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Target Expands Contactless Checkout and Pickup Options to Enhance Safety During the Holidays

Retail TouchPoints

Shoppers can now use the Wallet mobile payment option in the Target app to scan items with their own devices, eliminating the need to pick up an in-store scanning device. The retailer also is expanding its selection of items available for same-day pickup or delivery, with an emphasis on gifts and ingredients for holiday meals.

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Get Prepared To Implement BOPIS Across The Enterprise

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BOPIS can be sponsored and executed at the OEM/Brand level, by providing the digital “air cover” to promote its product and eventually drive traffic to each of their representative dealers (to fulfil the transactions).

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Kroger Doubles Ship Assortment Via 3rd-Party Marketplace

Retail TouchPoints

Kroger’s Seattle-based QFC division has deployed contactless payments powered by Near-Field-Communication (NFC) technology in 61 stores to help safeguard associates, customers and communities during the pandemic, as well as to add convenience for consumers who prefer to use mobile payments.

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Omnichannel Retail Strategies Explained & Simplified

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Fulfillment and Inventory: Omnichannel retailing integrates inventory management and offers flexible fulfillment options, such as click-and-collect or ship-from-store, while multichannel retailing can have separate inventory systems for each channel.

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How Retailers Can Capitalize On Mobile

RTP blog

Now, you might be asking, what is the benefit of having a mobile app versus a web site optimized for mobile? Why spend twice the amount of money and effort to build two separate things that essentially fulfill the same function? The answer is that both are equally important.

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Where Do Brands And Retailers Stand In The New Era Of Commerce?

RTP blog

With technologies like mobile payments, chatbots and apps, retailers and brands alike are able to reach consumers directly, whether it’s through point-of-sale systems or transactional programs on social media, like Instagram’s ‘Shop Now’ button. They also want to know everything they can about the story behind the brand.

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What retailers can learn from the 2021 holiday shopping season

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This gave the retail behemoth an advantage over (most) eCommerce-only retailers since their stores doubled as fulfillment centers. In fact, the number of online orders fulfilled from Walmart’s stores grew by 170% year over year in fiscal 2022, on top of a 500% gain from 2020 to 2021. Balance your inventory across channels.