American shoppers are expected to spend an average of $1,048 during the 2019 holiday shopping season – and a large portion of that spending will involve using a mobile payments or rewards platform.

Number of UK businesses selling on social to double in the next six months

20 Nov 2019by Paul Skeldon

The number of UK businesses selling via social media sites and apps is predicted to double in the next six months – new research from PayPal reveals

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Facebook launches Facebook Pay wallet that works across all its apps as it drives into ecommerce

13 Nov 2019by Paul Skeldon

Facebook has joined the growing throng of companies offering a payment service, with the launch of Facebook Pay this week.

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What Sainsbury’s is doing to make shopping with it more convenient

08 Nov 2019by Chloe Rigby

Sainsbury’s this week set out how it was working to make shopping more convenient through a joined up service that connects both the store and online, as it reported first half results

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TV ad campaign uses singing shopkeepers to help lure shoppers back to the High Street

05 Nov 2019by Paul Skeldon

One way to get people back into the High Street is to sing to them, a siren’s call if you will. That is what Visa is attempting to do with its Christmas 2019 campaign, which features real independent shopkeepers singing Queen’s Somebody to Love.

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UK retailers focussing on China are seeing growth, with more looking East every day

04 Nov 2019by Paul Skeldon

A growing number of UK companies are currently marketing goods and services in China and, of them, 67% say sales in this market have grown over the past 12 months

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Merlin Entertainments looks to seamless payments to transform customer experience globally

23 Oct 2019by Paul Skeldon

LEGOLAND, Sea Life, Madame Tussauds and many other global attractions are set to get shorter queues and a cross device experience as Merlin Entertainments consolidates all its payments services for 130 attractions in 25 countries on to a single platform.

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Wayfair adds flexible payments online for home and furniture boost across Europe

23 Oct 2019by Paul Skeldon

Wayfair, one of the world’s largest online destinations for home and furniture is adding flexible payments for shoppers online at the retailer’s Wayfair.co.uk, and Wayfair.de sites.

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Research reveals fall in sterling could see Chinese citizens buying more British goods online and making more visits to the UK

23 Oct 2019by Paul Skeldon

New research from JGOO, a next generation mobile payments platform, reveals the fall in Sterling seen in the three years since the Brexit vote could see a surge in Chinese shoppers buying British goods online and visiting the UK.

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