Stores across the country have their holiday lights on display and retailers everywhere are gearing up for the all-important fourth quarter and busy holiday shopping season.
As managers stock their shelves and shoppers hit the stores, many customers are pulling out their phones as they ‘Tap to Pay’ their way through self-checkout lines. Others are circumventing the big-box experience altogether, opting for curbside pickup of 'Buy Online, Pickup in Store' (BOPIS) orders, an offering made popular during the darker days of the pandemic that seems here to stay.