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Regulation is Coming to POS Finance: Why Responsible Lending Will Benefit Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

As economic pressures and living costs surge, more people than ever are considering using point-of-service (POS) finance — such as buy now, pay later and installment loans — to manage their cashflow. It is in nobody’s interest to onboard financially delinquent customers or customers with affordability problems.

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How New Rules Will Impact Recurring Transactions in India

FastSpring

The Reserve Bank of India issued new guidelines for subscription purchases earlier this year — and the new rules came into effect a few days ago, on October 1, 2021. This process is straightforward, and we describe it in detail below.). The Reserve Bank of India Is Enforcing its Rules Effective October 1, 2021.

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How to Turn E-commerce Returns into Profits for the 2021 Holiday Season

lateshipment

Your customers are already disappointed about having to return a product they spent days waiting for, why make that process even harder for them. Instead, you can choose to make your returns process as easy as shopping via: Automating your returns approval process to ensure that navigating through returns is hassle-free.

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Epic Games Versus The App Store: A Fight for Autonomy and Freedom in the Ecommerce Era

FastSpring

Note: Apple announced that it would be reducing the App Store fee from 30% to 15% for most developers starting on January 1st, 2021. For customers, the process of looking for apps to download usually takes place in one of the four leading app marketplaces; Google Play, Apple App Store , Windows Store, and the Amazon App Store.

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Klarna launches experiential consumer activation in Manchester

365 Retail

Klarna , the global banking, payments and shopping service, is launching an experiential activation in the heart of Manchester to raise awareness amongst consumers and influencers regarding social media advertising guidelines.

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eCommerce Marketplaces 101: How Can I Leverage Them?

GetElastic

Earlier this year Gartner boldly stated in their Predicts 2021 Report: COVID-19 Drives Accelerated Shift to Digital and Commerce Model Evolution that, “By 2023, 30% of enterprise marketplaces will transition into a majority third-party seller model for better profitability.”

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Retail SMS Marketing – The Power of Text Message Marketing in 2021

Korona

There are still a lot of channels for direct marketing to your consumers, but none are currently better for retailers and other merchants than SMS marketing. . SMS campaigns can be used to notify their shoppers about updates, new products, promotions, service reminders, or any other relevant alerts. Customer service follow-up.