by Kayla Matthews At times, it may seem that technology is pushing for retail to become wholly online. While e-commerce is rising at a meteoric rate, the latest tech isn’t leaving brick-and-mortar retailers in the dust. Some new advances like 5G could revolutionize the physical retail industry. 5G isn’t just a new gimmick for phone […]
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How Artificial Intelligence Will Impact Your Business in 2020
by Kushagra Shrivastava Did you know 37 percent of organizations have implemented Artificial Intelligence (AI) in some form — representing a 270 percent increase over the past four years? How about the prediction that by 2021, 80 percent of emerging technologies will have AI foundations? At the very least, we see businesses running experiments to […]
Customer Analytics Can Help Grow Your Business
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Merchant Survey Reveals 2020 Ecommerce Trends
by 2Checkout The Ecommerce Trends Survey, carried out by 2Checkout with more than 1,200 companies across the world, has revealed their latest digital commerce priorities, challenges, and plans. The participating companies span a wide spectrum of industries, and sizes, yet they all report similar concern and approaches around ecommerce. 2Checkout is the leading all-in-one monetization […]
Annual Report on the Future of Technology & Media
Activate, the leading management consulting firm for media, technology, entertainment, and sports businesses, recently released the Activate Technology and Media Outlook 2020, a comprehensive annual report on the state of the Internet, technology, media, and entertainment industries. The report is based on groundbreaking proprietary research. In their sixth report, Activate focused on topics such as […]
2020 Retail Predictions
New year, new business plans, new customers, new products… new you! A brand new year brings on so many exciting changes that can have a big impact on your business, and Independent Retailer is here to make sure those changes are for the better. We’ve got all the latest trends and statistics that retailers need […]
American Express Delivers Interactive Experiences for Small Business Saturday
Small Business Saturday is right around the corner, are you excited? Indie retailers are finishing the last minute touches for their displays and events, consumers are ready to start checking off items on their loved ones lists, and even some cities and towns are celebrating this day. This is the 10th anniversary of Small Business […]
Increasing Retail Sales with Data Analytics
Retail data monetization is the process of using your company’s transaction and customer data to optimize the way you make and spend money. There are two different ways to monetize data: direct monetization and indirect monetization. Direct data monetization is when a company sells their data to another party. This can be done in many […]
Don’t Fall Behind on the New Transaction Trend
Recently, Bank of America announced that it will be reissuing four million Visa debit and credit cards for account holders in the NYC, San Francisco and Boston areas, changing them over to contactless cards. Following the growing trend of tap-to-pay transactions, customers will soon have the option to try out the new payment method at […]
We Know Amazon.com – But what is AWS?
Amazon monopolizes much of the conversation around retail, between its popular Prime program, advances in shipping logistics, Amazon Go’s payment technology, and most recently the HQ2 contest and the circus than ensued. But, there is one sleeping Amazon giant that arguably has played an even bigger role in startup, ecommerce, and technology innovation: Amazon Web […]
