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7 Brands Discuss the Benefits of the New Cashless Economy and Apple Pay’s Growing Ubiquity

BigCommerce

The Evolution of Mobile Payments: A brief history of mobile payments, according to TechCrunch : 1983: David Chaum, an American cryptographer, starts work on creating digital cash by inventing “the blinding formula, which is an extension of the RSA algorithm still used in the web’s encryption.” 2008: Bitcoin is invented.?.

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The truth about Apple Pay for ecommerce

GetElastic

23% say they don’t know how to use mobile payments). While more than half of US retailers support Apple Pay in-store, only 24% of the top 100 US merchants offer Apple Pay digitally (desktop, mobile or native apps). Merchants that do support mobile wallets are increasingly dropping out , according to a survey by Kount.

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Deloitte Predicts Exceptionally Strong Sales for the 2018 Holidays

ChannelAdvisor

Last year, Deloitte’s annual holiday shopping survey made big waves when researchers predicted, for the first time ever, that more shopping would be online than in-store. With Deloitte’s 2018 survey hot off the press, e-commerce sellers will be glad to know that forecasts are equally bright for spending in Q4 2018.

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5 Ways You Can Nurture Your Loyalty Program with Email Marketing

Sailthru

A January survey from iVend also found that 62.9% Perks include points and free shipping, as well as the opportunity to shop new collections early and attend in-store VIP events. Last year, eMarketer found that Starbucks Rewards is the most popular proximity mobile payment in the U.S. Of course they do.

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4 Ways Retailers Use Digital Technology to Improve the Brick-and-Mortar Experience

Sailthru

When Sailthru surveyed more than 2,000 American and British consumers , we found that most of them didn’t notice or care about the absence of stores like Sears, Toys”R”Us or House of Fraser. Abercrombie & Fitch uses mobile technology to help makes sure customers get the sizes they want. Mobile Payments.

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Adapting To Changing Consumer Behavior: Strategies For Indie Retailers

RetailMinded

This involves integrating customer accounts and payment systems into their websites, enabling customers to make direct purchases online without the need to visit a physical store. Finally, it would be good for indie retailers to leverage customer insights from surveys and other sources to understand customer needs and wants.

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Adapting To Changing Consumer Behavior: Strategies For Indie Retailers

RetailMinded

This involves integrating customer accounts and payment systems into their websites, enabling customers to make direct purchases online without the need to visit a physical store. Finally, it would be good for indie retailers to leverage customer insights from surveys and other sources to understand customer needs and wants.