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Melding Digital With Physical Rescues In-Store Retailing

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From where things stand in Q4 2020 it’s not hard to imagine physical retail going extinct. Noting the ways COVID has permanently changed retailing, CNBC recently reported , “As more and more stores go dark at the mall, some major retail executives are looking to grow outside of it — a tactic they hadn’t touted so publicly before.

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Online Wholesaler Boxed Looks For Buyers

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online wholesale retailer sometimes called “Costco for millennials,” is seeking a buyer, Reuters reported. Boxed, formed in 2013, has raised $240 million from investors, including American Express and GGV Capital. Boxed , the U.S. Boxed, based in New York, offers sales of fresh groceries, office supplies and more.

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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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Digital Payments, Online Ordering And Memberships Top This Week’s News

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We have deep dives on digital payments, online ordering and memberships. Millennials Drive More to Faster Payments . Millennials and Gen Z are among the groups that are most likely to have received instant payments. From Online Ordering to Cupcake ATMs: How Sprinkles Prepared for the Pandemic.

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‘Costco For Millennials’ Attracts Big Investors

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A popular eCommerce retailer, which has been called the “Costco for millennials,” is attracting potential investors, according to The New York Post. With warehouses in New Jersey, Dallas, Las Vegas and Atlanta, Boxed offers bulk-sized products similar to those found at big warehouse retailers like Costco Wholesale.

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Black Friday Heads Toward Shades Of Gray

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By the time retailers get to Black Friday , they will have worked through almost two months of sales events – both proprietary and otherwise – from competitors ranging from Amazon to Target to Walmart. percent shopped online during Black Friday last year, which was double the 2018 number. And then there are the millennials.

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Needs Unattended Retail

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As recently as a few years ago, it was often difficult to get retailers to think seriously about unattended retail as an expansion or extension of their business. That shift in consumer preferences is driving an ever-expanding digitization of the physical retail experience, he noted. While that is a growth area, Layden Jr.

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