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Want to Cut the Cost of Fast Fulfillment? It All Starts with Inventory Placement

Retail TouchPoints

But just because we’re not yet stepping into transporters to beam us where we want to go doesn’t mean technology has no role to play in cutting fulfillment costs. to customers by 10 p.m. That has been [Amazon’s] mantra all the time: ‘Get it to the customer faster.’

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4 Ways Retailers can Leverage Generative AI to Drive Revenue and Productivity

Retail TouchPoints

The world of retail is getting ready for its iPhone moment using breakthrough generative AI technology. These first movers near universally are noting the gigantic opportunity to transform their business, from operations to customer relations and retention. trillion in 2026, from $3.3 And there’s plenty of money at stake.

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How MACH Technologies Help Retailers Foster a Dynamic Customer Experience

Retail TouchPoints

The pace of technological change — as well as consumers’ increasing demand for always-on-shopping, anytime, anywhere — has left some retailers struggling to innovate digitally to meet customers’ evolving wants and needs. The customer experience is changing — and faster than ever. MACH helps them do it — and fast.

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Top 5 China Ecommerce trends to watch in 2023

365 Retail

We predict more and more retailers will start to leverage the metaverse to gain customer loyalty and develop products – by 2026, it’s expected that a quarter of consumers will spend at least one hour a day in the metaverse for work, shopping, education, social or entertainment.

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Sneaker and Sportswear Ecommerce: the ‘Non-Luxury’ Luxury Apparel Leader 

Retail TouchPoints

Nike is a standout performer in the apparel market with the highest brand value of any mass apparel brand, approximately $110 billion, and in 2020 the global sneaker market was valued at approximately $79 billion , which is predicted to hit $120 billion by 2026.

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Future Of Cloud-Based POS

Korona

Cloud POS trends are booming, with nearly 28% of retailers planning to adopt this technology to shape the future of their sales operations and improve consumer satisfaction. The global cloud POS market is expected to reach $9 billion by 2026.

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2021 Technology Predictions for Retail Industry

iVend

Cloud-Based POS The hottest trend in POS technology currently is the cloud-based POS. billion in 2019 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 27% from 2020 to 2026. Growing adoption of cloud-based payment systems for inventory, employee, sales, and customer management in small businesses will boost the market growth.