physical retail

Australian Merchants Turn Lockdown Lessons Into Digital Upgrades
Australian Merchants Turn Lockdown Lessons Into Digital Upgrades
August 09, 2022  |  Merchant Innovation

In the U.S., it’s known as curbside pick up or buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS), while in Australia, they prefer to call it...

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Augmented Reality Encourages UK Shoppers to See In-Store Through Their Phones
Augmented Reality Encourages UK Shoppers to See In-Store Through Their Phones
August 07, 2022  |  Technology

In the “Benchmarking the Digital Transformation” report, PYMNTS found that 83% of Brits owned a smartphone, the second highest when compared to data from the...

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Walmart, Already Marking Down, Won’t Counter Amazon Prime Day
Walmart, Already Marking Down, Won’t Counter Amazon Prime Day
July 07, 2022  |  Walmart

Walmart has nixed an idea to offer its own version of rival Amazon’s Prime Day because it already has more discounted item sales than usual,...

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Discount Clothing Retailer Primark Makes Move to eCommerce
Discount Clothing Retailer Primark Makes Move to eCommerce
June 20, 2022  |  Retail

Primark will be venturing into online shopping with a new “click and collect” feature for children’s products as it looks into moving away from strictly...

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Retailers Rush to Rethink Stores Amid Shift to Digital, Experiential Shopping
Retailers Rush to Rethink Stores Amid Shift to Digital, Experiential Shopping
May 20, 2022  |  Retail

For a minute there in 2020 and 2021, it seemed like most retail stores might be turned into indoor playgrounds or just abandoned because in-store...

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UAE Merchants Enhance Customers’ Shopping Experiences With Convenient, Easy-to-Find Mobile Features
UAE Merchants Enhance Customers’ Shopping Experiences With Convenient, Easy-to-Find Mobile Features
April 18, 2022  |  Shopping

The way consumers use mobile phone devices has evolved over the last decade and played a significant role in enhancing consumers’ shopping experiences regardless of...

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Shortages, Inflation Spur New Mix of Paper and Digital Couponing
Shortages, Inflation Spur New Mix of Paper and Digital Couponing
April 05, 2022  |  Retail

If you ever watched an episode of the reality TV show “Extreme Couponing,” you know that coupon clipping is serious business for price-conscious consumers and...

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Amazon to Shutter Physical Bookstores, Focus on Grocery Opportunities
Amazon to Shutter Physical Bookstores, Focus on Grocery Opportunities
March 02, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon will be closing its physical bookstores, including “Amazon 4-Star” locations and mall pop-up locations, narrowing its brick-and-mortar locations to focus on groceries, Bloomberg wrote...

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AMZN vs WMT Weekly: Retailers Should Study Target’s Superior Curbside Innovation
AMZN vs WMT Weekly: Retailers Should Study Target’s Superior Curbside Innovation
February 25, 2022  |  Retail

When it comes to retail industry news, Amazon and Walmart are typically tagged as titans, giants or leaders in the space.  But this week, that...

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