All Payments articles – Page 2
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Analysis
The Disruptors: Nine brands transforming the way shoppers pay
The latest instalment of Retail Week’s Disruptors series showcases the companies making waves in the payments sector.
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News
Amazon extends ‘palm payment’ at Whole Foods Market stores
Amazon is to introduce payment by palm across its Whole Foods Market grocery business in the US.
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Retail Voice
Six trends retailers should continue watching across the next six months
From spending on experiences to an abundance of payment options, Mastercard examines six of the biggest consumer trends retailers should be focused on for the rest of the year
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News
Klarna and Stellar Global launch virtual shopping solution
Klarna has partnered with retail experience agency Stellar Global to deliver a virtual shopping solution for ecommerce brands.
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News
Shopify to make Shop Pay available to retailers off-platform
Shopify is expanding its accelerated checkout service Shop Pay to include retailers not on its platform.
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Retail Voice
The five biggest trends in payments for retail
Letting your customers pay the way they want to should be top of the agenda for retailers, says Elavon’s Michael Bosshammer as he takes a look at the biggest payment movements right now
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Opinion
‘Facial recognition is everywhere in China and people seem OK with it’
Returning to China, Retail Week analyst Hanna Hua shares her experience of how technology such as facial recognition, payments and robots is transforming shopping. Can such dramatic change be expected in the UK?
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Retail Voice
Winning share of wallet with Gen Z and millennial shoppers
With retailers keen to understand what makes younger consumers tick, and more importantly spend, American Express unveils research into this generation of shoppers, says Dan Edelman at American Express
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Data
Money talks: Data on what will get 2,000 consumers spending
One of the major areas of retail transformation over the past decade has occurred at the checkout – with consumers now using a raft of new payment types to make purchases online and in-store.
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News
THG launches buy now, pay later scheme
THG has launched a new buy now, pay later scheme in partnership with Newpay, a digital credit account.
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News
Co-op to accept PayPal payments for online shopping
The Co-op has signed a deal with PayPal allowing customers to use the service to pay for their groceries online.
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Analysis
Analysis: How consumers shopped the electricals sector this Christmas
Once a stalwart of Christmas and Boxing Day Sales shopping, the pressure from the cost-of-living crisis meant electricals presented a mixed bag for retailers over this festive season.
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Analysis
Analysis: How retail confounded the doom and gloom to achieve a very merry Christmas
As soon as retailers’ Christmas updates started coming in, it was clear that something unexpected had happened – the festive season had been better than anticipated for many
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News
Cash retail payments halved last year as ecommerce sales soared
Cash accounted for just 15% of all transactions in 2021, the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) have revealed.
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Retail Voice
Five ways retailers can avoid basket abandonment online
The movement of money is the life-source of commerce, says Elavon Europe’s Rob Evans, who explains the pan-European changes that have made the way we pay safer, quicker and easier
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Video
Watch: 'BNPL is an important, growing part of our business,' says Currys credit director
Currys has doubled the size of its point-of-sale finance business over the past two years, Currys credit director David Buxton has revealed.
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Retail Voice
The future of fluid customer journeys at the virtual checkout
With consumers demanding online payments be as swift and efficient as possible, Axerve’s Alessio Damonti asks what retailers can do to reduce friction at the virtual checkout.
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Analysis
Analysis: What are retailers doing to avoid a nightmare before Christmas?
Retailers need a Christmas miracle. With unaffordable fuel bills and economic turmoil wreaking havoc on consumer confidence, the backdrop of this year’s festive season is looking closer to a Dickens novel than a winter wonderland
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Analysis
Five ways to adapt to changing consumer behaviour amid cost-of-living crisis
Retail veteran Peter Williams and executives from Pandora, Bookshop.org and REN Clean Skincare reveal how they are witnessing spending habits shift – and what this means for their strategies – ahead of appearing at Consumer Week
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Retail Voice
Four questions to help you discover if BNPL is right for your business
There is a lot to consider when adding a new payment method. Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is no exception. So what questions should retailers ask before adopting BNPL, asks Checkout.com’s Renee Howard.