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Why UK Retailers Should Save Some of Their Christmas Marketing Spend for Chinese New Year

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers naturally plan a lot of spend around this, with extra staff and extra marketing. This means that marketing spend aimed at these high-spending visitors over Christmas is likely to get less return than usual. As a result, shopping during this period is not merely a leisure activity but a cultural norm. Here’s why.

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Square Cash Review: The Painless Payment App (July 2019)

Ecommerce Platforms

We're all so used to flashing our phone for contactless payments, or simply handing over a piece of plastic whenever we need to make a purchase. In 2013, PayPal purchased the mobile payment service, Venmo, to help it take the next step into payment future. Protect payments with passcode, Face ID and Touch ID.