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TikTok Shop Officially Debuts in the U.S.

Retail TouchPoints

Photo courtesy of TikTok Shop While the ecommerce functionality has been available to at least some users since late last year, today marks the service’s debut to the wider TikTok community, and to say that both consumers and brands have been eagerly anticipating this development might be an understatement.

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Time to De-Uberize: the Hidden Power of Live Commerce

Retail TouchPoints

It found that 67% of consumers believe that the best shopping experiences of the future will incorporate both human and digital channels. However, that’s not the aspect of their brands that consumers are craving today. Brand managers can write a script, cast their agents and create a performance.

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Why Woolworths’ acquisition might bring the best out of Milkrun 

Inside Retail

The start-up raised more than $85 million from a string of prominent investors, and experienced a surge in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic, with consumers avoiding shopping in-store, where possible. He believes that Milkrun has better brand recognition compared to Metro60, and has more potential as a front-end facing brand.

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To Thrive in the New Global Ecommerce Marketplace, Toys ‘R’ Us may Need to Think Small

Retail TouchPoints

brand management company WHP Global has bought a controlling interest in Tru Kids, which owns the Toys ‘R’ Us brand. On the acquisition, WHP CEO and Chairman Yehuda Shmidman said: “Our investment in Toys ‘R’ Us reflects our belief and passion for the brand. Tesco in the UK and Carrefour in Europe.

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Analysis: What’s changed since the Farfetch-YNAP deal was first announced

Inside Retail

According to Richemont, the execution of the deal remains subject to “certain other conditions that Richemont and Farfetch are working towards fulfilling”, and further updates will be provided “in due course”. Yoox Net-A-Porter owns the brands Yoox, Net-A-Porter, Mr Porter and The Outnet.

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Behind the Scenes of TikTok Shop with a Pioneering U.S. Seller

Retail TouchPoints

If Educational Insights is any indicator, it’s as game-changing as brands hoped it would be. Educational Insights first launched its shop in April 2023, and Lee Parkhurst, Senior Brand Manager at the company, said they’ve “been quadrupling our business month over month since.”

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All-in-one fresh foods market, catering and event location BRIDGE opens in Zurich

Retail Focus

With this initiative, Migros remains faithful to its principles, which are based on the mission of using its own resources to give partners a platform and to build bridges together to reach consumers. Only FSC certified materials were used for the completion of the interior of the market.

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