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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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New Ulta VC Fund Will Invest $20M in Emerging Retail Tech

Retail TouchPoints

The digital innovation fund was first announced at the retailer’s Investor Day event in October 2021, and since then the fund has already made a number of investments in start-ups including Haut.ai , Adeptmind , Revea , LUUM and ReStyle.

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Livestreaming in the U.S. isn’t Dead, it’s Just Happening in the Wrong Place 

Retail TouchPoints

Unfortunately that ancient (1989) bit of cinematic wisdom hasn’t exactly held true in the modern field of social media, where platforms including TikTok , Facebook and Instagram are increasingly pulling back on social commerce initiatives that have failed to attract enough of the right players. is livestream shopping.

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

Retail TouchPoints

“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 The Back Story of #BookTok.

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5 Tips for Singles’ Day Success

Retail TouchPoints

accounted for $5 billion of Alibaba’s total $74.1 We test and learn as much as possible leading up to the event and then lock in a plan and hang on for 11.11.”. They definitely need to have a dedicated plan for China and have the right partners in place to help them execute their vision and strategy.”. In fact, the U.S.

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How Adore Me is Driving Awareness Around Social Algorithm Bias

Retail TouchPoints

2020 could easily be considered a breakout year for social commerce. Consumers reported spending 45% more time on social media in Q4 2020, and orders coming from social-referred channels (including paid ads and organic posts) grew by 50% year over year, according to data from Salesforce.

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Analysis: The rise of the purposeful consumer

Inside Retail

Retail brands quickly realised that it was no longer business as usual after the pandemic set in, and marketing plans, execution, creative, and channels had to be re-thought wholescale. Consumers are visiting their local suburban shopping centres and stores more often in 2021 than they did pre-pandemic. They are not inanimate objects.

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