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How Streamlining Digital Checkout Boosted Polywood Conversions Nearly 50%

Retail TouchPoints

In 2017, Polywood had a great product sustainability story (its outdoor furniture is made from 100% recycled plastic and comes with a 20-year guarantee) and a solid launching pad for direct-to-consumer sales (a 27 -year history of selling through big box, home improvement and specialty patio stores). It was an involved, intense process.

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Combat Inflation’s Impact by Streamlining Conversational Commerce Channels

Retail TouchPoints

And how are you giving them a value-added product or service for being loyal to you? Another opportunity is for field service technicians and reps that now have upsell opportunities that they [can complete] with customers in person. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): What can retailers do to deal with the challenge of slower online sales?

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Contactless transactions surged in 2021 as shoppers and merchants benefitted from £100 limit increase

A1 Retail

The value of payments made contactlessly increased 40.2 Thursday 23 December was the busiest day for contactless payments with the value of eligible transactions 121.4 per cent of all eligible card transactions in 2021 were made contactlessly, with the total value of contactless payments made increasing by 40.2 per cent**.

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Worldline and JD Group enhance strategic partnership by enabling charitable donations with Pennies

A1 Retail

The additional service will allow JD Group customers to make charitable donations to the JD Foundation, specifically the Together We Can project, as part of their payments journey through Pennies’ charity box. Pennies is a leading fintech charity, that offers a digital charity box option that can be integrated into the point of sale.

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First ‘post-lockdown’ long weekend predicted to drive sales for hospitality and leisure SMEs

A1 Retail

The quarterly SME Barometer combines billions of merchant transactions, processed by Barclaycard Payments, with research data to provide an in-depth look at the UK SME economy. More than four in 10 plan to hire additional staff over the next 12 months in a sign of positivity for the future.

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2022 Retail Success Guide

Independent Retailer

Crypto Payments Help Deliver a Competitive Advantage. Crypto payments help businesses attract a new customer segment while also lowering payment costs and eliminating fraud chargebacks. There are four main findings based on interviews with four merchants that accept bitcoin and other cryptos.

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The 2020 Holiday Shopping Season Promises to be a Tale of Two Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

Although it’s tempting to hunker down — and double down — on time-tested marketing and sales methods, now is the time to rethink and rewire sales, operations, logistics and support. In some cases, 24-hour operations with shorter work shifts may be necessary. Unfortunately, many retailers fall short at checkout.

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