retail, ecommerce, and payment tech 🛍@fitsmallbiz @techrepublic @technology_adv
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At a bar and my husband and dad are talking about how they need the whiskey rock ice molds. Maybe every men’s gift guide since 2015 was right.
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My 8-12 year old nieces and nephews are playing a Guess the Logo game. All of them recognized #Shopify and #Temu immediately.
Shopify really is becoming a household name.
Starbucks and Adobe they didn’t recognize.
#genalpha
#Retail #ecommerce
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Modern Retail is a leading (non-controversial!) voice in the retail space. This makes zero sense.
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The Alexa in my kitchen just started playing “Superstition” all on its own 😭
How’s your Friday going? – at Connecticut, USA
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Are college campuses a good place to test cashierless stores?
Join today’s @retailwire discussion: retailwire.com/discussion/ca…
#Retail #retailtech
“If people understood what it takes to make a pair of jeans, they would be horrified and it would impact behavior” - Nick Kaplan, The Saadia Group
Sustainability in retail (or lack thereof) is harder and harder to ignore #shoptalk2022 #shoptalk #sustainablefashion #retail
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“There’s nothing that separates the small from the big but awareness and time” - Nick Kaplan, The Saadia Group.
It’s a good time for small businesses- access to quality, affordable #retailtech means large companies have less of a competitive advantage #shoptalk2022
5 tech trends shaping the future of retail:
- visual search
- personalization
- virtual products
- dark stores
- checkout-free shopping
Based on the audience poll, attendees are most interested in personalization and visual search. #shoptalk2022
Uber’s on a mission to be “the local operating system for everyday life”
UberEats added over 120,000 non-food merchants over the last year 👀🚗🛍
According to @dkhos they can make the unit economics work because their CAC is essentially $0
#shoptalk2022 #shoptalk
“Inflation is real and anyone who says it’s going away is kidding themselves” - @dkhos #shoptalk2022
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InsightS from Matt Madrigal of @google:
- 54% of consumers used more than 5 channels to shop over the holidays.
- 71% of shoppers prefer to shop brands that share their values
#shoptalk2022 #shoptalk
Stores are back and better than ever.
- 75% prefer to discover products in store
- 88% of people like going into stores because it makes them happy
#shoptalk2022
Ratings and reviews are tablestakes for your ecommerce site, according to Kent Zimmerman from @ShoeCarnival
- shoppers expect them
- SEO benefits
- can leverage for UGC and marketing materials #shoptalk2022
“There’s a massive simplification required to bring crypto mainstream” as a payment option.
Insights from @bolt at Shoptalk #shoptalk2022
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Instacart is moving towards ghost warehouses to support order fulfillment delivery for its major brand partners.
The “ghost” business concept keeps on growing #shoptalk2022
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Product and brand discovery is a huge challenge for indie retailers, and the rising costs of customer acquisition are untenable #shoptalk2022
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