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Square Debuts Appointment Booking App to Help Service Providers Connect with Customers

Retail TouchPoints

Financial services and POS solution Square has launched a new consumer-facing app that lets customers search, discover and book appointments with beauty and personal care professionals. Additionally, businesses can solicit private feedback through the app to better improve operations and customer service.

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How to Prep for Mobile Commerce in 2018

SellBrite

But in recent years, buyers are getting even more flexibility and accessibility with online shopping—thanks to the rise of mobile shopping. Mobile commerce is growing in popularity as technology improves. To help sellers prep for “m-commerce” in the coming year, this guide will walk through how much mobile shopping has grown.

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Combat Inflation’s Impact by Streamlining Conversational Commerce Channels

Retail TouchPoints

for Q1 2023 — the first period with no online sales growth since the Index debuted in 2014. And how are you giving them a value-added product or service for being loyal to you? Another opportunity is for field service technicians and reps that now have upsell opportunities that they [can complete] with customers in person.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Brands can include a number of features in a 2D barcode that can help improve and ease access to customer service. alongside a large QR code. A true win-win!

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The Best Buy Now Pay Later Apps

Ecommerce Platforms

The number of buy now pay later apps continues to increase as demand for financing services increases. In most cases, the installments are usually interest-free, but that depends on the payment plan. Afterpay is a popular buy now pay later service that was founded in 2014. Email and text reminders for payments.

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Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain in Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

When it comes to payment processors in ecommerce sites, the talk used to be about credit cards, PayPal, COD (cash on delivery), et al. Local currencies couldn’t be converted to bitcoin easily and, as a result, no retailer would even think of accepting bitcoins as payment. Currently, there are countless merchants who accept bitcoins.

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Best Platform to Sell Online in 2020: An In-Depth Analysis

Ecommerce Platforms

Whereas a standard website platform/builder has features for adding pages and posts and menus, an ecommerce platform takes it a step further by including product management, shipping tools, payment processing, and more. Some other elements that add more costs include third-party apps, hosting, domain names, and processing fees.