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Analysis: The many faces of social commerce in China

Inside Retail

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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Message in a bottle: How social media has disrupted the fragrance sector

Inside Retail

In the first quarter of 2021, fragrance sales were up 45 percent from the year prior, despite the average retail price for fragrance products growing by 15 percent in the same time period. Founded in 2020, it recently clinched a partnership with Ulta Beauty, and is now available in more than 500 bricks-and-mortar stores.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

12:35] Look it was an early social commerce player as far as leveraging Pinterest and things that you could do with. Rationalizing the stores there was way too much discount so there’s a lot of work to do, but I got really excited about the opportunity and wound up agreeing to stay on as exact chair in January 2020.