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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

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In yet another sign that the COVID-generated ecommerce surge has subsided, the Salesforce Shopping Index reported flat ecommerce sales in the U.S. And how are you giving them a value-added product or service for being loyal to you? for Q1 2023 — the first period with no online sales growth since the Index debuted in 2014.

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How to Make the Most of Free Google Shopping Listings

Retail TouchPoints

Fortunately, not long into the crisis, search behemoth Google paid attention to these companies’ needs, announcing in April that merchants would be able to list products on its Google Shopping platform for free. Your business should certainly be looking to harness Google Shopping to its advantage. of all clicks. of all clicks.

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5 Real-World Ways 5G Will Transform Retail

Retail TouchPoints

There are an almost infinite number of answers, but the long and the short of it is that 5G will enable merchants to perform intricate digital tasks faster and on a much larger scale. “5G This often goes hand-in-hand with cloud computing (data processing that happens in the cloud as opposed to servers on site). “5G

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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.