Consumers worldwide are increasingly using digital features to enhance their shopping journeys, but few markets have adopted digital as quickly as the United Arab Emirates. PYMNTS’ research finds that 94% of the UAE’s 3.1 million adult shoppers used at least one digital shopping feature during...
Shoppers in Mexico strongly prefer shopping in-store to shopping online. Seventy-one percent of local shoppers reported making their most recent retail purchase in a brick-and-mortar store — far more than consumers in other countries. However, this choice does not mean local shoppers eschew digital shopping...
PIX. Mercado Pago. Pickup. Apps. Data protection. These are a few of the digital shopping trends and payment options that are key to winning customers in Brazil — one of the world’s largest economies and one that is rapidly digitizing. As Brazil’s shoppers continue to...
Digital features are crucial to winning over the United Kingdom’s tech-savvy shoppers — and merchants know it. We find that U.K. merchants go out of their way to provide customers with various digital shopping options, including click-and-collect, buy now, pay later (BNPL) options and even...
August 18, 2023
Payments innovation and digital-first shopping in India is a success story 15 years in the making. Its success can serve as a global playbook for creating an inclusive payments, commerce and financial services culture using mobile technology. The demonetization of cash began in 2016 and accelerated with the launch of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), […]
July 31, 2023
Consumers worldwide are increasingly using digital features to enhance their shopping journeys, but few markets have adopted digital as quickly as the United Arab Emirates. PYMNTS’ research finds that 94%...
June 02, 2023
PIX. Mercado Pago. Pickup. Apps. Data protection. These are a few of the digital shopping trends and payment options that are key to winning customers in Brazil — one of...
March 30, 2023
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have somewhat of a reputation for being brick-and-mortar centric, but the truth is that many of their customers shop online, and they do so increasingly...
