Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2023

As the online payments industry continues to evolve, new digital wallet solutions, such as mobile payment apps and e-wallet platforms, are becoming increasingly popular and reshaping the way consumers transact. 4 Pros of Digital Wallets Some of the advantages of digital wallet payment options include: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Using our payment card whilst we shop online rarely gives us pause, and the many millions who buy online generally trust the system. However, the recent busy shopping season means it’s a good time to remind ourselves that there is an ongoing battle to make sure that the payment card data of your customers remains secure.

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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.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JULY 8, 2019

Store management and payment processing – the two functions that pretty sum up what you should expect from a POS system. In other words, leveraging an efficient point of sale system software should help you streamline all your in-store operations. The secret is using a structured selection process.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2024

URBN , parent company of Urban Outfitters , Anthropologie , Free People and FP Movement , will adopt Stripe as its primary payments infrastructure for both online and in-store sales, consolidating the majority of its North American payments volume onto the solution provider.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2023

Retailers know that customer engagement must be the focus of their marketing efforts. And it’s increasingly clear that brands that embrace financial services within the customer journey are scoring highly on engagement scores. Its simplicity works for the retailer and customer alike.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2024

Citing “extremely low volumes” of customers using personal checks, Target will stop accepting checks for in-store payments on July 15, 2024, as reported in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and confirmed by Target. The retailer joins several supermarket retailers that have stopped accepting checks, including Aldi , Whole Foods Market and Lidl.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2023

One such payment option that has demonstrated its effectiveness in streamlining these transactions is Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC). DCC is an optional service offered at the point of sale, allowing customers to view the cost of their purchases in their home currency. Benefits for Retailers 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Ecommerce platform Shopify is now aiming to help retailers sell anywhere through its unified POS Go all-in-one retail hardware device for omnichannel sellers. This latest addition to Shopify’s offerings relies on the company’s point-of-sale software, which is designed to allow retailers to sell online and offline.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

After a customer pays at a register or via the Scan & Go mobile payment solution, a combination of computer vision and digital technology deployed in stores’ exit areas captures images of their cart and verifies payment for all items within a shopper’s basket.

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Ecommerce Platforms

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Whether you’re searching for an offline card reader, a way to take credit card payments online , or a POS app, you’ve probably come across both PayPal and Square in the past. They offer an easy way to start making money through your online or offline store, whether you’re taking digital payments, or credit cards. Square Fees.

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BigCommerce

AUGUST 17, 2018

For Tahnee Elliott, identifying and servicing her primary market was especially easy. Ideally, your inventory or services should be strategically chosen to appeal to a broader audience—especially when you’re just starting out. Original images and image descriptions helped us to rank far above other retailers using stock photos.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2024

In today’s digital-first marketplace, consumer expectations for flawless shopping experiences, whether in-store or online, have reached unprecedented heights and are putting pressure on retailers to provide an “always on” business model. Months earlier, it was reported that thousands of Walmart stores in the U.S.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JUNE 1, 2023

Shopify Payments vs Stripe: Which solution should you really be using for your ecommerce store? Both Shopify Payments and Stripe offer very similar services to business owners. Both allow you to accept and process payments online, ensuring your ecommerce company can make a profit. What is Shopify Payments?

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BigCommerce

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Digital commerce continues to be top of mind for online retailers. Retailers continually optimize their sales channels to deliver more seamless consumer experiences. New Payment Methods, New Fraudulent Activity. Some estimates project that global ecommerce sales will reach $4 trillion by the year 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2021

consumers have now used a buy now pay later (BNPL) service. . Businesses looking for ways to gain a competitive edge over their competitors have been pushing service advantages into new areas, including alternative payment models. Using BNPL, approved customers can defer payments at checkout — both online and in-store.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

While autonomous stores and technological innovation are high on the retail agenda, the infrastructure and operational efforts that enable them aren’t often given the same broad attention. Grocery retail is rooted in a traditional brick-and-mortar business model, with many longstanding and comprehensive internal processes.

