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COVID-19 Has Transformed Wine Shopping. Here’s How Vivino Is Adapting

Retail TouchPoints

Vivino , an online wine marketplace and app, is capitalizing on this growth by doubling down on its user-driven ratings process and personalized tools and features. In 2010, when I founded Vivino, there was no easy way to pick out a good wine and I wanted to solve this using the opinions of wine drinkers — not individual critics.

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

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When it debuted back in 2010, Wish was the only game in town as far as manufacturer-direct discount shopping apps went. But times have changed dramatically in the 13 intervening years: Temu , which debuted just last September, is now the top shopping app in the U.S., Doubling down on merchants outside of China.

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The Top 10 Predictions for Holiday 2021

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Flexible Payments Will Gain Further Ground. Flexible payments are continuing to gain steam, particularly among younger generations. A survey by Klarna found that 75% of Gen Z, 76% of millennials and 60% of Gen X are looking for more flexible payment options. Let the countdown begin…. 2 (Super Saturday, Dec. 18) and No.

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MindArc awarded on the global stage as ANZ’s first platinum tier Shopify Agency

Inside Retail

As one of only 12 agencies worldwide to achieve this recognition, MindArc now offers retailers access to Shopifys highest enterprise support and service level. This milestone achievement validates MindArcs ability to build and scale some of Apacs fastest-growing or largest retail merchants.

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Wish Sold to Asian Ecommerce Platform Qoo10 for $173 Million

Retail TouchPoints

After years of decline, ContextLogic has sold its discount shopping app Wish for approximately $173 million in cash to Qoo10 , an ecommerce platform that operates localized online marketplaces throughout Asia. Qoo10 is headquartered in Singapore and operates marketplaces in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, mainland China and Hong Kong.

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Nine Tips to Create Recurring Revenue with Subscriptions

Retail TouchPoints

So how can merchants get a piece of the pie? But by employing nine key strategies, merchants of all sizes can run successful subscription programs. To help build this awareness, a merchant should promote its subscription service throughout its site. Build Awareness. Make Signing Up Simple. Shoppers want simplicity.

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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. In 2010 , adults in the U.S.