Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 4, 2021

In particular, consumer expectations for contactless payment methods as a result of health and safety concerns during the pandemic are galvanizing retailers to integrate flexible, contactless payment options like voice payment technologies into their operations. that consumer spending fell by a record 16.4%

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2020

Touch-free “contactless” payments in stores and at vending machines are gaining popularity with U.S. shoppers and retailers during the pandemic, because the coronavirus can stay viable on many surfaces for hours or even days. And NFC payments offer the same level of security as EMV-chip enabled cards. Here’s what U.S.

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GetElastic

AUGUST 1, 2019

But as an ecommerce merchant, there is a lot of nuance to running a successful online store that brings in revenue. Here are two of the most common online payment challenges and how you can overcome them. That was the case for Battery Pete , a US-wide battery retailer based in Florida. The most important thing?

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Ecommerce Platforms

JANUARY 17, 2023

How to figure out the best products to sell (and find manufacturers/suppliers) All Canadian businesses begin in the ideation phase, where you must look for gaps in the marketplace and solve the issues that consumers have in certain areas. Other options include inventions, crafts, Etsy-like products, eBooks, and more.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JANUARY 17, 2023

How to set up a Canadian-friendly payment processor. Configuring other accounts (like social media and search engine accounts) to grow your presence online. All Canadian businesses begin in the ideation phase, where you must look for gaps in the marketplace and solve the issues that consumers have in certain areas.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

The importance of efficient and secure online retail experiences is more crucial than ever. Retailers face the challenge of not only attracting customers but also ensuring their online journey is seamless and secure. Passwords are at the heart of the issue and account for 30% of all abandoned online purchases.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

Prime Visa and Amazon Visa cardmembers can now make equal monthly payments for items they purchase on tens of thousands of participating online retail sites when they use Amazon Pay. Consumers will be able to split payments across six or 12 months at 0% APR on purchases of $50 or more. billion in 2022 to $155.79

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Wiser

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Fundamentals of eCommerce Business Models An eCommerce business model is a strategic business plan, outlining how an online business will generate revenue, identify the targeted customer segment, and deliver value to said customers. B2B (Business-to-Business): In this model, one business sells products or services to another business.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 13, 2024

Despite Tightening Wallets, Select Brands Flourish As spend growth softened in the second half of 2023 across discretionary categories and companies geared toward more price-conscious consumers flourished, opportunities presented themselves for brands that kept an open mind. Full-service restaurants are trailing their limited-service peers.

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Korona

MARCH 28, 2022

Major brands such as Home Depot and Microsoft have begun accepting crypto as part of their eCommerce payment options. Also, processors like Paypal now have crypto gateways accepting many different coins. Even for small online retailers, it’s important that you’re not too late to the game. Table of Contents.

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Omnisend

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But savvy online retailers know the truth. As such, understanding their value is critical to growing as an online business. Here’s why cancellation confirmation emails are indispensable: Facilitate returns. Get consumer insights. Compliance and documentation.

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ESW

JUNE 23, 2023

trillion by 2026, making up 27% of all retail sales. And as the number of ecommerce consumers continues to grow, new markets and segments are emerging along with it. But keeping up with consumer behaviour around the world can be overwhelming for even the biggest ecommerce brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2022

This generation has taken to this payment option faster than any other, but looking at their history it is easy to see why. Gen Z has grown up with a steady decrease in the use of physical payment, coupled with major advancements in fintech. Late or missed BNPL payments have their own consequences. with Klarna.”. with Klarna.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

Today, every one in five purchases is made online, largely due to changing consumer habits in the wake of lockdowns and other restrictions. A high level of services unique to each customer, delivered with little or no downtime, is what consumers now expect. From Monolith to Microservices. Go Micro, or go Home.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that). But despite the rush, retailers still have multiple opportunities to maximize both in-store sales and online conversions.

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Kissmetrics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

BNPL allows consumers to split large purchases into several monthly payments, interest-free. percent of US consumers choosing the option as of July 2020. In fact, 44 percent of consumers say the use of BNPL is somewhat or very important to determining how much they spend. Highlight Your BNPL Payment Option.

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Or, you can use an app to automate much of the process. Payment gateways. There are many payment gateways available for ecommerce businesses. Don’t feel limited by the fact that many of them will have restrictions on specific products or services you may want to sell. QuickBooks Online. The Power of Payment Choice.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

The 2021 Connected Consumer Series reflected the challenges retail (and society as a whole) have faced during the past year, but also the growing sense of optimism that is taking hold this year. 5 Social Advertising Trends for Retailers to Know in 2021: Featuring Under Armour. Retail CX Trends 2021: New CX for a New World.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

For online retailers that want to stay relevant and competitive, it’s important to stay on top of the latest trends and strategies. The value of social commerce continues to grow rapidly and is shaping the future of online retail. Social commerce value will keep on growing.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2020

Nowadays, the experience of browsing virtual re-creations of physical stores couldn’t be more important for consumers. But it’s worth remembering that those virtual environments are modeled on physical stores for a reason, and the future will see consumers flitting comfortably between both. Smooth Operators Appeal Online And Off.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

billion this year as pandemic conditions favor online interactions. Many businesses have spent the last year shoring up resources for online storefronts in order to meet consumer demand. Online retail is a main target for cyberattacks, and bad bots play a primary role. Watch Your Payment Systems.

