Retail Stores

Credit Card Processing Rate Comparison: Get the Best Rate for Your SMB

For most small businesses, now is a time to be saving money. There are plenty of opportunities within any business operation to cut costs and pad your bottom line. Too often, though, small business owners and managers will cut out expenses that are integral to the success of the business. You never want to cut costs that will affect your products,
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ECommerce

How to Open a Pop-Up Shop

Pop-up shops are no longer just a trend: The pop-up industry has grown to reach an estimated market size of $14 billion, and brands ranging from Nordstrom to Sprite are hosting pop-ups of their own to create a new kind of customer experience. Look at How to Open a Pop-Up Shop.
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ECommerce

How to Use Conversational Commerce in Your Marketing

Now more than ever, businesses know they need to meet customers where they are. Whether that’s shopping via text message or providing convenient customer service over chat, conversational commerce is becoming more prevalent in business and more important to consumers. Here is How to Use Conversational Commerce in Your Marketing.
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12 Retail Design Tips to Help You Boost Sales

We all know that humans are highly visual. Eighty percent of the sensory information the brain receives comes from our eyes, which means if you want to gain and keep people’s attention, you need to show them something visually attractive and stimulating. Here are 12 Retail Design Tips to Help You Boost Sales.
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What is Curbside Pickup and How Do You Implement It?

At Vend, we’ve long talked about the changing habits of consumers and how their preferences have evolved over the last few years. Curbside pickup was one of those changes that made its way to the forefront, particularly when the pandemic hit. Here are What is Curbside Pickup and How You Implement It.
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ECommerce

How to Get Inventory for an Online Boutique

Running an online clothing boutique is a great way to have a retail business without taking on the overhead of a traditional brick-and-mortar operation. However, unless you plan on manufacturing your own stock, you’ll need to source your online boutique inventory from wholesalers and other creators. We’ll show you how to do just that
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