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In 2025, Changing Consumer Demand will Reshape the Supply Chain

Retail TouchPoints

A customer-centric approach to supply chain management is challenging; it requires a deep understanding of consumer expectations and behaviors, not just today but also for the foreseeable future. For starters, consumers appetite for digital commerce is skyrocketing. In 2020, global ecommerce sales reached $4.2 trillion.

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Multi-Channel Retailing and the Buyer’s Journey: Opportunities and Challenges

BigCommerce

Most online sellers begin their journey from one sales channel, setting up shop through a website or marketplace. Multi-channel retailing is the practice of selling merchandise on more than one sales channel. Consumers Are Shopping in More Locations Than Ever. Channel loyalty has become a thing of the past.

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Resilience is Key as Payments Acceptance becomes Mission-Critical

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers now prefer digital payment options, with cash usage declining in all major economies. Each sales channel (till, self-checkout, queue-busting, customer service desk) can be designed to use different communication methods and processing paths, ensuring that a single failure wont disable all in-store payment options.

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Generative AI in Retail: 4 Predictions for 2025

Retail TouchPoints

At the same time, consumer expectations for personalized, omnichannel shopping experiences continue to rise. For example, multimodal AI can help retailers optimize inventory by analyzing sales patterns alongside supplier communications and consumer feedback. One area of focus will be content moderation.

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Wholesale B2B eCommerce: Platforms, Trends & Tools You Need

Groove

Unlike B2C eCommerce, which targets consumers, B2B eCommerce connects wholesalers with retailers, manufacturers, or other business clients via online platforms. This shift from manual processes to digital channels enables real-time order processing, inventory management, and personalized pricing.

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New Shopping App TRYO Aims to Make AR Try-On More Accessible to Consumers and Brands

Retail TouchPoints

3D and AR design studio QReal is moving deeper into direct commerce with the launch of the new multi-brand, multi-category shopping app TRYO. The same 3D model can serve the brand and the retailer, and honestly the cost should be dispersed across the full sales channel.

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Social Commerce: Retailers (and Platforms) Struggle to Catch up With Consumers’ Enthusiasm

Retail TouchPoints

For consumers, creators and retailers alike, sifting through the ever-changing array of functionalities across platforms is still fraught with misfires, miscommunications and mistrust. There’s no time to waste, because consumers are already there. Social commerce is already a multi-billion dollar business in the U.S.,

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