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BigCommerce

MARCH 13, 2018

From crypto-currencies to peer-topper payments and one-click checkouts, modern innovations are shifting the basic payment infrastructure of our economy. Adii Pienaar, Founder of Conversio and WooThemes (later acquired by WooCommerce), sums this up best: Customers worldwide are using their mobile devices for online shopping more often.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The appeal of in-person retail shopping may have diminished in recent years, as ongoing industry trends underscore the unrivaled convenience of online shopping. online retail sales will reach $1.6 Connecting your organization’s online retail storefront with multiple backend applications can require extensive coding.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Above and beyond these measures, the key to addressing the scale of these problems is having digital systems in place that will alert retailers and spot which SKUs are problematic, and which customers are causing a hit to profits. Identifying such networks can help retailers take pre-emptive action to prevent fraud.

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Kissmetrics

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Currently, there are more than 7 million online retailers. For e-commerce brands, influencer promotion helps leverage your consumer base to do your marketing for you rather than spending thousands on ads that may or may not actually work. Statista, a company specializing in market and consumer data, found that 88% of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2023

After three years of supply chain logistics and shipping delays, retailers have too much inventory sitting on shelves, and consumer demand continues to be in flux as inflation maintains a strong grip on budgets everywhere. This means the way consumers shop has drastically changed as new financing options rise in popularity.

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RTP blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

By Mitch Doust, Cover Genius It’s no secret that consumer power is on the rise. It’s become one of the largest challenges facing online retailers and e-Commerce companies today. Translation: consumer experience. Retailers can guarantee this through secure payments, world-class returns and seamless insurance offerings.

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Omnisend

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But savvy online retailers know that cancellation confirmation messages present a golden opportunity to reconnect with customers. As such, understanding their value is critical to growing as an online business. Here’s why making the most of your cancellation confirmation emails can be invaluable: Facilitate returns.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

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. 45% of consumers streamed live television at least weekly, up from 20% in 2017. . The subscription phenomenon.

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GetElastic

MAY 14, 2020

In the interim, online retailers are embracing chatbots as a first toe-dip into conversational commerce using them to expedite customer service and provide novel ways to discover products. Fifty-six percent of online shoppers say they prefer to resolve issues through messaging apps than call customer service.

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Ecommerce Platforms

OCTOBER 4, 2022

They offer solutions for small to enterprise-sized businesses and focus on online dispute management. With that said, in this ClearSale Review we'll examine why fraud prevention solutions are crucial to online retailers and what ClearSale offers in this regard. This is a growth of over 14% from 2019!

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BigCommerce

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Digital commerce continues to be top of mind for online retailers. Consumers shop more and more across a variety of devices and channels. Retailers continually optimize their sales channels to deliver more seamless consumer experiences. New Payment Methods, New Fraudulent Activity. trillion worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The 15 sessions covered a wide range of topics, so to make it easier to browse we’ve organized the sessions into four categories: Holiday 2021 forecasts and how best to prepare for 2022; Building loyalty with connected consumer experiences; Key ecommerce and digital marketing trends; and Embedding innovation within your retail organization.

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GetElastic

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Singles’ Day was aimed to publicize online shopping and encourage sales in the quiet period between Golden Week in China and Christmas. Consumers spent $1 billion on Alibaba platforms in the first 1 minute and 25 seconds of last year’s event and racked up $30.8 How retailers can increase Singles Day conversions.

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ESW

MAY 11, 2020

Consumers used physical currency in just over one quarter (26%) of transactions in 2018, according to research by the Federal Reserve. Debit and credit cards are now the most popular choice for consumers, but even these trusted payment methods are under threat. Electronic and mobile payment solutions are proliferating.

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ESW

JANUARY 14, 2019

Conversion is the name of the game in online retail, and it’s not an easy problem for most direct-to-consumer brands to solve. The checkout process is where so many brands’ sites stumble. Getting tired of an overly complicated process. The common thread among Hoos points? Shipping charges vary, for example.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Higher-income consumers are less impacted by inflation and, while aware of higher food, home and transportation costs, still have the funds to drive luxury sales and luxury growth,” said Marie Driscoll, Managing Director, Luxury and Retail at Coresight Research in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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