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Visa: Real-Time Settlement, Online Marketplaces Help Put SMBs Back On The Road To Recovery

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Online marketplaces are the digital storefronts helping small to mid-sized businesses survive — but adding real-time settlement into the mix can help them thrive. And 60 percent of surveyed firms selling across online marketplaces would take their business to one that offers real-time settlement.

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Deep Dive: Why Retailers Are Merging Online, In-Store Shopping For The Omnichannel Age

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Consumers have shopped online, via mobile devices and at brick-and-mortar stores in various capacities for years, but the pandemic is dramatically expanding the connections between these channels. percent of respondents in an early March survey said they were using their mobile devices to shop more often. billion online in Q2 2020.

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Curbside Pickup and How It Impacts Your Retail Strategy

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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers were already seeing enthusiasm from customers for more convenient ways to interact during the purchasing process. While some retailers have offered limited order pickup options for some time, this was often limited to certain verticals or a small sub-set of products. The Challenges.

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JPMorgan Forecasts Record Online Holiday Shopping Season

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The bank also processed record-breaking online and mobile payment transactions on Cyber Monday, up nearly 25 percent over 2019. Because of the pandemic, shoppers shifted to online shopping for both discretionary goods and everyday spending. Morgan, said in a blog post on Friday (Dec.

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Reinventing Retail Will Mean Embracing New Formats

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Reinventing retail in the wake of COVID-19 may mean reinventing retail formats. It’s also likely that retailers will see more men in-store than women, and they should consider adjusting inventory to target these shoppers.”. Inventory adjustments will only be part of the post-COVID retail order.

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Digital-First Economy Redefines Retail And Consumer Behavior

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When it’s said and done there was only one story that mattered in the retail universe this year and it was the rise of the digital-first economy. More consumers are going online to shop and pay as the pandemic progresses. The numbers speak for themselves. It was the catalyst for most every business dynamic in the category.

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PayPal Invests In Extend As Merchants Seek New Ways To Boost Online Conversion

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Even online merchants who offer customers extended warranties at the time of sale traditionally see about a 4 percent or 5 percent conversion rate. Retailers] are seeing double-digit higher conversion rates when an extended warranty is shown – not on the extended warranty, but conversion rates on the product itself,” Levin said.

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