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Lightspeed POS Continues Global Expansion with Acquisition of Vend

Retail TouchPoints

Lightspeed POS , a provider of cloud-based, omnichannel commerce platforms, will acquire cloud-based retail management software company Vend for approximately $350 million. The deal is expected to close at the end of April 2021, subject to customary closing conditions, with Lightspeed paying approximately $192.5

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Holiday Shopping 2021: How SEOs Can Help Clients Inspire, Deliver and Sustain

Retail TouchPoints

As SEOs [search engine optimizers], any heavy lifting we can do to clear a path for our clients toward success in the holiday shopping season will be especially welcome in 2021. Economists are predicting another very strong, extended online shopping period in Q4 2021. Ecommerce spending in November-December 2020 rose an astounding 45.2%

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How China’s Missfresh Makes Rapid Grocery Delivery Pay

Retail TouchPoints

trillion yuan (approximately $195 billion ) in 2021, according to Missfresh Co-CFO Catherine Chen. According to Chen, online grocery penetration in China was at 20% in 2021 and is expected to increase to 25% this year. In 2021, Missfresh filled 28.7 A New Kind of ‘Neighborhood Retail’. yuan ( $13.89 ).

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The Complete QuickBooks POS Review 2021

Ecommerce Platforms

The post The Complete QuickBooks POS Review 2021 appeared first on Ecommerce Platforms. QuickBooks POS Review: Popular QuickBooks POS Integrations. The QuickBooks Point of Sale integrates with the following applications and systems: WooCommerce. BigCommerce. QuickBooks accounting. QuickBooks Online.

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Making Fulfillment a Revenue Driver: 6 Ways Design and Tech Can Collaborate

Retail TouchPoints

From early 2020 to mid-2021, the percentage of retail chains offering curbside pickup surged from a miniscule 7% to a staggering 51%. In CPG and electronics specifically, Nicholson has seen a surge in in-store vending machines and loaded kiosks, like those that many airports are now outfitting their terminals with.

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Marketing on Amazon – The Amazon 1P vs Amazon 3P Dilemma

ChannelSale

When it comes to vending products on Amazon, people sell their own items through Amazon’s marketplace and get to fulfill all the orders through FBA [ Fulfillment-by-Amazon ]. Besides that, based on a 2021 SMB report, around 7,400 items were each minute between September 2020 and August 2021.

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Hexcite Group appoints Wes Mulligan as Group Chief Executive

365 Retail

At Selecta, the vending and coffee business, he led the integration and alignment of five businesses into one to create a £200m+ turnover market leader. Wes has led a number of businesses across retail, leisure and support services sectors. Wes joins the Hexcite Group as it continues its programme of expansion.

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