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PayPal Credit Introduces Physical Card for Brick-and-Mortar Payments

Retail TouchPoints

To promote the new physical cards, PayPal Credit has made a limited-time offer to pay for travel purchases such as flights, hotels, cruises and ride shares over a six -month period with promotional financing and no minimum spend.

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How IoT is Transforming Digital Signage in Retail

Retail TouchPoints

If a particular section of the store sees more traffic, a digital display could promote items from that section, creating a tailored shopping experience. Consumers can inquire about sales, promotions or store layouts, and the signage will respond in real time, providing relevant information based on the IoT data collected.

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How retailers are protecting margins and profits amid economic uncertainty

Inside Retail

Yet we still saw an appetite amongst retailers for investing in technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) to drive efficiencies across operations, finance and compliance obligations. We sat down with leading retail finance experts from The Reject Shop, Forever New, Taking Shape and Vinomofo to find out.

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What the Woolworths-Endeavour tech split reveals about modern retail strategy

Inside Retail

That affects everything from promotions to customer service scripting,” he said. When you share deep systems – from POS to supply chain, loyalty to finance – separation isn’t plug-and-play,” said Walker. Clancy noted that store staff can end up working across mismatched interfaces.

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How to Navigate Revenue and Expense Management: Competitive Insights for Financial Success

Speaker: Hilary Akhaabi, PhD - Founder, Chief Financial & Operations Officer at Go Africa Global

In the fast-paced world of corporate finance, staying ahead of the curve is crucial for sustainable growth and profitability. Managing and Enforcing Expense Policies 📊 Understand how to develop and enforce company expense policies that promote financial discipline and cost-efficiency.

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Retail Supply Chains and Commodity Risk: How Trading Brokers Are Becoming Strategic Partners

Retail Focus

If the past few years have taught purchasing teams anything, it is this: price risk is no longer a distant finance issue. As a result, supply chain and finance teams increasingly sit together to ask, “How can we smooth these spikes without tying up too much working capital?” It sits at the heart of operational planning.

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What Retailers Can Learn from Other Industries’ Use of AI

Retail Focus

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries at a rapid pace, from healthcare to finance and logistics. Additionally, AI can segment customers by purchasing behaviour to offer discounts or promotions that are more likely to convert, making marketing spend far more efficient.