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Cashierless supermarkets: how far along is frictionless POS checkout?

Cashierless supermarkets: how far along is frictionless POS checkout?

by Ramon Helwegen | Apr 14, 2023 | POS checkout

Frictionless POS checkout in retail: innovation under pressureCashierless stores have moved from Silicon Valley showcase to genuine operational question for European supermarket chains. Amazon Go showed what full checkout elimination could look like in 2018, and since...
Fast checkout is reshaping how Dutch shoppers pay

Fast checkout is reshaping how Dutch shoppers pay

by Ramon Helwegen | Mar 23, 2023 | Online checkout

Fast checkout as invisible UX: what Dutch merchants need to understandCheckout is losing its visibility, and that is precisely the point. The clearest signal in Dutch e-commerce right now is that the payment moment is being absorbed into the shopping experience rather...
Frictionless checkout starts with identity, not speed

Frictionless checkout starts with identity, not speed

by Ramon Helwegen | Mar 13, 2023 | POS checkout

Frictionless checkout starts with identity, not speedThe race to instant checkout is not fundamentally a technology race. It is an identity race. That is the most useful takeaway from this discussion with Discover Global Network, and it applies just as directly to...
Guest checkout visibility: nearly half of sites are hiding it in plain sight

Guest checkout visibility: nearly half of sites are hiding it in plain sight

by Ramon Helwegen | Jan 17, 2023 | Online checkout

Guest checkout prominence is a conversion lever most merchants are mishandlingBaymard Institute’s latest benchmark finding should concern any merchant running a checkout with an account-creation step: 47% of sites that offer guest checkout fail to make it...
Why shoppers abandon carts and what checkout changes actually fix it

Why shoppers abandon carts and what checkout changes actually fix it

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 20, 2022 | Conversion

Checkout friction is losing you two-thirds of your filled cartsThe statistic is brutal but well-established: roughly two in three online shopping carts are abandoned before purchase. For Dutch and Belgian merchants heading into the peak season, that number deserves...
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