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What’s in Store for Grocery in 2022?

Retail TouchPoints

Outfits like GoPuff, Gorillas and 1520 took the grocery market by storm in 2021, offering a limited menu of consumables, delivered to your door in an incredible 30 minutes or less (and commanding multi-billion dollar valuations in the process.) More than half of online grocery shoppers already use their mobile devices to shop.

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How Technology is Helping Retailers Through the Labor Shortage

Retail TouchPoints

With card and mobile payments, mPOS is intended to increase business efficiency, resulting in increased profitability, shorter checkout and return lines. Retailers can gain a better understanding of their operations at any point in time by connecting all in-store and ecommerce channels.

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Square vs PayPal (Dec 2019): Clash of the Payment Processing Titans

Ecommerce Platforms

Any of the mobile payments that you accept through PayPal will be available almost instantly in your PayPal account. This means that the payment process is a little more complex for end-users with PayPal than it is with Square. Square vs. PayPal: Mobile Payments.

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Viya, China’s top livestreaming influencer, vanished from cyberspace after receiving a $210m fine for tax evasion.

Ecommerce Platforms

The 36-year-old Viya, China's top livestream seller, has broken many sales records since her first appearance, in 2016, on Taobao Live (an Alibaba-owned live-streaming channel). On the basis of Taobao Live Annual Report 2021 , KOL (key opinion leader) and brand are the primary channels of livestream shopping. Source from KPMG.

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Best Retail POS Systems for 2020

Ecommerce Platforms

Multi-location stock management. Some of the compatible hardware peripherals you could directly purchase from Square include a Square POS stand for your iPad, Square card reader for accepting chip cards and NFC payments, thermal receipt printer, and a USB handheld barcode scanner. Square For Retail POS System Key Features.

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6 Strategies for Collecting Customer Data for Early Personalization

Sailthru

Raise does this well, using a long-term multi-channel approach. The mobile payments platform works with more than 500 retail partners and its quest to learn which ones appeal most to new users begins with a single customer data set. Customers have the option to opt in or out of receiving direct mail and mobile messages.

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Payments Solutions for Small Fashion Stores in the UK

365 Retail

Popular choices for UK fashion stores include: Epos Now A cloud-based POS solution offering flexibility, real-time reporting, and integration with various payment providers. ExtendaGo A robust system designed for retail stores, providing multi-channel functionality and user-friendly interfaces.