Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The point-of-sale (POS) system has always been the one truly indispensable technology for any merchant, large or small. As if this workhorse of retail didn’t have enough to manage, today’s increasingly complex landscape has added other “responsibilities” to the POS. Simply asking ‘How was your shopping experience today?’

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

1WorldSync’s 2024 Consumer Product Content Benchmark report revealed that 64% of shoppers have scanned a QR code on a product while shopping in-store. Static shelves are morphing into dynamic, interactive shopping hubs, bridging the physical-digital divide in retail. The result?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 15, 2025

Consumers now prefer digital payment options, with cash usage declining in all major economies. Cards have become by far the most popular payment method, with contactless now accounting for most purchases made at retail stores. Retailers are encouraged to ensure their payment processor supports this resilience capability.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 26, 2024

For consumers, grocery shopping has become a multi-location event, with shoppers visiting an average of 5.2 This grocery hopping trend has become especially prevalent thanks to consumer-friendly technology like curbside pickup, home delivery and online ordering. stores to cross every item off their lists.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Like most retailers of a certain age, The Paper Store debuted in brick-and-mortar — in this case a modest family-run newsstand in Maynard, Mass. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): Obviously, a lot has changed in retail over the past 60 years. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): Obviously, a lot has changed in retail over the past 60 years.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Playful as it seems, it is profound and applicable, especially for today’s retail marketers. Because while they may feel they are communicating something weighty, it doesn’t mean consumers will hear it, let alone act. And as retail environments expand, connecting with customers through messaging alone becomes even harder.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2024

The customer experience is paramount to the success of today’s retailers. A recent study of more than 4,700 consumers from Bread Financial indicates payment choices — including retail store credit cards, bank branded credit cards and buy now, pay later (BNPL) — at checkout have become a major factor in pleasing shoppers and closing a sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

retailers will be able to accept contactless customer payments on their Apple iPhones via its new Tap to Pay functionality. Consumers will be able to use their credit and debit cards, Apple Pay or other digital wallets to purchase items, with no additional POS hardware or payment terminal required to complete transactions.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Consumer expectations are at an all-time high, and retailers need to ‘wow’ customers at every single touch point or risk losing them. Case in point: one study found that a staggering 76% of consumers will stop doing business with a company after just one poor experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2025

Even though more than half ( 56% ) of retailers surveyed by KPMG completed a major payments modernization program within the past year, even more 83% already are modernizing their payment infrastructure, or are planning to do so in the new future. Consumer and Retail Leader at KPMG in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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MakeWebBetter

MAY 17, 2021

Does your organization utilize both a WooCommerce Store and a Point-of-Sale (POS) System in-store individually? Online shopping has made the retail industry more competitive than ever, leaving business owners seeking ways to enhance the consumer experience by easing the purchasing process as possible. […].

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2024

Alliance Retail Group (ARG) — a nonprofit self-negotiating ad group that helps independent grocers band together to remain competitive — has launched a retail media network (RMN) that will be powered by Swiftly. We are leveraging our consumers and our collective $16.5 billion in retail sales.

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BigCommerce

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Thinking of dipping your toes into the direct to consumer waters? Merchants who sell everything from razors to pet food to mattresses to meal kits have seen the writing on the retail wall. Today we’ll explore five essential elements your brand needs to know for going direct to consumer. Why brands are going direct to consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 30, 2022

In the early days and now, criminals stole cardholder data from internet-connected point-of-sale (POS) systems to make their own fraudulent transactions. If a criminal wants to skim data from a consumer’s web browser they merely have to get the consumer’s browser to load and execute their own JavaScript.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 3, 2023

As consumers, we’ve learned how to adjust to and enjoy new shopping formats. We’ve grown accustomed to these various retail touch points, and as a result, we’ve started to notice omnichannel inconsistencies that might never have occurred to us before — raising our own expectations of our favorite brands and retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2024

To compete today, retailers must develop new and innovative ways to engage their customers and generate more loyalty. Fortunately, the shift toward diverse checkout options and digital receipts has fostered new touch points for retailers looking to make a memorable impact. Developing a feedback loop.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2021

Traditional retailers across the country have been playing catch-up for decades, trying to meet the changing needs of the consumer. This vast migration of consumers from brick-and-mortar stores to the digital marketplace began at least as early as Amazon opening its doors. As consumers, we are accustomed to instant results.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 20, 2021

In the ecommerce realm, we’ve seen retail media networks emerge and accelerate. Jay Hutton , President and CEO, VSBLTY ; Maroun Ishac , Director of Business Development, Retail Solutions Division, Intel Corp. ; Retailers have created Retail Media Networks to compete with the Amazons, Facebooks and Googles,” Brown explained.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

Whether a retail location, office building, hotel or healthcare environment, designing to support client objectives requires bringing to bear as much relevant information as possible. For physical retail locations, data and analysis are indispensable for navigating a rapidly evolving and ever-changing marketplace.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

New research from Capterra finds that tip fatigue — exhaustion caused by the pressure to tip more money to a widening array of workers — is a serious problem affecting most consumers who use checkout tablets at restaurants and other businesses. For instance, most consumers are willing to tip at restaurants for table service and food delivery.

