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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 Neil Saunders, managing director and retail analyst at GlobalData, noted, “Wish has been acquired for a fraction of its original valuation which shows that this is a company in deep trouble, not one that is on the front foot. Wish was founded in 2010 and rose to prominence over the next decade. Why did Wish agree to the buyout?

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11 Things to Know About China’s eCommerce Market

Indigo 9 Digital

More than a decade ago in 2010 JD.com started offering same day and next day delivery and claimed it was the first eCommerce company in the world to do so. China has the largest market for social commerce. Social commerce, which is eCommerce sales that are made on a social media platform, is a big business in China.