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What’s in Store for Grocery in 2022?

Retail TouchPoints

Outfits like GoPuff, Gorillas and 1520 took the grocery market by storm in 2021, offering a limited menu of consumables, delivered to your door in an incredible 30 minutes or less (and commanding multi-billion dollar valuations in the process.) More than half of online grocery shoppers already use their mobile devices to shop.

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Viya, China’s top livestreaming influencer, vanished from cyberspace after receiving a $210m fine for tax evasion.

Ecommerce Platforms

The 36-year-old Viya, China's top livestream seller, has broken many sales records since her first appearance, in 2016, on Taobao Live (an Alibaba-owned live-streaming channel). On the basis of Taobao Live Annual Report 2021 , KOL (key opinion leader) and brand are the primary channels of livestream shopping. Source from KPMG.

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How Technology is Helping Retailers Through the Labor Shortage

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers can rely on innovation to fill the gaps left by a lack of staff by deploying the right retail technologies. A mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) system, which consists of software and portable hardware that processes retail transactions, is one option that has helped alleviate the pressure caused by labor shortages. Ease of Use.

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Square vs PayPal (Dec 2019): Clash of the Payment Processing Titans

Ecommerce Platforms

Both Square and PayPal offer very similar prices for their credit card processing technology , so at first glance, the two don’t have much to separate them. Part of the reason for that is that Square has a unique chargeback protection system built into its technology. Square vs. PayPal: Mobile Payments.

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Different Types of POS Systems: Quick Guide For Retail Business Owners

Korona

The best mobile POS systems can accept the following types of frictionless payments: Contactless credit cards. Digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay , and Click to Pay that use near-field communication (NFC) technology. QR code payments. EMV and mobile payment integration. Multichannel POS Solutions.

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Different Types of POS Systems: Quick Guide For Retail Business Owners

Korona

The best mobile POS systems can accept the following types of frictionless payments: Contactless credit cards. Digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay , and Click to Pay that use near-field communication (NFC) technology. QR code payments. EMV and mobile payment integration. Multichannel POS Solutions.

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The Best POS System for Small Business (Apr 2022)

Ecommerce Platforms

The easy-to-use ecosystem is trusted by more than 1 million businesses, with a host of useful features to explore, like in-built payment management, and a variety of plugins. for processing chip and contactless payments. Intuitive and easy to use technology with clean reporting features. The company charges around $1.75