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Groove

JUNE 15, 2022

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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Ecommerce Platforms

APRIL 20, 2022

These tools can both support business leaders in taking payments offline, building relationships with customers, and even building an online presence. However, Square is intended more for smaller retailers and new sellers without a huge presence online. Square point of sale software is easy-to-use, and flexible.

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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

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Retail theft is on the rise, and many businesses are grappling with the financial fallout. In recent months, The Home Depot, Foot Locker, Target and other retail giants have suggested that shoplifting is cutting significantly into their respective profits. This represents the greatest source of loss for retailers of all sizes.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2024

The customer experience is paramount to the success of today’s retailers. This includes enhancing in-store inventory, delivery services and even the personalization of customer service. However, when it’s time to check out, how do payment options factor into that customer experience?

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Ecommerce Platforms

MARCH 22, 2023

There are a huge range of payment processing brands out there, all offering tools to help make your organization a money-making entity. After all, how do you know you’re selecting a payment processor that can simultaneously keep your costs low, and ensure you’re offering a great service? for EU cards, or 2.9%

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

While a cloudy future often leads businesses to hunker down and reduce costs any way they can, retailers are responding in a surprising way. That’s right, retailers are planning to “invest their way through the recession,” according to new benchmark research from digital transformation company Mercaux conducted by CensusWide.

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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. Burlington Stores is grappling with its January decision to cut online sales altogether and the coronavirus may be the final blow that shutters JCPenney for good. And contactless is not limited to the point of sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2020

Touch-free “contactless” payments in stores and at vending machines are gaining popularity with U.S. shoppers and retailers during the pandemic, because the coronavirus can stay viable on many surfaces for hours or even days. And NFC payments offer the same level of security as EMV-chip enabled cards. Here’s what U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2023

Retail operations are an increasingly popular target for cybercriminals. The growth of online shopping, self-checkout systems, point-of-sale transactions and other digital processes has created numerous opportunities for attackers. And the most common jumping board for cyberattacks on retail?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

million debt service payment on municipal bonds sold to help finance the venture, due to insufficient funds. The mall also had missed the previous payment deadline for the same reason in August 2022. The American Dream mall and entertainment complex failed to make a Feb. 1, 2023 $8.8 The notice from U.S.

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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

JANUARY 11, 2021

While it’s hardly noteworthy that a retailer increased online sales during some of the worst months of COVID, M.Video-Eldorado Group , a 1,039-store electronics and appliance retailer serving more than 250 regions across Russia, did much more than simply funnel products through its suddenly active ecommerce channel.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2021

The pandemic accelerated not just ecommerce but also digital payment methods: digital wallets reached 29.3% The wallets are expected to unseat credit cards as the preferred online payment method in the coming years, according to the FIS Global Payments Report 2021. share of ecommerce payments. of ecommerce spend.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

Before any of us confronted the new reality of a global pandemic, retailers were already interested in the potential benefits of frictionless technology. From contactless payment to fully automated checkout, innovations showed promise for streamlining and improving the customer experience. Similarly, retailers like BevMo!

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2022

A successful retail space uses the art of design to provide a clean, aesthetically pleasing and accessible storefront and property. Designing your retail store with security in mind ensures that your business’ security isn’t an afterthought. Evaluate Your Retail Store’s Location. Evaluate Your Retail Store’s Location.

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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. For shoppers, BNPL is a seamless payment method that helps break up their purchases into several installments, bringing more cash flow and budgeting flexibility.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Accusations of “greenwashing” can lead to irreversible damage to reputation and consumer trust, and with environmental social governance (ESG) now high on the agenda for public and private organizations worldwide, it’s changing how many retailers think about their businesses. And how can POS finance fit into the equation?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

Responding to an escalating demand for contactless payment options, CVS Pharmacy will offer PayPal and Venmo QR code technology, enabling customers to check out touch-free in all 8,200 stand-alone CVS Pharmacy locations in the U.S. The program is scheduled to roll out nationwide in Q4.

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TalkingRetail

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Many small and medium retailers “may not be getting a good deal” from the card payment services market, a new report reveals.

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