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PayPal Invests In Extend As Merchants Seek New Ways To Boost Online Conversion

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Even online merchants who offer customers extended warranties at the time of sale traditionally see about a 4 percent or 5 percent conversion rate. Retailers] are seeing double-digit higher conversion rates when an extended warranty is shown – not on the extended warranty, but conversion rates on the product itself,” Levin said. “We

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China’s 618 Festival Shows Strength In Consumer Spending

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According to retail metrics firm Syntun , during the three-week period (from Jun. 18), China’s online gross merchandise volume (GMV) reached RMB 457.33 billion, a 43.78 percent jump over the prior year. 618 definitely moved the needle through its cooperation with the government and various business models found within the festival.

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Amazon Focuses On Fulfillment After Another Record-Setting Quarter

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Amazon earnings announcements in 2020 have become an exercise in financial superlatives. It was almost a given that the company would post another such exercise for the third quarter as the pandemic has driven consumers online, 44 percent of which it lays claim to. It did not disappoint. In Q2, Amazon set aside “$4.0

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10 Data-Driven Ideas To Increase Branch Engagement

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At around $75 per year for unique visitors, it’s multiple times more expensive to service customers compared to other alternatives such as online, mobile, or phone. The operative question is: given online and mobile banking, what is the new role of the branch? Our point here is branching isn’t a passive activity.

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‘reCommerce’ Marketplaces Eye Sustainability, Partnerships

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While the company made much progress on pricing automation , Wainwright noted that it also exercises human oversight to ensure that it capitalizes on market opportunities. Retail Partnerships. Each pair of jeans was reportedly chosen by hand, washed, refurbished and sold in some of the retailer’s stores for $50 per pair.

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ClassPass CEO On Getting The Fitness Industry Back Into Fighting Shape

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But CEO Fritz Lanman of ClassPass , a platform for online and in-person fitness classes, told Karen Webster that digital offerings have partly filled a hole — albeit not completely — for consumers unable to get to their gyms. What we are hearing from our customers is that they’re dying to go back to studios,” Lanman said. What’s Next.

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When Merchants Don’t Change But Shoppers Do

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Mondays can be rough, but at Vestis Retail Group, the start of the work week signaled a different kind of end entirely. While Eastern Mountain Sports and Bob’s Stores will likely be absorbed by Vestis’ parent organization, private equity firm Versa Capital Management, Sport Chalet’s 46 stores are in no such luck.

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