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Contactless Voice Payment Technology: A Retail Strategy for Bringing Customers Back In-Store

Retail TouchPoints

In particular, consumer expectations for contactless payment methods as a result of health and safety concerns during the pandemic are galvanizing retailers to integrate flexible, contactless payment options like voice payment technologies into their operations. in April 2020, but online retailers saw an 8.4%

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Connecticut Small Business Statistics You Need to Know for 2023

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Are you curious about the state of small business in Connecticut. I have curated, vetted and listed an up to date stat on small businesses operating in connecticut. These statistics include every relevant piece of information on small businesses in 2023. was up from the 2018 rate of 0.5%.

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Ebay VP on the Platform’s Competitive Advantage: ‘We Don’t Compete with our Sellers’

Retail TouchPoints

Not only have a slew of new marketplaces launched, but big-name retailers like Walmart , Target and most recently Michaels are adding their own marketplaces. The platform’s gross merchandise volume (GMV) has been on the decline since 2018 — the company reported $18.2 billion of GMV it logged in the same quarter in 2018.

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How Brands Large and Small are Leaning into the Amazon Effect to Compete

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According to a 2020 survey, over half of U.S. It’s not just possible but inevitable that retailers can thrive on Amazon and compete with it at the same time. Since Amazon Prime’s inception 15 years ago, Amazon has only increased the annual membership cost three times — rising from $79 per year in 2005 to $119 in 2018.

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Your Small Business Saturday Guide: Tips, Tools, and Statistics for Local Companies

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For a tradition that only dates to 2010, you have to hand it to Small Business Saturday. consumers, with 64% of survey respondents indicating that their primary motivation for shopping on the day after Black Friday was to support their local community. But why is Small Business Saturday so important?

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The Real Impact of Late Deliveries & How to Handle Them

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— Brian LeVine (@BEL1177) December 28, 2018. Do you sometimes feel, as an eCommerce retailer, that despite paying a steep price to provide customers a top-notch delivery experience , you still struggle with their complaints? A majority of buyers refuse to shop from a retailer following a negative delivery experience.

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How I Turned My Father’s 90s B2B Business into California’s Fastest Growing Online Succulent Seller

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I was naturally drawn to the competitive and creative nature of retail business. Initially, I saw it as more of a hobby and “helping our family business out a little bit” than as a viable career path. On top of RivetWorks, I also use Shopper Approved (which automates a survey as well for text-based reviews).

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