Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2020

When retail historians compile the definitive chronicle of this era, they will recall something remarkable: as merchants across the nation responded to the COVID-19 outbreak by shifting more operations online, two years’ worth of e-Commerce growth got crammed into two weeks. How to explain that paradox? Curbside Pickup/BOPIS Fraud.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Musical instrument retailer Guitar Center has entered a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) with its key stakeholders that the company expects will include a voluntary filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2020

It has been widely reported that the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a boom in online retail. Criminals have learned how to scam the BOPIS process, largely because retailers generally depend on employees to confirm the recipient’s identity, instead of using other technology that is engrained in the ecommerce process to detect fraud.

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Star Miconics

AUGUST 17, 2022

During the Covid lockdown, a lot of retail spending moved online. Brick-and-mortar merchants may have an advantage when it comes to collecting compelling transaction proof: printed receipts. A chargeback occurs when a customer requests their bank to reverse a transaction. Unfortunately, chargebacks are coming with them.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

JANUARY 20, 2022

One of the biggest recent trends in retail may be slowing down. Buy now, pay later” (“BNPL”) companies have exploded in popularity over the past year, largely through integration into retailers’ online checkout platforms. Two BNPL providers are on the receiving end of putative class actions filed in Connecticut and California.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 29, 2021

WASHINGTON — Retailers filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to compel the Federal Reserve to lower its 10-year-old cap on the “swipe” fees banks charge to process debit card transactions. The suit, filed by the North Dakota Retail Association and the North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association in U.S.

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VMS

MAY 4, 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) WASHINGTON — Retailers have filed a lawsuit seeking to have the Federal Reserve lower its 10-year-old cap on “swipe” fees banks charge to process debit card transactions, saying the agency wrongly applied federal law and that merchants have paid billions of dollars more than intended by Congress while banks’ costs have fallen.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Data breaches pose a significant risk to digital retailers, leading to lost customer trust and potentially far worse. Clearly, efforts to keep the hackers out of retailers’ databases are not working. Even a massive data breach yields nothing of value to the hackers, and has no impact on the retailer’s reputation.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2021

But unlike other data files, like for example a digital picture, which can be shared and copied ad infinitum , NFTs have built-in “digital scarcity” as well as the capability to be owned by a person or company. The potential implications for retail are not just intriguing — they could potentially be transformative.

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Retail Minded

JANUARY 17, 2023

If you plan to open a retail store in the USA, you must take some time off your busy schedule. It’s also called the Investor Green Card Program. With this visa, you can set up a retail store or a retail chain in the US and legally live and work there. You can then file quarterly returns with them.

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Hyken

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

QR codes for drive-thru transactions . Amazon, the leading online retail giant, provides a contactless return service through QR codes. You can even use QR codes to redirect customers to their product’s warranty cards. . So it is important to have prompt customer service in place for maximum customer satisfaction.??

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Retail Next

MARCH 13, 2020

Here are essential strategies you should employ in your new retail company. The primary documents you’ll need to manage your retail business are the balance sheet, income statement, and revenue forecast. File Tax Returns. However, if you have the skills, it is excellent as you can proceed to file the taxes.

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Rain Pros

JULY 27, 2022

In today’s complex retail environment an efficient website is more important than ever. In the current retail environment in-person sales can be challenging. Facilitate Conversation Today’s online retail environment is more interactive than ever before. What are the different types of eCommerce business models?

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Retail Geek

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Episode 315 is a recap of Turkey 5 2023 holiday retail season. Episode 315 is a recap of Turkey5 (The five days from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday) 2023 with Rob Garf , Vice President and General Manager, Retail at Salesforce. Department of Commerce, e-commerce grew 7.75% in Q3, while total retail only grew 2%.

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Inside Retail

MAY 17, 2022

The Web3 race marches on for retailers, as major industry players start to incorporate non-fungible tokens, cryptocurrency, and blockchains into their businesses. The craze surrounding NFTs last year has encouraged many brands to further explore Web3’s capabilities in retail. So, why are retailers betting on crypto now?

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Small Biz Trends

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The IRS offers certain tax deductions for small business owners to help make the process of filing taxes easier and more efficient. Small business owners and independent contractors can claim a number of tax deductions when filing their taxes for the 2022 tax year. This includes any fees associated with filing taxes.

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365 Retail

MAY 4, 2022

NatWest Group’s VRP offering will enable payment providers to give businesses a new option for managing customer payments for a range of services, including utility bills and subscriptions – complementing existing payment options such as Direct Debits and online card payments.

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Retail Geek

MAY 20, 2021

In episode 264 we review the April US Dept of Commerce Retail Data, the Q1 US Dept of Commerce E-Commerce data, and earnings reports from Walmart, Target, TJ Max, Macy’s, Lowes, and Home Depot. Retail Q1 Earnings. A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. April 2020 (severely Covid impacted month). vs Q1 2020.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 8, 2022

Making ShopTalk one of the first industry events to truly feel like it did prior to the pandemic, and living up to the billing as the retail industries reunion. We’ll call what were the so that’s the Starbucks what about the this whole thing called retail and e-commerce. Transcript. and Mandalay Bay is good because it has.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 18, 2021

Harder to make ad model work Other Retailers – Loser for customer acquisition, slight benefit for retail media networks. Alternative Solutions. 1P Walled Gardens (Facebook, Google, Amazon) Real ID Systems (Trade Desk, Liveramp, Epsilon) Clean Rooms Cohorts – Google Privacy Sandbox: FloC (Federated Learning of Cohorts).

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