Stand up and fight: How the pandemic forced Huggg Founder Paul Wickers to get creative with e-commerce
By Paul Wickers, Founder at Huggg When I left my banking job to start indie coffee shop chain Huggg, I thought I was prepared for the challenges I would face. Then the pandemic hit and effectively shut my business down overnight. I was left with 3 options – give up; hunker down; or stand up […]
50% of adults will interact with brands more through digital channels post-pandemic
Over half (55%) of UK adults will interact with brands more through digital and virtual channels than face-to-face post-pandemic. The global study from Nuance – which polled 10,000 adults across the US, UK, Australia, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Spain and Mexico – also found that over half (51%) of UK respondents would rather […]
Pandemic drives over half of consumers to shop more locally
Over half of consumers globally (53%) believe it is more important to shop with local businesses now than it was before the pandemic. That’s according to new research, in which over 4,500 consumers were surveyed across the UK, US, Australia, and Brazil. The report, Making Loyalty Work for Small Businesses, which was conducted in February […]
REPORT: Fixing failed deliveries, make faulty fulfilment a thing of the past
In its latest report, loqate takes a deep dive to understand the true business cost of faulty fulfilment and discover the simple steps to help stamp out failed deliveries for good…. The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted a surge in consumers buying products and services online, accelerating a trend that was already well underway. As a […]
Limonetik helps Utily.fr, a French moving company startup, expand its payment method options
By Limonetik The COVID-19 crisis has given a fillip to the moving company market. French startup Utily.fr has called on Limonetik, specialised in international payments and marketplace solutions, to set up a multi-instalment payment solution with FLOA, a French banking leader in omnichannel payment. Launched in 2018 and based in Vincennes near Paris, Utily.fr, a […]
Resilience in Retail: How European businesses are adapting with payments
By Nick Noyer, Head of EMEA Marketing, Stripe Consumer spending has been moving online at a growing pace over the past 20 years. When COVID-19 hit, it further accelerated the ongoing trend, causing retailers and other businesses to evaluate and adapt to new consumer spending patterns. The most adaptive firms not only saw this as […]
How COVID-19 has changed perceptions of e-commerce
By BridgerPay COVID-19 has changed the way consumers relate to e-commerce and that according to this recent survey, the pandemic has accelerated a greater global shift toward online stores and digital solutions, especially in emerging economies. This means that online platforms are faced with the need to provide seamless, speedy transactions that can be completed […]
Businesses transform during Coronavirus
By Ordo New year, new you? What about your business? Are you fit for rapid recovery whilst weathering political turmoil, new virus strains and vaccines? The planet transformed to move online to fight to survive, both personally and for businesses. But now’s the time to keep innovating and transforming to be as efficient as a […]
Contactless payments – Added value or an economic recovery mechanism?
By Limontek Because of government imposed lockdowns, the popularity of transactions through digital payment systems has increased steeply, heralding the emergence of QR code and NFC technologies. Given the health restrictions imposed on physical stores, retailers should take advantage of this opportunity to go digital and push for the contactless customer experience… During the current […]
The three main eCommerce business challenges
Global commerce is heating up. There’s more competition for merchants than ever before, but also more opportunity – if you can handle its challenges. In this blog, Igal Rotem, CEO of Credorax, discusses how merchants in the global payments market can overcome the three main ecommerce business challenges of cross-border payments and increased transaction rates. […]
