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Buy Now, Pay Later: Risks and Rewards

Retail TouchPoints

Buy now, pay later is short-term financing that allows people to buy everyday items like home goods, electronics and clothes in low to no interest monthly installments — and receive the goods immediately. And there are a lot of consumers that use it: 56% of Americans have used a BNPL service, up almost 50% in just one year.

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Overcoming the challenge of selling DTC perfume and fragrance cross-border

ESW

Brands with non-fragrance lines face additional complications when attempting to sell perfume online alongside other merchandise like clothing or handbags. Clothing, handbags and accessories generally do not carry a dangerous goods classification. They can ship easily via various methods, including air.

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How Edge Computing Enables the Retail Store of the Future

Retail TouchPoints

Innovations have slowed since then, but edge computing will usher in a new wave of personalization and self-service for modern shoppers. Because it’s not fast or cost-efficient enough to send these images to the cloud for analysis, the processing of those images must happen at the edge.

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Harnessing the huge marketing potential of subscription services

365 Retail

Subscription services really took off in 2020 thanks to a combination of lockdown driving online shopping, consumers’ desire to save money, and the innate convenience of the subscription model. While new product lines help brands to keep up with demand, it also means increased competition for consumer spend and loyalty.

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Trends Analysis: Why Cryptocurrency May Still Be Important for eCommerce

ESW

His company has been accepting Bitcoin as a payment method for a half decade. For many companies, Bitcoin simply represents a system that facilitates the movement of money with comparatively low transaction costs. Mark Brinkerhoff at CyberMiles notes that payment processor BitPay takes just 1 percent per crypto transactions.

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From Retail to e-Tail: How to Launch an Ecommerce Website for Your Brick-and-Mortar

BigCommerce

Rohan Moore , founder and CEO of UK fashion company, Olive Clothing. For Tahnee Elliott, identifying and servicing her primary market was especially easy. Being in a college town, we have a lot of transient customers who go home during the summers and holidays,” she said. Tahnee Elliott , founder and CEO of T.C.

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Printful vs Printify: The Ultimate Print-on-Demand Services Comparison in 2020

Ecommerce Platforms

It’s now easier than ever to custom-print stuff like drawstring bags, hoodies, or cushion covers, in just a click. So far, both Printful and Printify stand as the two biggest print-on-demand services. But before we share deep insights on these services, let’s first define what print-on-demand entails. . To brief you up.