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Social Commerce: Retailers (and Platforms) Struggle to Catch up With Consumers’ Enthusiasm

Retail TouchPoints

In the last two months alone, TikTok has rolled out dedicated “Shopping Tabs” for Shopify merchants, Twitter began a pilot of its “Shop Module,” and Pinterest made it possible for creators to “control the shopability of their content” by tagging products. Suffice it to say that social commerce has arrived in America.

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From “most downloaded” to underdog: Deal gives Wish a lifeline but no guarantees

Inside Retail

As Joe Yan, ContextLogic’s CEO, stated in a press release posted on Wish’s website, “Integrating the Wish platform into Qoo10 will create a true global cross-border e-commerce platform to support the massive market demand. Wish was founded in 2010 and rose to prominence over the next decade. Why did Wish agree to the buyout?