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How Mobile Payments Are Taking Over eCommerce

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The new way of purchasing goods and services is through Mobile Payments whether you are shopping online or in-store. As millions of users start to use mobile payments each year, it is projected that 4.8 billion people will be completing transactions through mobile payments by 2025. What Are Mobile Payments?

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Why Retailers Should Dust Off The Old Gift Card Strategy

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By Michael Smallwood, Bitmo We’re all familiar with the classic gift card — those plastic little cards of joy that tend to bulge our wallets, and we often forget are even there. displayed the gift card in stores. However, despite gift cards representing a $160 billion industry in the U.S.

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Target Expands Contactless Checkout and Pickup Options to Enhance Safety During the Holidays

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The retailer also is expanding its selection of items available for same-day pickup or delivery, with an emphasis on gifts and ingredients for holiday meals. Shoppers can now use the Wallet mobile payment option in the Target app to scan items with their own devices, eliminating the need to pick up an in-store scanning device.

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Top 7 Mobile Payment Options You Should Provide

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So, how do you know which mobile checkout options are going to satisfy your customers? To help, we’ve put together a list of the top seven options to include on your store’s mobile checkout pages. Top Seven Mobile Payment Options for Ecommerce Websites. For ecommerce retailers, offering PayPal is a no-brainer.

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Why UK Retailers Should Save Some of Their Christmas Marketing Spend for Chinese New Year

Retail TouchPoints

Many individuals receive red envelopes filled with money as a traditional gift, providing them with additional spending power. Make sure you accept a variety of payment methods. To understand the impact of this shift, it’s crucial to recognize the importance of Lunar New Year to Chinese consumers.

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Three Lessons Grocers can Learn from Specialty Retailers

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Hy-Vee , a chain of supermarkets in the Midwest and South, has executed this strategy in a reimagined store in Missouri, launching new mobile payment features, a nostalgic and novelty candy shop, several in-store dining experiences, a pharmacy, a beauty shop and more.

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Tips for Staying Safe and Seeing Green on Black Friday

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Change your store’s flow to meet the CDC guidelines for space between people, particularly in your payment line queue. After they’ve shopped and paid and are ready to leave, give them a small token of holiday cheer, like a coupon for their next purchase or gift cards for stocking stuffers and the like.