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Consumer Spending Will Be Our Best Economic Barometer

Retail TouchPoints

We don’t have a COVID-19 crystal ball to see how this uncertainty will pan out, but we can see that consumer spending is shifting amid the pandemic. Disposable income and the savings rates for consumers — despite the nearly Great-Depression-level unemployment numbers — are at multi-year highs. Consumers may do one of three things: 1.

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Digital commerce in the 5G world

GetElastic

Ultra-reliable low latency communications will allow to achieve latencies as low as 1ms which enable delivery of new services such as near-real time data processing, remote control and augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR). Manufacturers will be able to sell hardware products in on-demand fashion with new value-added services.

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B2B is the New Driver of Growth for Buy Now, Pay Later

Retail TouchPoints

Throughout the past few pandemic years, buy now, pay later (BNPL) has become the latest fintech trend to change how people pay for goods and services. A majority of American consumers have now used a BNPL service, up from 37.65% in July of 2020 — an increase of almost 50% in less than one year. Meeting B2B Business Needs.

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Simplicity Underpins Future Payment Fabric And The Future Of Payments

Forrester eCommerce

The future of payments will see firms shift focus from consumers toward businesses, embedding payment technology (not payments), and programmable payments in a quest to mitigate complexity.

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CPA Marketing: 5 Actionable Strategies to Grow Your Accounting Firm

Kissmetrics

A study by Hinge Marketing found accounting and financial service firms were the slowest growing of all professions studied. In short, the better you get at marketing your services to the right people, the more you can squash industry-standard growth rates and boost your profitability. You’re not alone.

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How to Use LinkedIn Insights in an Actionable Way

Kissmetrics

The industry insights section provides you with data on certain industries, such as healthcare and financial services. If you’re looking to grow your business by hiring a few people, using LinkedIn Insights can help you find the best candidates without time-consuming trial and error hires. Stay Hip to New Trends.

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SaaS Billing Software: 7 Tools in 3 Categories & How to Choose

FastSpring

But it can be very time-consuming and a drain on resources to add new payment methods. Chargify: Subscription Management for B2B SaaS. Chargify is subscription billing software built specifically for B2B SaaS. Although startup companies may be able to use their services, Verifone is geared more toward large enterprises. .