Bolt | Company News

Chelsea Gomatam

Associate Director, Product Marketing

Bolt is launching Passkey Authentication—making it even easier for customers to log in and checkout. Passkeys allow shoppers to log in to sites without having to enter a password. Instead, passkeys utilize device-specific methods of verification including PIN, Touch ID, and Face ID.

Bolt Team

Bolt announced today that it has launched with Saks OFF 5TH, Shinola, Filson, Lafayette 148, and Toys“R”Us to automatically recognize more shoppers, increase conversion, and boost store account registrations—and most critically—drive repeat purchases and build meaningful, lifetime relationships with their customers.

Chelsea Gomatam

Associate Director, Product Marketing

Since shoppers are too often forced to create separate store accounts wherever they shop, they’re left to either reuse passwords to make their credentials easy to remember or create unique passwords to improve security but are easy to forget. Passwordless authentication via passkeys allow shoppers to log in to sites without having to enter a password. Instead, passkeys utilize…

Tamara Ranahan

Product Marketing Director

Our no-code integrations work with any cart platform to automatically activate the “Buy Now” call-to-action on Google. We’re trying to simplify matters on both ends: Shoppers shouldn’t have to face headaches checking out; merchants shouldn’t face headaches integrating the latest checkout tools.

Maju Kuruvilla

CEO

The potential to revolutionize shopping experiences and reshape retail captivates our imagination. But trailblazing innovation, while important, should co-exist with fixing existing inefficiencies begging for solutions now.

Kal Raman

President

The 2023 holiday shopping season promises to look different than what retailers have seen in recent years. There won’t be the supply chain issues that triggered early discounting and scarcity panic in the past two years. Yet even with fully stocked inventories, retailers will still face consumer reluctance to purchase because of economic uncertainty.

Shilpi Narang

Chief Customer Officer

The world of online shopping is constantly evolving, and understanding consumer behavior is crucial for businesses to thrive in this dynamic landscape. Bolt's recent Holiday Shopping Report goes deep into the trends and insights shaping the ecommerce industry. In examining the holiday shopping landscape, we uncover three pivotal takeaways that highlight the changing preferences and expectations of modern shoppers. From enhanced personalization to seamless checkout experiences, read on to explore the key insights that can help businesses adapt and succeed.

Chelsea Gomatam

Associate Director, Product Marketing

Building the best checkout experience doesn’t end once it’s live on your site. From evolving shopper preferences to new technology, offering a best-in-class checkout requires constant testing and iteration.

Emily Olson

Privacy Program Manager

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No… it’s a new privacy law! Privacy regulations are popping up everywhere we look, some with mandatory training requirements. Keeping your employees up to date on their roles and responsibilities in your company’s privacy program is critical for success. This post explains how to keep employees engaged and create a successful privacy course.

Shilpi Narang

Chief Customer Officer

Personalization is increasingly vital for shoppers, particularly in the beauty and skincare industries.  In the ever-changing world of beauty, understanding consumer behavior and trends is crucial for businesses to stay ahead. To garner new insights about this dynamic space, Bolt surveyed 1,000+ U.S. shoppers about their preferences in beauty and skincare.  The takeaway? For brands to thrive in the ever-evolving world of beauty, they have to get to know their customers like never before.

Bolt Team

Bolt, a leading checkout technology company, today announced that it will be powering checkout for FWRD’s first ever pop-up shop in Los Angeles. REVOLVE Group, Inc. (NYSE: RVLV) first used Bolt’s Checkout Links at Revolve GALLERY during Fashion Week in New York last fall—resulting in a 35% year-over-year increase in total orders at that event—and the fashion retailer is now bringing this same inventive technology to FWRD’s physical shopping experience.

Shilpi Narang

Chief Customer Officer

Just like fashion–where not all trends are timeless–keeping up with the latest technology and digital experiences is an ever-illusive challenge for retailers. To help navigate this dynamic market, Bolt conducted a survey of 1,000 adult U.S. shoppers to understand consumer behavior in the fashion industry.

Shilpi Narang

Chief Customer Officer

All brands want lifetime customers—but what does building those lasting relationships take? For an answer, we partnered up with YouGov, a global market research and data analytics firm. We surveyed 994 U.S. adults to understand what they were looking for from online retailers. What would make them stay, and what are they seeking in their shopping experience?

Maju Kuruvilla

CEO

No surprise, generative AI is taking the world by storm. Hear from Bolt CEO, Maju Kuruvilla, on how ecommerce can harness this new technology to revolutionize the shopping experience.