Starting a boutique for many aspiring entrepreneurs can be a dream come true. It’s an opportunity to color the lives and styles based on your creativity. However, getting to start a boutique involves a tremendous amount of work that can be daunting, and almost discouraging. You need to find the appropriate retail and warehouse space, …
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Times are changing in all industries, including the retail sector. Consumers don’t shop like they used to, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t spending money. They are just doing it in different ways and if retailers want to keep their sales high, they have to jump on board with what consumers want. What do consumers …
Mobile technology continually improves and 2021 is bound to see some of the greatest changes. As we move into another year of living with social distancing, consumers want contactless payments and more capabilities from the comfort and safety of their own homes. Mobile Wallet Security It’s not enough to offer mobile wallet payment options next …
The numbers are in for the 2019 holiday shopping season, the final one of the decade, and retailers were pleased to learn that overall sales increased by nearly 3.5% compared to last year. Starting on Black Friday and culminating with last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve, retailers were definitely in the black this season, and this …
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In terms of telecommunications and payment transactions, the United States is strangely out of step with the rest of the world in some aspects. Paper checks, for example, are still used by many companies. The adoption of EMV technology by American retailers was slow enough to cause anxiety among providers of payment processing services. As …
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Point of Sale and Digital Payment Diversity Keeps Merchants on Their Toes More than halfway through 2019, merchants are responding to the variety of paths consumers are choosing to pay for goods and services. From the mobile point of sale tablets retailers carry around the store to the tap-n-go options from both mobile wallets and …