded finance will be a $777 billion opportunity by 2029. What’s really exciting about embedded finance is the simplicity of making complex payments accessible to a wide range of people and businesses, and the creative innovations that are opening new use cases and new opportunities. So how can businesses get a piece of it?

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What Is Purchase Order Financing?

Small Biz Trends

Purchase orders are piled-up, and there is a shortage of money to buy goods from suppliers to fulfill orders. If it does, then purchase order financing or PO financing is just the solution to quickly get the much-needed money to fulfill those orders. What Is Purchase Order Financing? Does it sound relatable?

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Navigating The Loan Process: Tips For Securing Restaurant Financing 

Retail Minded

However, the financing process doesn’t have to obstruct your culinary vision. Financial institutions like Credibly Financing or a similar organization offer restaurant financing solutions that can be an accessible option for securing the necessary backing.

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Making Fulfillment a Revenue Driver: 6 Ways Design and Tech Can Collaborate

Retail TouchPoints

In the pandemic’s wake, many retailers set up flexible fulfillment services in order to meet new safety guidelines and consumer requirements. Nicholas believes that to make store fulfillment a truly profitable initiative, retailers need to find new ways for their tech, operations and design teams to collaborate.

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Target Names New COO, Divvies Up Merchandising Responsibilities

Retail TouchPoints

He will wear both hats until Target names a new finance chief. As COO, Fiddelke will oversee Target’s nearly 2,000 stores, its global supply chain network, fulfillment services, network capacity planning, enterprise operations and the teams responsible for building and remodeling Target stores and facilities.

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It’s Official – Amazon is an Ecommerce Enabler First and a Retailer Second

Retail TouchPoints

Perhaps most importantly, “a decade ago, very few of you were using things like Amazon Advertising, Amazon Lending and Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), and things like Brand Registry, Seller-Fulfilled Prime, Seller University and even Amazon Accelerate didn’t exist,” said Mehta at the event.