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Omnichannel Fulfillment, BNPL and Social Commerce Contributed to Holiday 2021’s Digital Success

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Most experts expected holiday 2021 to be a digital success, and the season didn’t disappoint: global sales hit $1.14 trillion in 2020, while U.S. Additionally, total order count was up almost 10.45% from holiday 2020 levels, according to data from Klaviyo. BNPL and Social Commerce Were Holiday Standouts.

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Deep dive: What social commerce looks like around the world

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Social commerce – shopping on social media platforms – is expected to reach US$1.2 It is growing three times faster than traditional e-commerce. McKinsey & Co stated in mid-2022 that social commerce comprised more than 13 per cent of China’s total e-commerce sales. trillion ($1.9

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Study: Consumers Warm to Social Commerce, But Payment Mistrust Could Hamper Growth

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Isolation was a defining characteristic of 2020: with stores, workplaces, restaurants, gyms and travel hubs closed, people around the world turned to one of the few remaining channels available for community and connection — social media. The Interactive Advertising Bureau reported that social media ad revenues reached $41.5

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Analysis: The many faces of social commerce in China

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Duty-free retail meets live commerce. As of 2020, the Chinese government has significantly increased the annual limit for duty-free purchases by domestic travellers to Hainan island,allowing visitors up to RMB 100,000. billionin 2020, a year that saw 15.5 million domestic travellers.

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Group buying, quick commerce and DTC: 5 e-commerce trends in Southeast Asia

Inside Retail

Impressive milestones regional e-commerce platforms have hit during shopping festivals in Southeast Asia illustrate the phenomenon. Singapore-based e-commerce platform Shopee broke its 2020 record with over 2 billion items sold throughout the 11.11 Social commerce will remain a preferred shopping channel.

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Pinterest and Shopify Deepen Relationship, Bringing Marketing Tools to 27 New Countries

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Pinterest also is launching multi-feed support for Catalogs, a new feature that will help businesses easily upload their products in multiple product feeds within the same Pinterest Business account. Shopify merchants, as well as any retailer with a Pinterest business account, can now add up to 20 product feeds to their account.

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How Barnes & Noble is Leveraging the #BookTok Phenomenon (and Vice Versa)

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“It’s interesting that TikTok has allowed a ‘capital C’ corporation to be involved, but I think it stems from the fact that Barnes & Noble was the very first retailer to identify that #BookTok was a driving factor in book sales ,” said Jessica Brigman, Senior Account Executive at The Walt Disney Co. ’s Merchandising the #BookTok Movement.