Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2023

We began offering the option for customers to go online to make an appointment for a store visit in 2010, debuted the MyVerizon app in 2011 and began offering BOPIS (buy online, pick up in-store) in 2016. In-store reps use a tablet for POS, and customers using the Verizon app can essentially come right into the store [virtually].

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Payment Services Omnichannel POS Mobile 251

Ecommerce Platforms

JULY 21, 2020

TradeGecko is a cloud-based tool operating on the software-as-a-service model. Offering support for small to mid-sized businesses, TradeGecko is all about helping companies to manage their inventory and operations in an easy-to-understand environment. In 2011, he decided to design his own tool for back-end administration.

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Payment Services Shipping Costs Payments Order Fulfillment 104

Ecommerce Platforms

OCTOBER 5, 2018

It does not access it’s POS (point of sale) or multi-store back office. Then you end up in an ecommerce site that happens to operate a parallel local store or stores. Nonetheless, instead of operating as two distinct elements, they can be synced in real time to run as a single, integrated unit. Imagine this…. Or can they?

eCommerce Platforms 91

eCommerce Platforms Omnichannel Merchant Services Payment Services 91

BigCommerce

JULY 25, 2017

I talk to 3-5 ecommerce owners or business operators each week. It always starts with the same question –– one I learned back in my journalism days to solicit long answers that slowly reveal the direction of the entire conversation: How did the business get started and how get it get to where it is today?

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Shipping Costs eCommerce BigCommerce B2B 419