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Checkout-less Shopping: Faster Payments, Smarter Customer Data

GetElastic

As early as 2013, Walmart’s wholesale division, Sam’s Club already had a “Scan and Go” app that let customers scan product barcodes and then pay at a special fast lane. With the 2016 update, people can pay straight from their phone.

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Checkout-less Shopping: Faster Payments, Smarter Customer Data

GetElastic

As early as 2013, Walmart’s wholesale division, Sam’s Club already had a “Scan and Go” app that let customers scan product barcodes and then pay at a special fast lane. With the 2016 update, people can pay straight from their phone. Within seconds, they receive an e-receipt to show to the “greeter” at the store in order to exit.

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NRF Big Show to Spotlight Innovative Consumer Products and Workforce Solutions

Retail TouchPoints

Inspired by his own experience — starting Chobani as a Turkish immigrant who himself hired refugees and found they were among his best employees — Ulukaya founded Tent Partnership for Refugees in 2016 to mobilize businesses to hire, train and mentor refugees. Get the Skinny on 2023 Trends.

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Brands Need a Dedicated Balance Sheet for Customer Health

Retail TouchPoints

Focusing resources appropriately requires fluency in sophisticated customer analytics that can identify a brand’s most valuable customers, while also helping marketers understand the right target acquisition costs based on projected lifetime value.

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The ‘Cart Abandonment’ Epidemic: Retailers’ Need For A Swiss Army Approach To E-Commerce

RTP blog

By Kelly DeRosa, IgnitionOne In 2016 alone, retailers lost an eye-watering $4.6 The retail landscape is constantly evolving, and the rise of digital shopping coupled with the noise of the customer’s cross-channel journey raises the stakes. trillion to abandoned merchandise in online shopping carts.

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162 Best Ecommerce Site Designs of 2017

BigCommerce

Want to see the best ecommerce site designs of 2016? You can toggle over to see 2016’s winners right here. We didn’t just want customers to see our UPLIFT Desk products, we wanted them to interact with them on our site firsthand. Our mobile site has seen even larger gains. Our mobile conversions are through the roof.

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The hybrid customer experience may be the key to your eCommerce success

GetElastic

After all, that’s where the customers are, right? We’ve even recently seen the adoption of in-store mobile self-checkout and COVID-19 introduced the concept of curbside pickup. This means businesses can give customers a more seamless, frictionless experience. Why all businesses should consider a hybrid approach.