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Amazon Prime Day Set for July 12-13, Will Spotlight Small Businesses

Retail TouchPoints

This year’s annual Amazon Prime Day event will officially take place July 12 and 13, but the online retailer is kicking of some members-only deals and events as early June 21. Consumers are ready, with 88% of American adults surveyed in a RetailMeNot poll saying they plan to shop during Prime Day this year.

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Contactless Voice Payment Technology: A Retail Strategy for Bringing Customers Back In-Store

Retail TouchPoints

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. in April 2020, but online retailers saw an 8.4%

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Six Things the Consumer of 2021 Really Wants

Retail TouchPoints

Online shopping became a refuge, not because of overwhelming convenience, but because contactless commerce was necessary. Meanwhile, for merchants that had already built their businesses online before the pandemic, a larger addressable market buoyed most, but created scalability challenges for all (including Amazon).

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How to Recession-Proof Your Online Retail Business Without Raising Prices

Korona

It is, therefore, essential that business owners and leaders prepare their organizations to survive (and hopefully even thrive) in the next recession, whenever it comes. Below are some concrete ideas for protecting your retail business from the recession without raising prices. Table of Contents. Boost your income streams.

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The rise of retail pop-up stores

365 Retail

As we approach summer sales, and brands and consumers alike face challenging economic headwinds, many online retailers are ‘getting physical’ when it comes to selling their products. E-commerce brands that blossomed during lockdown are looking for ways to introduce flexible, low-risk retail pop-ups to meet changing consumer demand.

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Ecommerce Trends: 147 Stats Revealing How Modern Customers Shop in 2017

BigCommerce

Conducting high-level research into who buys what, when and why, with regards to Americans shopping online, can be costly and time-consuming — which is why we’ve done it for you. It’s easier than ever for businesses to have a digital presence across a variety of channels. A 2017 point-of-sale solutions survey of 1,164 U.S.

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Return Policy Template For a Retail Business: A Guide For Retail Business Owners

Korona

We’ll walk you through how to write a return policy for a retail business and share with you some return policy templates. How to write your retail return policy? A return policy template for retail businesses. Your small business should have them, too. Table of contents. Unlimited returns.