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Reports: PayPal in Talks to Acquire Pinterest for $45 Billion

Retail TouchPoints

The payments provider has worked to stay at the cutting edge of relevant trends, including the buy now, pay later (BNPL) services that are currently experiencing massive growth and are expected to surge during the holidays. Adding social media capabilities could further enhance PayPal’s offerings for retailers. “We

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2023: Ring in Retail Profits by Stopping Automated Threats

Retail TouchPoints

As consumers faced higher prices at the gas pump, grocery stores and other places, many cut back on their spending, increasing the competition among retailers. This was especially evident on Black Friday, when many merchants offered steep markdowns to compete. ATO attacks cost retailers millions of dollars each year.

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Behind Apple’s price cuts and the competitive mobile phone market in Apac

Inside Retail

According to Reuters , the US tech giant slashed retail prices by as much as 500 yuan ($70) on select iPhone models. But these days, based on retail reports from key markets like Singapore, Indonesia and Australia, consumers are spending more on services, travel, food and beverages, clothing and footwear.

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How Ulta Beauty Takes Product Innovation to the Next Level

Rangeme

As a one-stop beauty destination with full-service salons in every store, the retailer provides guests with everything across the spectrum of categories and services. The process I manage for new brand review is a rolling, year-round process. The beauty enthusiast is at the heart of everything Ulta Beauty does.

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What is Return Fraud and How to Prevent It

Small Biz Trends

It’s the act of defrauding businesses using its return process and it’s a problem in the retail industry. American hospitality and retail sectors reported $33.9 Other methods are called price arbitrage and open box fraud. It’s the crime of defrauding a retail store through its returns process.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 309 Instacart IPO Filing

Retail Geek

Jason: [8:04] No I was just I was just thinking that they I assume they left it blank because the underwriters were out of practice. There’s also the others you can think of Jason there’s this one.

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How to Maximize Profit with Retail Dynamic Pricing (2023)

Retalon

Retail dynamic pricing, powered by AI, is emerging as the compass to guide retailers through the convoluted maze of data-driven pricing strategy. Changing prices to match market swings is always a step behind. Manual and batch-based processes fail to keep pace with the speed of today’s markets.