Stripe for retail

Raise the bar on your retail payments experience

Today’s shoppers expect speed, ease, and personalization—in-store and online. With Stripe, you can build high-converting customer experiences and create new revenue streams on a single platform for global commerce.

The opportunity

Make payments your competitive edge

Forward-looking retailers recognize that payments experience is brand experience, and are using payments strategically to meet shoppers’ growing expectations.

Shoppers demand ease and flexibility in an omnichannel world

With the majority of consumers shopping across channels and looking to return online purchases in-store, a connected journey isn’t just a preference—it’s an expectation.

Retailers need to deliver seamless experiences in-store and online

From recognizing shoppers across channels to unifying purchase data—the right payments infrastructure can help you identify trends and better serve customers, no matter where they are.

Why Stripe

Leading payments performance and innovation

Stripe processes $1 trillion annually, equivalent to 1% of global GDP. Grow your revenue and launch new business models on a global scale with the platform trusted by millions of businesses and some of the world’s largest retailers.

1,000+

POS, hardware, and gift card integrations through Stripe's omnichannel partner gateway FreedomPay.

100+

Payment methods accessible, including buy now, pay later options and Link—Stripe’s accelerated checkout.

32%

Average reduction in fraud with Stripe Radar, powered by machine learning trained on billions of transactions.

11.9%

Average revenue uplift for businesses that switch to Stripe’s Optimized Checkout Suite.

Use cases

Payments and financial solutions for the future of retail

With Stripe, you can grow the value of your business on a single, composable platform for global commerce. Create a unified view of your payments data, manage fraud, simplify tax compliance—and more.

Terminal
Terminal

Unify online and in-person payments

Create seamless customer experiences with pre-certified card readers and Tap to Pay, plus POS and commerce integrations.

Payments
Payments

Optimize the checkout experience, and boost acceptance rates

Grow revenue with a frictionless checkout experience and payment optimizations trained on hundreds of billions of data points.

Connect
Connect

Create a retail marketplace

Grow your business with new revenue streams, including resale and distributor marketplaces.

Billing
Billing

Create a subscription plan or membership program

Engage customers in new ways with easy-to-integrate and flexible subscription software.

Customer spotlight

URBN processes $5B in online and in-person payments with Stripe

URBN selected Stripe to unify commerce across all its brands, including Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free People. This enabled a seamless shopper experience online and across hundreds of store locations—coupled with superior payments performance and reliability.

Case studies

Trusted by retail leaders around the world

Fashion and apparel

River Island enabled shoppers to pay 30% faster at self-service in-store checkouts while getting a unified view of each customer.

Lifestyle

Decathlon scaled its athletics marketplace to 21 stores and automated the onboarding process for its coaches—adding 300 coaches in just 15 months.

Beauty and personal care

Dermalogica reduced its fraud rates by 50% in its first 6 months using Stripe Radar.

Home and furniture

La Redoute replaced its legacy systems with Stripe, achieving a 2% conversion uplift and over 98% authorization rate.

Partners

Grow faster with our retail partners

From POS integrations and buy now, pay later services to ERPs and global consulting firms—Stripe gives you access to a global ecosystem of retail and ecommerce partners to accelerate your growth.

Industry recognition

A leader in retail payments and billing

2024 IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail Online Payment Platform Software Providers: A Leader ¹

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2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Recurring Billing Applications: A Leader ²

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How to create a frictionless checkout experience

Stripe’s research found that 99% of leading ecommerce sites contain basic checkout errors that can cause abandoned carts. Learn how to avoid the most common pitfalls in our report with VML.

Ready to learn more?

Get in touch to see Stripe’s retail capabilities in action, plus tailored solutions and pricing for your business.

Professional services

Find out how end-to-end guidance from Stripe’s integration consultants and engineers can help you launch and grow faster.

¹ IDC Doc #US49436923, June 2024.

² Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Recurring Billing Applications, Mark Lewis, Robert Anderson, 6 August 2024.

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