Retailers’ smart retry rate is lower than that of other industries
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On October 26, 2026, PYMNTS reported that although commercial businesses can detect payment failures in real time, they use smart retries for only 41% of declined transactions, compared with 84% at financial and infrastructure businesses, missing opportunities to complete transactions on a subsequent attempt. The report also said that only 3% of commercial businesses have full control over payment tokens; when token control is insufficient, the rate of automated routing is just 7%. In addition, 82% of commercial businesses have invested or plan to invest in payment orchestration within a year. The survey covered 110 U.S. businesses with annual revenue of at least $10 million, but the industry samples were small, so the findings should be treated as directional.
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- PYMNTSRetailers see payment declines but miss a second chance to recover sales
Although commercial businesses can detect payment failures in real time, they use intelligent retries for only 41% of declines, compared with 84% at financial and infrastructure businesses, missing the opportunity to complete transactions on a second attempt. Only 3% of commercial businesses have full control over payment tokens; when token control is insufficient, the share using automated routing is just 7%. 82% of commercial businesses have invested in or plan to invest in payment orchestration within a year. The survey covered 110 U.S. businesses with annual revenue of at least $10 million. Industry samples were small, so the results should be viewed as directional.
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