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Half of UK Consumers Back a Return to VAT-free Shopping for Tourists to Boost Retail Spend and Visitor Numbers, Retail Technology Show Research Reveals

365 Retail

Despite the Government refusing to overturn the abolition of the duty-free shopping for tourists in the Spring Budget, now half (50%) of UK consumers want the scheme to be reinstated, according to the latest research from Retail Technology Show (RTS), the leading event that connects retail’s changemakers and leading tech innovators.

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Flooid Names New CEO For North America

Retail TouchPoints

The two Group Co-CEO positions were created after Tony Houldsworth assumed the role of Group President in April 2020. Mutter’s most recent positions include work as a CFO at private equity-backed companies in the renewable energy and leisure sectors, as well as senior finance roles with Quotient and Sema Group.

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Voice Technology is Changing the Rules of Ecommerce and Customer Experience

GetElastic

By 2020, 30% of searches will be carried out without a keyboard or screen 1. Empowered by voice technology, data from past interactions, and pre-set commands, the devices understand a handful of phrases to answer questions, make purchases, and even get dinner going so it’s hot by the time they get home.

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Leveraging 2020 Ecommerce Trends to Improve Strategies

UpSellIt

In this blog post, we look to the future by examining five major ecommerce trends that are predicted to drive our industry forward in 2020 and beyond. This reached new heights in the second half of the 2010s, as technological advances took mobile shopping from an idea in its infancy to a part of everyday life.

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Walking the Line: How a Post-Pandemic Retail Hybrid Might Make the Best of Both Worlds

Retail TouchPoints

Facing a near-apocalyptic situation, retailers have had to pivot quickly, creatively and competently in order to withstand the chaos of the 2020 economy. Post-pandemic, leisurely sprees might be left in the past. Another great place for investment is in smart technology. Emerging Consumer Trends.

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Remaining Agile in a New Age of Retail: Three Things that Enterprise Brands can Learn from Smaller Players 

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From leisure and sportswear to gifts and jewelry, the chances are you’ve bought a product from a small business over the last couple of years — whether it be a digitally native startup, a one-person band working from their kitchen table or a small independent store selling online around the world.

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What Retailers can Learn from Theme Parks in the Wake of COVID-19

Retail TouchPoints

increase in online sales in Q3 2020 compared to the same time in 2019. Emerging technologies in retail, such as mixed reality, are often described as experiences in and of themselves, but they are only an enabler of new ways to approach or enrich experiences. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the growth of ecommerce, with the U.S.

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