Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

Since spinning off from eBay and going public for a second time in 2015, PayPal has expanded its reach well beyond that one digital marketplace to more than 30 million merchants worldwide. When we have partnerships with these merchants they’re trusted brands, so consumers can feel good about shopping with those brands.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As economic pressures and living costs surge, more people than ever are considering using point-of-service (POS) finance — such as buy now, pay later and installment loans — to manage their cashflow. It’s clear that there is a consumer-driven need for more flexible finance and smarter buying power. .

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

Ulta Beauty is partnering with Happy Returns to add Return Bar services to 1,300 brick-and-mortar locations. Through this partnership, Ulta and Happy Returns will increase the total number of Return Bar locations to more than 5,000 by the end of 2022. As a result, 78% of Americans will live within 10 miles of a Return Bar.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

Today’s consumers move across digital, physical and social platforms with ease, switching from browsing, researching and buying in seconds. As shopping journeys become increasingly complex, it’s harder for brands to put themselves in front of their consumers at exactly the right moment. Shopping is everywhere.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

The digital wallet will be managed by Early Warning Services (EWS) , the company that operates Zelle, but will operate separately from Zelle. The other four owners in the EWS/Zelle venture include Capital One Financial , PNC Financial Services Group , U.S. Bancorp and Truist Financial.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

Prime Visa and Amazon Visa cardmembers can now make equal monthly payments for items they purchase on tens of thousands of participating online retail sites when they use Amazon Pay. Consumers will be able to split payments across six or 12 months at 0% APR on purchases of $50 or more. billion in 2022 to $155.79

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Groove

JANUARY 5, 2022

Let 2022 to be your year with pay per click advertising. Pay Per Click Advertising Platforms You Need In 2022. Merchants must first upload their products to Google Merchant Center. Then, merchants must link the Google Merchant Center with their Google Ads account to create their product advertising campaign.

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ESW

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The partnership gives ecommerce brands built on Shopware access to ESW’s suite of solutions to enable all aspects of DTC cross-border expansion, including compliance, data security, fraud protection, taxes and tariffs to checkout, delivery, returns, customer service and demand generation, in as little as four weeks.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

Apple has begun the pre-release of its new Pay Later offering, which was first announced at the company’s developers’ conference in June 2022. Pay Later — which will let users split purchases into four payments spread over six weeks with no interest and no fees — is now available for some randomly selected Apple Wallet users in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Photo courtesy of TikTok Shop While the ecommerce functionality has been available to at least some users since late last year, today marks the service’s debut to the wider TikTok community, and to say that both consumers and brands have been eagerly anticipating this development might be an understatement. in November 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2024

In general terms, it is a digital promotion that is activated by using a specific payment card, website or app to make the purchase. These offers are actually considered “rewards” that consumers automatically receive when they shop, just by linking their debit or credit cards to an app, website or loyalty program.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JUNE 15, 2022

Product returns are often a nightmare for ecommerce merchants. In fact, 92% of consumers would buy again if the return process was easy. Return Rabbit is a Shopify app that allows you to streamline and customize your returns process. The app was only launched in February 2022, so there aren't many online reviews yet.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

According to one report , the total cost of ecommerce fraud to merchants will exceed $48 billion globally in 2023, from just over $41 billion in 2022. Digital payments misuse accounted for 21% of the total number of fraudulent transactions. Consider for example a payment via an app such as PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay or Samsung.

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Korona

MARCH 30, 2022

The payment industry has been anticipating drastic changes to its standards for several years now. These changes to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) are finally being implemented in the first half of 2022. This post aims to cover what PCI compliance entails, what the PCI DSS v4.0 replaced 3.1

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

However, consumers are still spending, the labor market remains tight, and the Adobe Digital Price Index recently posted an overall 40-month low, an encouraging sign for online shoppers: Adobe reported that online prices fell for 11 out of 18 tracked product categories on an annual basis. But there are possible headwinds on the horizon.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2022

Ask any retailer or consumer and they’ll agree on this point: ecommerce returns are a problem — albeit for diametrically opposed reasons. Meanwhile, more than three in four (78%) consumers say they’ve had an inconvenient online returns experience recently, per Pitney Bowes latest BOXpoll survey.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

After several years of declines and a host of executive switch-ups (particularly in the CEO role), Wish began a major overhaul of its business (still underway) and launched a marketing blitz to “reintroduce” itself to consumers in August 2022. Doubling down on merchants outside of China. Wish is based in the U.S.,

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RetailMinded

APRIL 3, 2022

A new study revealed: Social media marketing (32%), e-commerce software (31%), email marketing (29%), retail operations (26%) and online payments (24%) score highly. 63% of US brands plan to increase investment in retail software in 2022. Top 10 Investment Priorities For 2022. Customer service (28%).

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

14, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleged that Amazon engaged in anticompetitive price blocking practices that increased product pricing for California customers. Bonta hopes that the lawsuit will force Amazon to cease these allegedly anticompetitive practices and recover damages for California consumers and the state’s economy.

