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Amazon Launches Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange to Enlist Other Retailers in Fighting Fakes

Retail TouchPoints

However, Amazon did say that through the pilot of ACX, it already has detected hundreds of matching accounts, where the same counterfeiter tried to create selling accounts on Amazon and at least one other store operator. “We We look forward to supporting this momentous effort with all of the tools that the IPR Center brings to bear.”

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For men, online shopping is ‘a lot more functional’, Politix finds

Inside Retail

Then came Covid, and like many retailers, over the past year and a half, Politix was forced to fast-track several e-commerce projects to meet the unprecedented demand for online shopping. It’s really important to capture the male customer in a ‘need moment’ because they are shopping for specific requirements, less for entertainment.”.

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BookTok made me buy it: How TikTok is driving a book-buying renaissance

Retail Gazette

Her novel It Ends With Us was the eighth most purchased book on Amazon UK in 2023 despite it being published back in 2016. ” The retailer has gone one step further and launched its own TikTok shop , allowing users to purchase books and bundles directly through the platform at a discounted price. followers and 4.1m

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5 Tips to Improve Retail Pay-Per-Click Results

Retail TouchPoints

To continue on a positive trajectory, the retail sector must focus on the growth being driven by consumers’ continued adoption of online shopping. In grocery ecommerce alone, online revenues are expected to account for more than 13% of total category sales by 2026. It’s crucial to maximize the performance of Google Shopping campaigns.

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Lifestyle products and services: How to harness Asia’s silver economy

Inside Retail

About one-in-five Chinese is over 60 and by World Bank definitions that makes it a ‘super-aged’ country, a situation partly deriving from the longstanding one-child policy that was abandoned only in 2016. Services are now estimated to account for up to 45 per cent of China’s household spending and it is growing.

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The Original Factory Shop launches ‘TOFS Club+’ App

A1 Retail

The Original Factory Shop launches its first ever new mobile loyalty app, which is packed with exclusive member only savings, great rewards, and regular opportunities to win gifts across its 181 stores in the heart of local communities. Badgification – a £5 voucher that customers can redeem in-store after collecting a series of badges.

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PacSun Taps Virtual Influencer for BTS, Holiday Campaigns

Retail TouchPoints

Self-described on her Instagram account as a “19-year-old Robot living in LA,” Miquela (who was previously known as Lil Miquela but has since ditched the Lil) is one of the first known virtual influencers — a computer-generated human, essentially a digital character — that takes on all the tasks and tools of actual homo sapiens influencers.

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