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Holiday Shopping Trends and Payments Innovations: Experience as Competitive Advantage

Retail TouchPoints

Payments technology is central to the shopping experience. During the holiday rush the security and ease of the payments experience can be as crucial as product price or availability. How can retailers update their payments systems to meet rapidly changing consumer behavior during peak demand?

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Embedded Finance: Making Payments Possible in New Frontiers

Retail TouchPoints

If we thought the pandemic-driven shift to digital payments was an evolution, we’re about to be catapulted into a new world, where payments will become possible in places thought impossible just a few years ago. In fact, embedded finance will be a $777 billion opportunity by 2029. So how can businesses get a piece of it?

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News: Judge Issues Injunction With Details of How Google Must Open Up Android App Store to Competition in US

FastSpring

2023 that Google Play and Google Play Billing represent an illegal monopoly run by Google. Note: FastSpring provided support regarding alternative payment methods in the case. Read our December 2023 press release here. Read FastSpring’s press release on the December 11, 2023 ruling in the case.

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DEI Deflates, Retail Media Rises, Mergers Flounder

Retail TouchPoints

Really, Truly Fake: The RealReal Opens Counterfeit Handbag Store on Canal Street (June 13, 2024) Counterfeits and dupes continued to plague retail in 2023, Amazon alone identified, seized and disposed of 7 million counterfeit products. consumers wallet.

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Secrets of a Successful Sale: Optimizing Your Checkout Process

Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue. But payments are just one part of a chain. What’s the next touch point?

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7 Ways Service Providers can Motivate Customers with Digital Incentives

Retail TouchPoints

Even as a discount helps a business move product, its also cutting into sales revenue and margins. They can often be difficult to implement, especially for businesses with recurring monthly payments. For companies looking to protect this metric, a digital incentive can appeal to customers without the same revenue hit.

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How Brands from Walmart to Pacsun Have Harnessed the Power of Digital Twins

Retail TouchPoints

Nearly half ( 46% ) of consumers game to meet their desires for creation, imagination and self-expression , a 10% increase over 2023, according to research from Fandom. The Walmart API managed the entire payment process, presenting it to customers in a seamless and familiar checkout flow.

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