Today in Data: Bring-It-To-Me Reshapes Retail, the Rise of Social Commerce and Holiday Gift Return Season
Today in Data: Bring-It-To-Me Reshapes Retail, the Rise of Social Commerce and Holiday Gift Return...
December 29, 2021  |  Today In Data

Social commerce is full of potential, but there are plenty of pitfalls too if you aren’t careful. Plus, holiday gift returns bust retail budgets, and...

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CaixaBank Buys Bankia Insurance From Mapfre
CaixaBank Buys Bankia Insurance From Mapfre
December 29, 2021  |  Insurance

Spanish insurance firm Mapfre has sold Bankia’s insurance platform to CaixaBank for 571 million euros ($645 million), although the sides noted that an ongoing arbitration...

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Why Omnichannel Still Remains More Vision Than Reality for Retail
Why Omnichannel Still Remains More Vision Than Reality for Retail
December 29, 2021  |  Retail

“In stock.” Just two little words, and yet, a huge harbinger of customer joy these days as increasingly savvy digital consumers scour the web to find...

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Israeli FinTech PayMe Wants to Tap Into EU “Gold Rush”
Israeli FinTech PayMe Wants to Tap Into EU “Gold Rush”
December 29, 2021  |  International

Israeli FinTech PayMe is planning to expand into the European market, capitalizing on a change in regulations that have led to a “gold rush.” Get...

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54% of Small Businesses Would Pay a Fee to Receive Ad Hoc Payments Instantly
54% of Small Businesses Would Pay a Fee to Receive Ad Hoc Payments Instantly
December 29, 2021  |  Payment Methods

Small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) receive roughly 38% of their sales from buyers with whom they work on an irregular, ad hoc basis — once,...

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Retailers Grapple with Costs Tied to Longer Grace Periods for Returns
Retailers Grapple with Costs Tied to Longer Grace Periods for Returns
December 29, 2021  |  Retail

Major U.S. retailers who adopted longer return policies during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to entice customers could be paying for those changes — in more...

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LG Adds More Unmanned Retail Shops to Meet Contactless Shopping Desires
LG Adds More Unmanned Retail Shops to Meet Contactless Shopping Desires
December 29, 2021  |  Retail

LG Electronics is expanding the number of its unstaffed retail stores from the original nine, which opened in May, to 19 as of Wednesday (Dec....

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Why Retail’s Consumer Experience is a Two-Way Street
Why Retail’s Consumer Experience is a Two-Way Street
December 29, 2021  |  Retail

Imagine a consumer in a store, item in hand, about to make a purchase. Then, something happens that causes them to suddenly change their mind...

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Big Retailers Raising Wages Faster Than New $15 State Mandates
Big Retailers Raising Wages Faster Than New $15 State Mandates
December 29, 2021  |  Retail

Of the 26 states — and Washington, D.C. — mandating minimum wage raises in 2022, California and New York are the only states that will...

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