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Deep dive: What social commerce looks like around the world

Inside Retail

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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Opinion: The clock is TikToking for supply chains

Inside Retail

This year, over 102 million people will buy via social platforms in the US alone and by 2025, global sales via social commerce will exceed US$1.2 Among consumers – and not just Millennials – social commerce is gaining significant traction, growing three times as fast as overall e-commerce.

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Alibaba exec talks about how Australian businesses can target SEA and China

Inside Retail

Southeast Asia’s growing middle class presents a significant opportunity for Australian and New Zealand brands in the agricultural, food and beverage, and health and wellness sectors, but cultural differences and language barriers are key challenges to connecting with this market.

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Meta, Amex and TikTok Offer Holiday Help to Small Businesses

Retail TouchPoints

Meta also will highlight businesses from its Meta Business Leaders Network in the new 2022 Smalliday Showcase gift guide, and provide small businesses with advice on advertising effectively with its SMB Holiday Marketing Guide. Square plans to announce additional details about the card in 2023. Multiple Meta Resources.

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China’s Antimonopoly Fine Leads to First Quarterly Loss for Alibaba Since Going Public

Retail TouchPoints

billion ) buoyed by the consolidation of the Sun Art supermarket business, in which Alibaba took a controlling stake in October 2020. Taoxianda drove Sun Art’s digitalization of its hypermarkets, with online representing 24% of Sun Art’s sales in fiscal year 2021, up from 17% in fiscal year 2020. billion yuan ( $109.5 billion ). .

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From “most downloaded” to underdog: Deal gives Wish a lifeline but no guarantees

Inside Retail

The purchase price represents about $10 per share and an approximately 44 per cent premium to ContextLogic’s closing stock price on February 9, but it is a tiny fraction of the company’s US$14 billion value at the time of its initial public offering in 2020. Temu is estimated to have spent between US$600 million and US$1.4

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From ‘Beautiful Playground’ to ‘Commerce Destination’: Inside the Vision of Pinterest’s New Chief Shopping Officer

Retail TouchPoints

Pinterest ’s role in the world of social media is blurry — consumers use the platform very differently than they do Instagram or TikTok, for example. But following a series of major strategic moves, the role Pinterest hopes to play in the burgeoning realm of social commerce is crystal clear.

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