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Party City Plans Just 25 Halloween Pop-Ups For 2020

Retail TouchPoints

Party City is hiring 20,000 temporary workers for the holiday season — 80% of its 25,000 seasonal hires in 2019 — even though the retailer is drastically reducing the number of Halloween City pop-up stores it will open this year. The National Retail Federation projects that Halloween spending will dip only 8% from 2019, topping $8 billion.

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What retailers can learn from the 2021 holiday shopping season

Kibo

The 2021 holiday shopping season was historic, in that it was the culmination of two years of accelerated trends, shifting consumer behaviors, and omnichannel shopping realities that have emerged since the start of the pandemic. Shoppers return to stores, while omnichannel retail remains strong. QR-code payment users will reach 2.2

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Dwolla Review 2019: ACH Payments Made Easy

Ecommerce Platforms

Plaid has a mobile-friendly option too. A hosted payments page. You can offer customers billing plans and scheduled payments. You can work with ACH Payments. A mobile app to use Payline on the run. We also love that Payline integrates with Apple Pay several other mobile wallet services. Emails receipts.

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Consumer Survey Roundup: Retailers Must Demonstrate Safety Measures To Woo Shoppers Back To Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers have developed new shopping habits during the shutdowns, most notably a greater reliance on e-Commerce, contactless pickup and delivery and mobile payment methods. E-Commerce spending for April and May 2020 was more than $153 billion , 7% higher than the $142 billion spent in November and December 2019.

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Retail Trends: Going Cashless

OrderDynamics

There were early efforts at digital payments using a mobile wallet. Despite the early hiccups of SMS payment and WAP payments that did not catch on, cashless transactions crept in regardless. Philadelphia recently made headlines by banning cashless stores and restaurants by summer 2019.

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Retailers, Reach For The Minimum By 2020

RTP blog

By Ed King, HighStreet Collective Since we started our consultancy, HighStreet, in mid-2017, it’s become painfully clear that legacy retailers have had a difficult time with their “omnichannel” and in-store innovation efforts. A 2019 survey by BDO illustrates this point. Plus-Ups: Offer a mobile app with personalized pricing.

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April 2021 COVID-19 + Ecommerce News Roundup

ROI Revolution

of digital ad revenue share in 2020, down from 37% in 2019 in light of Amazon’s significant increase. Pandemic accelerates digital real-time payment adoption. The coronavirus pandemic accelerated consumers’ adoption of real-time payment options by 41% last year. In 2018, global mobile payments accounted for just 18.9%