Retailers Keep Trying to Compete With Amazon. They’re Losing Money Doing It

By | February 24, 2017

Brick and mortar retailers are having trouble competing with Amazon in the digital market

Source: fortune.com

More than half of the retailers, 62%, told the JDA that they plan to raise the minimum spending requirement for free shipping over the next year. Another 55% also said they plan to raise the minimum order value that’s required for in-store pickup, according to CNBC. Both of these are ways for retailers to “tilt the profitability scale back in their favor,” CNBC reports.

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Craig Allen Keefner is an industry analyst, content strategist, and longtime authority on self-service kiosks, digital signage, unattended payment systems, and interactive technology. He manages content and industry strategy for Kiosk Industry and The Industry Group, with a focus on kiosk software, hardware-software integration, accessibility, payment compliance, healthcare kiosks, restaurant self-service, and emerging AI automation. Craig has covered the self-service and kiosk industry since the 1990s, tracking how public-facing terminals move from concept to field deployment. His work combines industry research, vendor analysis, operator conversations, standards tracking, trade show coverage, and practical experience with the real-world constraints of kiosk deployments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiosk