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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

“Right before we launched, I had a panic attack when I did the math of how many customers we would need to survive,” recounted Andy Hunter, Founder and CEO of Bookshop.org in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “It and Hunter estimates that the site has saved as many as 400 bookshops from going out of business. “In

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

BigCommerce

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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NYC Unveils Plan to Combat both Organized and Individual Retail Theft

Retail TouchPoints

With the exception of 2020, the total number of shoplifting complaints across New York City’s five boroughs has increased every year since 2018 — although there are signs that this tide is turning in 2023. Retail theft has increased citywide and nationwide since the pandemic, and we must continue to work together to drive down shoplifting.

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CommentSold Moves into DTC Sales with Popshoplive Acquisition

Retail TouchPoints

The newly named platform — Popshoplive, powered by CS — will allow creators to sell products directly to their followers via their own branded storefronts rather than referring them to brands and retailers. CommentSold has sold more than 147 million items from over 7,000 small to enterprise-sized retailers on its platform.

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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. that consumer spending fell by a record 16.4%

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Black Friday 2018: An Ecommerce Survival Guide

BigCommerce

These days, over a hundred million of us brave the Black Friday retail scene in person. So what does this mean for ecommerce retailers? This year, Black Friday (November 23, 2018) will kick off a shopping season that comprises 30% of all sales for the year. It’s a coma-inducer. billion in 2017. Market trends.

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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%.