Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2023

As the online payments industry continues to evolve, new digital wallet solutions, such as mobile payment apps and e-wallet platforms, are becoming increasingly popular and reshaping the way consumers transact. 4 Pros of Digital Wallets Some of the advantages of digital wallet payment options include: 1.

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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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GetElastic

AUGUST 27, 2021

In a recent webinar, Monetizing Content in a World of Digital Disruption , we covered a number of examples from across industries of innovative ways to leverage eCommerce best practices to get paid for digital products and content. Remember, most businesses are not married to just one business model over the life of a product or service.)

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If you’re not sure how to sell an app direct to consumer (D2C) outside the app stores — or if you’re looking for a new way to monetize your mobile app or game — you may be wondering what options you have. Various tools you can use to monetize apps and games outside app stores. Highlights from recent U.S. Interested?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2021

It has been a year of momentous change for the payments industry. Years of transformation transpired in just a few months with rapid shifts in both consumer behaviors and merchant expectations for e-commerce. And how will permanently altered consumer behaviors shape online payment preferences?

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FastSpring

APRIL 18, 2024

But with international growth comes a long list of international business concerns about how to appeal to potential customers in new countries. Fortunately, there are some very helpful tools and services available to assist and advise you as your business grows beyond its domestic borders. Learn more about what DutchBasecamp does here.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Experts report that chargebacks will cost merchants over $100 billion in 2023, and false claims and abuse of the chargeback process are a growing threat to merchants. And yet many retailers remain unaware of chargeback fraud and its harmful impacts on business revenues. Internet payments mean more purchases.

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Groove

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The challenge for many businesses, however, is developing a mobile eCommerce strategy that makes sense for them. To help, we've outlined four mobile eCommerce trends to watch and included considerations for a successful mobile strategy. A happy customer becomes a loyal customer, and that results in increased sales and revenue.

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GetElastic

MARCH 9, 2022

In our latest webinar Monetizing Content in a World of Digital Disruption I covered a number of examples from across industries of innovative ways to get paid for digital products and content. While I encourage you to check out the replay for all the juicy details, this post recaps the various business models represented by the examples.

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Ecommerce Platforms

AUGUST 9, 2021

If you're a UK entrepreneur who's laying the groundwork for their online business, you may have already started researching payment gateway providers. If that's you, you'll likely know that payment gateways offer different features, terms, and pricing depending on the country you're operating from. Shopify Payments.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

However, consumers are still spending, the labor market remains tight, and the Adobe Digital Price Index recently posted an overall 40-month low, an encouraging sign for online shoppers: Adobe reported that online prices fell for 11 out of 18 tracked product categories on an annual basis. But there are possible headwinds on the horizon.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2024

With ecommerce reshaping the landscape, physical stores have a unique opportunity to borrow a few strategies from tourist destinations and become experiences beyond the mundanity of walking up and down aisles. These strategies work together to forge unforgettable brand moments, turning aimless browsing into active discovery.

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Groove

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Selling products online often means wild swings in revenue generation based upon trends, seasonality or consumer sentiments. On the flip side, upwards of 75% of a business’s revenue comes from these same months. This translates to many eCommerce merchants seeing massively profitable summer or winter months.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 9, 2022

SaaS billing software automates one or more of the various aspects of the recurring billing process — payment processing, fulfillment, dunning, and more. You’ll still need a separate solution for payment processing, taxes, chargebacks, and more. 3 Payment Processors. Payment Processing.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

Many retailers look only at transaction fraud, and not the total impact of every digital consumer interaction. Implementing a digital trust and safety strategy ensures you are delivering safe and seamless online experiences to individuals with trusted identities while also proactively stopping abuse and fraud. Digital Trust and Safety.

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Groove

APRIL 1, 2022

Introduction Because you’re reading this eBook, you’re likely an eCommerce retailer selling consumer packaged goods online, or you own a brick-and-mortar store and want to transition to eCommerce. What are Consumer Packaged Goods? First, let’s define what you’re trying to sell — consumer packaged goods. increased $63 billion.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options. As the popularity of BNPL increases, it is important for consumers and merchants to weigh the benefits and the drawbacks of using/offering these payment options. over the five years through 2024-25, to $1.1

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Ecommerce Platforms

DECEMBER 9, 2019

However, you won’t be able to pluck success from the ecommerce world until you’ve got one more thing right: your payment gateway. The payment gateway on your ecommerce site is how you accept and process payments from your customers when they visit you online. PayPal’s core focus has always been on payment processing.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 9, 2021

