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No Longer Alternative: The Rapidly Approaching Future of Local Payment Methods

RetailMinded

Contributed by Steve Villegas VP, Head of Payment Partnerships for North America. While merchants cannot control offline challenges like supply chain disruption or last-mile delivery issues, they can (and must) shape the digital environment and ensure a seamless checkout process. In Asia, consumers typically prefer mobile e-wallets.

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Adapting To Changing Consumer Behavior: Strategies For Indie Retailers

RetailMinded

This includes highly personalized services, interactive elements, and rewards programs. Moreover, advancements in technology have facilitated the accumulation of extensive data by enterprises, empowering them to provide tailored services that effectively cater to individual customer requirements.

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Adapting To Changing Consumer Behavior: Strategies For Indie Retailers

RetailMinded

This includes highly personalized services, interactive elements, and rewards programs. Moreover, advancements in technology have facilitated the accumulation of extensive data by enterprises, empowering them to provide tailored services that effectively cater to individual customer requirements.

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New Look Chairman and former Sainsbury’s CEO, Mike Coupe, confirmed as keynote speaker at Retail Technology Show

365 Retail

Amazon, Farfetch, Very Group, Marks & Spencer and Morrisons are announced as just some of the retail industry’s leading visionaries speaking at the Retail Technology Show , as the event, which brings together Europe’s most forward-thinking retailers and leading tech innovators, announces its conference programme.

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How Coronavirus (COVID-19) Is Impacting Ecommerce [August 2021]

ROI Revolution

It’s not just that shoppers are spending more – it’s also that they’re making more digital payments and fewer cash payments. Contactless payments grew 37% YoY in Q2 2021 to account for 45% of global in-person transactions. Touchless payment continues to grow. That’s 9% growth over Q1, amounting to a total of $4.5

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How Coronavirus (COVID-19) Is Impacting Ecommerce [July 2021]

ROI Revolution

Alternative payment options have surged over the past year and a half after the coronavirus pandemic pushed consumers to be wary about high-contact shopping. Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is one of the myriad alternative payment methods that has seen the most growth since last year, with BNPL adoption up more than 81% year-over-year.

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How Coronavirus (COVID-19) Is Impacting Ecommerce [June 2021]

ROI Revolution

Touchless payment continues to grow. Contactless payment methods surged last year with the pandemic and consumers’ concerns around safety. Touchless transactions like proximity mobile payment, buy now pay later, & BOPIS all surged with COVID-19 and are continuing to see growth even as the pandemic subsides.

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