Why Retailers Are Turning to Payments as a Growth Lever

Why Retailers Are Turning to Payments as a Growth Lever

On July 2, 1962, Walmart first opened its doors. [contact-form-7] Sales that year were $975,000, PBS’ Frontline reported. It’s a figure that Walmart now makes every 46 seconds, according to a post on social platform X by Ticker Take founder Jon Erlichman. During the past 63 years, few things have remained as constant — and overlooked — as payments. Long regarded as a back-end function or cost center, the point of sale (POS) has traditio…

Retailers Embrace Unseen Partnerships To Seize Growth

Retail corridors have begun to shift their centre of gravity away from in-house might towards carefully chosen external collaborators. In an environment where every operational dollar demands maximum return, retailers are forging stealth alliances that promise to recalibrate cost structures, sharpen agility and uncover latent revenue streams, all without trumpeting a fundamental reinvention of their core business. A nuanced collaboration with sp…