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Decoding QR Codes: Retailers Embrace Simple, Secure Touchless Payments Option

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In the inaugural QR Code Payments Tracker® , PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of QR codes, including new implementations at retailers and payment providers, the security concerns facing this payment method, and the pandemic’s effect on the development and rollout of QR code-enabled payment options. Retail Environment.

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SMB Survey: It’s All About The Customer

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That’s the hot take from a qualitative and quantitative retail survey from a company that specializes in moving SMBs (small and medium-sized businesses) and even VSBs (very small businesses) into the digital-first economy. It also found that the top concern headed into 2021 is securing new customers (44 percent).

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Privacy And Personalization Clash For Retailers

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Retailers are facing a personalization paradox. Fifty-three percent of consumers want retailers to respect their anonymity in 2020; at the same time 61 percent want more personalization in marketing, messaging and promotions. That paradox is evident between the appeal of personalization and a stepped-up need for privacy.

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Retail 2022: Digital Taps Pent-Up Consumer Demand

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For retailers, it is a time of reexamination. Digital-first or digital-native retailers made it so. Retail’s own performance reflected that shift. The conversations in retail boardrooms and war rooms in November of 2021 will center on how to direct some of that pent-up demand their way. and Brazil.

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Retail Rent Collections Rose To Nearly 70 Pct In Mid-July

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Commercial landlords were greeted with some good news in July as rent collections for retail properties increased by double digits compared to May and June, GlobeSt.com reported. A survey by Datex Property Solutions, the California-based real estate portfolio management company, revealed that retail rent collections were 68.8

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How Decathlon Deployed QR Codes For Seamless And Secure Contactless Payments

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A survey that was conducted near the beginning of the pandemic found that 27 percent of small businesses reported an increase in contactless payment usage — a share that has likely increased since then. Many businesses, including French sporting goods retailer Decathlon , which has 1,647 stores worldwide and two in the U.S.,

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New Data: Twice As Many Online Shoppers Believe Credit Cards Are More Secure Than Debit Cards

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PYMNTS’ latest research report, Online Security And The Debit-Credit Divide , a PYMNTS collaboration with Elan based on a survey of 2,466 U.S. consumers have shifted to digital shopping channels to purchase retail products, a fourfold increase since the start of the pandemic. The report finds that 45 percent of U.S.

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