As a business or marketing professional, when consumer habits change , you must pay attention. Perhaps nothing is changing more rapidly or drastically than how people consume video content. In short, it gives viewers complete control of what they consume and how they want to consume it. We cover both in this guide.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In this guide, we compare six Recurly competitors and alternatives according to several categories: Subscription management and recurring billing Checkout Global payment processing Reporting and analytics Pricing Customer reviews We’ll start with a deep dive into FastSpring — our end-to-end payment solution (i.e.,

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data highlights a significant deceleration in inflation, now standing at half of last year’s peak. This moderating trend in inflation is an encouraging development, but it is not without its caveats, particularly within the dynamic and complex terrain of the retail and consumer goods industries.

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Kissmetrics

JANUARY 1, 2021

Games as a Service (GaaS) was introduced as a barrier between consumer cost concerns and user engagement. Games as a Service acts as a continuous revenue service for developers, allowing them to break their reliance on the one-time purchase. Games as a Service Payment Options.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Understanding consumer behaviors will be key to building (or rebuilding) a successful retail business in a post-pandemic world. Data will fuel the shift to digital, according to expert contributors to the recent Retail TouchPoints (RTP) webinar, Analyzing The Shift To Digital From 7,000 Marketers And 1B Consumers Worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2021

The collection, preparation and use of data in retail is a “core business.” Ecommerce first promised consumers convenience, but in the last decade it has also brought increasing value to market by combining its transactional data with shopper journey data — offering manufacturers near-real-time metrics on campaign performance.

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lateshipment

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Consumers have more choices than ever when it comes to their shopping needs. Meaning, the customer experience (CX) has become a cornerstone of customers choosing brands to shop with and businesses need to go above and beyond to provide a positive delivery experience in order to keep customers coming back. The anticipation is palpable.

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Ecommerce Platforms

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

However, in these PayPal reviews we're going to take a look at what PayPal has to offer for business credit card processing. Sure, you could utilize the system as a freelancer and collect payments for your services, but this is an entirely different type of transaction. Trusted by consumers around the world.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2024

Consumers responded to steep discounts in key ecommerce categories, including electronics, where discounts peaked at 31% off listed prices (versus 25% in 2022); toys ( 28% versus 34% last year); and apparel ( 24% versus 19% ). Online holiday sales increased 4.9% YoY, reaching $222.1 billion for the period from Nov.

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Groove

JULY 2, 2019

To combat these issues, we're outlining clear strategies to help nurture potential buyers and encourage them to convert. With online scams on the rise, many consumers are still concerned with cyber security issues and identity theft. Therefore, it is inherently important to develop a successful shipping strategy.

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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. This seemingly small change to Battery Pete’s mobile checkout process had a sizable impact. The most important thing?

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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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FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

When you’re using a DIY payment solution like Stripe, making it work for your business falls on your developers. From testing out plugins to setting up new payment methods, maintaining Stripe can be very time-consuming. I interviewed him live on LinkedIn about four signs that SaaS companies have outgrown Stripe.

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BigCommerce

MARCH 30, 2018

Heralded as the newest, greatest ecommerce strategy beginning around 2010, subscription box services like BirchBox, Trunk Club and Dollar Shave Club have not only made headlines – they’ve made billions. In 2016, that revenue jumped to $2.6 The various types of subscription services (and if your business model currently fits).

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The 2021 Retail Strategy & Planning webinar series, now available on demand, brought together retailers, solution providers, practitioners and industry experts from firms including IDC, Alvarez & Marsal, WSL Strategic Retail and Cambridge Retail Advisors. Building Loyalty with Connected Consumer Experiences.

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BigCommerce

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Consumers shop more and more across a variety of devices and channels. Retailers continually optimize their sales channels to deliver more seamless consumer experiences. First, fraudsters likely see mid-sized merchants as having enough revenue and customer volume to make attacks worthwhile. Take digital commerce, for example.

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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). The return to offices and social events is inspiring consumers to level up their wardrobes and focus more on apparel and footwear.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This growth will be driven not just by an increase in new social commerce buyers but also by an increase in the average spend per user, with Insider Intelligence predicting that more than 114 million consumers will spend an average of nearly $1,000 a year on social purchases by 2025. Much of it appears to be funneling into TikTok and Amazon.

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