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Australia Pivots From BNPL to Reinventing Digital Retail Down Under

Australia Pivots From BNPL to Reinventing Digital Retail Down Under
Australia Pivots From BNPL to Reinventing Digital Retail Down Under
September 02, 2022  |  Retail

As the land that gave us buy now, pay later (BNPL), it’s hard to picture Australia as a laggard in digital transformation, but merchants and...

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Curbside and In-Store Pickup Rewrite Rules for Shopping, Payments
Curbside and In-Store Pickup Rewrite Rules for Shopping, Payments
August 31, 2022  |  Retail

Some think of buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and curbside contactless pickup as pandemic stopgaps that will eventually go away, but in fact, these...

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T-Mobile Says 5G and Embedded Payments Set to Unlock New Connected Retail Experiences
T-Mobile Says 5G and Embedded Payments Set to Unlock New Connected Retail Experiences
August 30, 2022  |  Technology

Even in the early days of its commercial rollout, we know that 5G has the fastest throughput and connective capability of any standard yet conceived,...

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Physical Retail’s Sales Surge Above 2019 Levels Nothing to Cheer About
Physical Retail’s Sales Surge Above 2019 Levels Nothing to Cheer About
August 23, 2022  |  Retail

There’s an old saying — sometimes we move the goalposts a little. And declare victory. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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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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