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ESW

JUNE 6, 2023

The payments landscape has evolved quickly from physical payments such as cash and credit cards to digital payments like Google Pay, PayPal, bank transfers and more. Here’s how multiple ecommerce payment options can benefit brands, how to choose the right payments and the various payments favoured by today’s consumers.

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ESW

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Specialization enables ESW to expand its reach in unlocking global direct-to-consumer ecommerce growth for merchants New York, NY—November 16, 2023—ESW, a global direct-to-consumer (DTC) ecommerce company, today announced it is now a Gold Partner in Adobe’s Technology Partner Program.

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Groove

APRIL 29, 2022

It’s 2022, and people are using their cell phones now more than ever before. SMS marketing stands for Short Message Service 一 or text messaging. Brands are now using text messaging to send promotional messages, updates, company announcements and more to consumers that provide consent. What is SMS Marketing?

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A new study from FIS ® (NYSE: FIS), shows how the shopping preferences of younger UK consumers have shifted as adoption of embedded finance services reaches mainstream usage among Millennials and Gen Zs, while their older counterparts are less engaged with newer, digitally-oriented financial experiences.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JANUARY 24, 2022

In fact, as many as 60% have used such a service, with some consumers using ‘buy now, pay later' options more than once a week. . As its name implies, BNPL apps enable consumers to purchase a product and then pay for it in installments (usually across a few weeks or months). So what is this new trend? About Sezzle.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Since the beginning of the pandemic, interest in buy now, pay later (BNPL) services has grown rapidly. The global behemoth will go live with Apple Pay Later alongside the release of iOS 16 in September 2022. This service will allow U.S. BNPL is More Than a Payment Method. But could this all come crashing down?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

With consumers feeling increasingly worried about missing and damaged packages, SMB retailers that adopt personalization methods — from real-time package tracking and multiple delivery options to an omnichannel ecommerce approach — can improve both their bottom line and provide peace of mind for consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Whether it was inspiration from this “summer of sport” or keeping up with the ever-changing weather, the increasing unpredictability of consumers’ shopping habits was on display this summer. The cost-of-living crisis is undoubtedly driving buying decisions, so simplifying the consumer journey is essential for closing the sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2022

One definition most can agree on, though, is that it’s a “virtual world,” and one that already is presenting tremendous opportunities for both brands and consumers. And just as the metaverse will change the way that we shop, communicate and socialize, it will also change how customer service is delivered.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

UK online retail businesses could increase their gross sales by up to £200 million during the 2022 Black Friday weekend (25th – 28th November) if failed payments are avoided, according to the latest analysis by BR-DGE ’s failed payments calculator. Over the course of the Black Friday weekend, 8.4%

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Meta also will highlight businesses from its Meta Business Leaders Network in the new 2022 Smalliday Showcase gift guide, and provide small businesses with advice on advertising effectively with its SMB Holiday Marketing Guide. Additionally, eligible SMBs will be able to earn a $100 TikTok advertising credit. small business owners.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 29, 2020

Between new legislation going into effect and shifting consumer preferences, the ecommerce landscape is anything but stagnant. Want to learn more about the five ecommerce payment trends shaping 2020? Push for smarter payment processing. A push for smarter payment processing. Keep reading to find out more.

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Algopix

MARCH 8, 2022

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers were forced to shift their spending online. Now, even as federal, state, and local governments are lifting COVID-related restrictions, most consumers are still not planning to return to their old ways of shopping. The Growth of Online Marketplaces. Types of Marketplaces.

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Algopix

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

It’s already 2022. Then, and only then, will you address the problems in your checkout process to boost your sales. This page will tackle the top reasons for shopping cart abandonment in 2022. But while they begin the checkout process, they soon drop out of the checkout flow. What You Need To Know About Cart Abandonment.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JANUARY 12, 2022

Millions of merchants use it every day. The aim is to explain the details behind the hype, while also providing you with information about the platform that so many merchants have entrusted with their entire businesses. Total value of transactions processed through Shopify stores leapt to $79.5 You know Shopify is a big deal.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

However, experts note that in times of economic volatility and fast-changing consumer behaviors, brands need to think strategically about their path to global growth. They also can look at marketplaces, and even the resale market, to gauge demand and determine whether they can successfully capitalize on consumer needs.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“Upon close, we expect the new Wish platform will have an improved customer experience through increased product assortment and merchant selection. And for our merchants, we will be able to offer fully integrated logistical capabilities to deliver unmatched cost-efficient services with high quality control and transparency.”

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Groove

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Types of Subscription Programs Replenishment The replenishment subscription model is most commonly applied to everyday consumable goods that customers need on a recurring basis. According to Recharge’s State of Subscription Commerce Report , it was found that 32% of merchants use a Shopify subscriptions app chose this model.

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