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Kissmetrics

JANUARY 6, 2021

Enter retail media networks. What is a Retail Media Network? With more and more people shopping online, retail media just makes sense. But what exactly is a retail media network? A retail media network is when retailers set up an advertising platform on their website, app, or other digital platforms within their network.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

To capitalize on this expected growth, cannabis retailers are focused on building trust and, most of all, standing out. Now the retailers, with 25 and six brick-and-mortar locations respectively, are bringing their brands to the next level through highly immersive store experiences and a concentrated focused on store growth. “Our

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In retail, the wow factor refers to the business’ ability to amaze customers and convert them into store or brand admirers. A recent study from Wharton’s Baker Retailing Center and The Verde Group found that retailers can increase shopper repurchase intent by nearly 60% by delivering a great experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The store is quite busy, so you flag down a salesperson and they help you check out from a mobile point-of-sale (POS) system. The world of retail has changed drastically for shoppers, and mobile checkout devices have helped retailers big and small not only provide a better customer experience but also increase sales and revenue.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2020

The global pandemic has accelerated the pace of change for the retail industry at a rate we have never before seen. E-Commerce spending has grown by more than 30% , cementing consumer expectations for flexibility, choice and convenience. As we move forward, these capabilities are critical for all retailers: Accept Contactless Payments.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2023

As technology innovation continues to advance, retailers are ever on the lookout for easier, faster, and more convenient ways to streamline and enhance their operations and the customer experience. Meet Them Where They Are Point-of-sale magic is created when a consumer is struck by a product display, is drawn to it and makes a purchase.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Understanding consumer behaviors will be key to building (or rebuilding) a successful retail business in a post-pandemic world. However, retail marketers often lack the data they need to develop and execute more empathetic messaging. of retail sales coming from brick-and-mortar, and about 15% of retail sales coming from digital.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Despite the surge in online shopping, physical stores remain essential for retailers, providing a space for customers to interact with products and build deeper brand connections. Retailers must provide compelling reasons for in-store visits, blending digital and physical experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This holiday season, though prices are still high and purse strings remain tightened, there’s slightly more stability inherent in the current retail environment that will bring more clarity to the numbers. Retailers will leverage this moment to focus on operational efficiencies and consumer connection.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2024

Consumers are changing how they shop and who they shop with, and now brands are taking notice. Traditionally, retail spaces have been associated with social interaction and shared experiences, serving as bustling hubs for family outings and social gatherings among friends. Shopping alone may be the answer.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2020

Non-essential retailers around the world have been devastated by COVID-19, with many experiencing everything from store closures to unprecedented drops in sales. To fuel these predictions, and ‘predictions’ is the apt term considering it’s still early days in retail’s recovery, it is helpful to look to retail trends in China.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Retailers across segments have been expanding their smart store ambitions for decades. Starting in the late 1980s with the introduction of self-checkout kiosks and progressing to today’s smart RFID tags and even fully automated storefronts, retail leaders have slowly but surely embraced digital in-store enhancements.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As one of the largest media and entertainment companies in the world, NBCUniversal is also one of the biggest vehicles for brands to connect with consumers. To do this, Reduto and her team immerse themselves in the industries they serve — and one of the largest is retail. said Reduto.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2024

We are past the point of conjecture about whether AI will upend the retail industry; it already has. In a recent study sponsored by Nvidia, 69% of retailers that used AI in 2023 reported that it increased revenues, and 72% said it reduced operating costs. But what are the most forward-thinking retailers doing with AI this year?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

There are a lot of people making a good living forecasting what’s going to happen in retail. Things like ecommerce will soon eclipse brick-and-mortar, retail is facing an apocalypse or delivery to home will become the norm in grocery shopping. The fact is, when it comes to what’s ahead for retail, no one really knows.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2024

The retail technology revolution has brought forth many new innovations such as palm scanning and AI chatbots over the last few years, all of which have sought to meet the same goal: improving the customer experience. consumers ages 15-69 anticipate going to a show in 2024, a jump from the 36% who attended one in 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2022

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, retailers are now facing the challenge of capturing and maintaining market share and keeping their customers loyal. Customers that have a positive point-of-sale financing experience are more likely to repeat purchases from that retail brand if the BNPL option is white-labeled for the retailer.

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