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Bold Commerce CEO: Consumers Skip the Cart and Brands Close the Sale With ‘Shoppable Checkouts’
Bold Commerce CEO: Consumers Skip the Cart and Brands Close the Sale With ‘Shoppable Checkouts’
July 19, 2023  |  Checkout Conversion

Social media promised to give brands a new channel to transform browsers into buyers. But the promise has not met reality. Meta’s Instagram and Google’s...

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Software-as-a-Service Will Simplify Move to Self-Service Checkout, Says LS Retail
Software-as-a-Service Will Simplify Move to Self-Service Checkout, Says LS Retail
July 11, 2023  |  Retail

When consumers are shopping in stores in the post-pandemic age, they seek new checkout experiences that offer the same benefits they’ve grown accustomed to online....

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Aptos Appoints Kristjan Johannsson to Lead LS Retail’s ‘Next Phase of Growth’
Aptos Appoints Kristjan Johannsson to Lead LS Retail’s ‘Next Phase of Growth’
June 28, 2023  |  Personnel

Aptos has appointed Kristjan Johannsson as general manager for its standalone business unit LS Retail. Johannsson has been with LS Retail since 2016, most recently serving as chief commercial...

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Treasury Prime and Checkout.com Team to Offer Debit Card Funding
Treasury Prime and Checkout.com Team to Offer Debit Card Funding
June 20, 2023  |  Checkout Conversion

Embedded banking platform Treasury Prime has formed a long-term partnership with payments provider Checkout.com. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (June 20), will include a series of initiatives, starting with a...

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Pay-by-Bank Rewards Programs Can Build Stronger Consumer-Merchant Bonds
Pay-by-Bank Rewards Programs Can Build Stronger Consumer-Merchant Bonds
June 20, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Driven as they are by payment choice, many consumers like the idea of account-to-account (A2A) transfers, known by several other names including pay by bank...

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Stripe’s Gaybrick on Rethinking the Internet’s Economic Value and Managing Money in the Cloud  
Stripe’s Gaybrick on Rethinking the Internet’s Economic Value and Managing Money in the Cloud  
June 14, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Merchants and online platforms have a user interface problem. Will Gaybrick, president of Product and Business at Stripe, told Karen Webster that pain points at...

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Bolt Helps FWRD Enter World of In-Person Shopping
Bolt Helps FWRD Enter World of In-Person Shopping
June 11, 2023  |  Retail

Digital-first fashion retailer FWRD has debuted a pop-up store powered by checkout tech company Bolt. The Los Angeles-based store, announced in a news release Friday (June 9), will let...

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eCommerce Checkouts Using Buy Button Are 46% Faster Than Without 
eCommerce Checkouts Using Buy Button Are 46% Faster Than Without 
June 09, 2023  |  Checkout Conversion

The whole point of buy buttons is to cut to the chase, as it were, for customers who have made up their minds and want...

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40% of US Retailers Say Scan-and-Go Is Essential to Keep Customers
40% of US Retailers Say Scan-and-Go Is Essential to Keep Customers
May 14, 2023  |  Retail

The Wall Street Journal reported last month (April 7) on the evolution of self-checkout systems, focusing on Uniqlo’s parent company, Fast Retailing, and its introduction...

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