Mobile Payments
If your launching a startup, free cash flow is almost certainly at a premium. Therefore, the last thing you want to do is spend more than you absolutely have to for transactional fees that donโt meaningfully contribute to growing your business (e.g., credit card processing fees). Thankfully, there are some pretty straightforward methods that yourโฆ
An Ikea executive at the Mcommerce Summit: State of Mobile Commerce 2016 revealed that the retailer is testing a mobile program that generates QR codes for the products in customersโ carts to speed up checkout, part of an ongoing focus on in-store technology that makes shoppersโ lives easier. During the session, the executive emphasized how importantโฆ
Many merchants and retail workers are watching their lives play in slow motion when they process credit cards. To combat fraudulent transactions, the retail industry is shifting away from the traditional magnetic stripe toward tiny computer chips embedded inside cards. The chip technology, known as E.M.V. (for Europay, MasterCard and Visa), has been around forโฆ
Summer can be rough for retailers. The warm weather beckons us outside, far from any storefront. We donโt quit shopping entirely, however. For retailers with a smart summer strategy, thereโs money to be made. If your sales have been less sunny from Motherโs Day through Labor Day, try these tips based on a recent surveyโฆ
E-commerce took a couple big leaps forward in innovation and efficiency in 2015. While itโs easy to examine past success and the trends of the previous year, the most important thing retailers can do now is use that knowledge to stay ahead of the curve. Here are three of the most important trends that online retailersโฆ
Apple Pay is finally ready to move beyond apps. Apple has been telling potential partners that its payment service, which lets shoppers complete a purchase on mobile apps with their fingerprint rather than by entering credit card details, is expanding to websites later this year, multiple sources told Re/code. The service will be available to shoppers usingโฆ
In 2015, retailers took significant steps forward in their integration of mobile into the shopping journey, and as shoppers spend more time on their mobile devices, strategies will continue to grow in sophistication. Mobile payments and wearables were launched for a variety of platforms, and beacon adoption continues to rise, quickly transforming what consumers canโฆ
With 2016 still in its infancy, I canโt help but wonder whatโs in store for the year. As retailers have had time to wind down after the busy holiday shopping season, there's an opportunity to look at whatโs to come in the year ahead. The team at Demandware has been busy making a few predictionsโฆ
Contactless transactions are fast, simple and highly intuitive. They're a natural fit for the fast-paced lifestyle of todayโs consumers. In a seemingly instantaneous manner, the tiny antennae embedded inside credit cards and smartphones communicate with payment terminals to transact purchases. Due to the near ubiquity of mobile devices, however, contactless payments are experiencing a mobile-heavyโฆ
Between the switch to EMV in the United States, the success and failures of mobile payment apps from major corporations, and the debut of Walmart Pay, 2015 was a pivotal year for the payments industry. New innovations and technologies have led to a shift in consumer expectations when choosing payment providers. With the rise ofโฆ