Retail TouchPoints

MAY 14, 2021

ROI for online advertising benefited from the shift to ecommerce in 2020, as well as the increasingly granular targeting capabilities offered by the biggest players in the space, according to the Sidecar 2021 Benchmark Report. Facebook Becomes a Shopping Destination, Giving Ad Spend a Boost. and ROAS rising 29% year-over-year.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Live shopping is one of the hottest spaces in retail, and with good reason: it provides a fun and convenient way for retailers to connect with shoppers from the convenience of their homes. Our goal is to be a leader in innovating and driving the use of social commerce in our category and in the U.S.”. lift in ad recall, a 5.9%

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Online sales of luxury goods are expected to jump 27% YoY in 2021, and that’s following a 50% YoY increase in 2020, according to Bain. “ They realized that things like returning products was actually easy. Prior to the pandemic, many luxury retailers had been resistant to the idea of moving online, but COVID left them little choice.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The return of independent bookstores As of 2023, the American Book Association (ABA) has announced a total 2,185 bookstore businesses, 2,599 locations, and over 300 more members than it had in 2019, reaching its highest membership levels in over 20 years. per cent of reporting stores’ sales revenue came from online sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

I think we’re really proud of the fact that we’re offering new ways for our customers to shop with us, including buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and curbside. As mentioned before, we’ve accelerated our omnichannel shopping tools, including BOPIS and curbside pickup.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Amex also has partnered with musical artist Chlöe Bailey to create a “Shop Small Soundtrack” that TikTok users can add to their content. Shopping small has a significant impact on helping local communities, with two-thirds of every dollar spent at small businesses staying within the local community. small business owners.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2021

Consumers are shopping with purpose, and consumers are shopping for purpose. Shopping with purpose. How consumers shop has radically changed and effective targeting in retail means coming to grips with the detail of those changes. Consumers are engaging in more deliberate shopping behaviour.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 21, 2021

From the rise of online shopping and its impact on in-store sales to the increasing importance of technology and security, we spoke to a few retail experts about what those in the industry can expect to see next year and beyond. . The need to provide an efficient omni-experience was evident in 2021.?Those Blue Yonder , says: .

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

2021 was a critical year for the direct-to-consumer (DTC) space. At the same time, they’ve had to navigate consumers’ increased desire to buy from brands that align with their social and environmental beliefs. Back in January 2021, it meant speculative trading card investments. Why do you think this is?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2022

Social commerce has quickly grown from a revolutionary idea to a mainstream concept, and the channel is expected to continue expanding to reach $1.2 The foundational lesson is that, while social commerce can be an outgrowth of a retailer’s traditional social media interactions, it’s both more time-sensitive and more time-consuming.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2021

November might seem far away, but the fact is, brands and retailers in China have already been preparing for the world’s biggest shopping event — known interchangeably as Singles’ Day, Double 11 or 11.11 — for months. veterans, spend much of the year prepping for the world’s biggest shopping event. billion in 2021, making up 37.4%

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Australia Post’s 2022 e-commerce industry report told us that online retail sales represent around 20 per cent of total retail sales , with shopping habits being reformed during the pandemic. However, over the 12-month period from November 2021 to November 2022, online purchases were down 3.8

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365 Retail

MARCH 1, 2022

To help online brands set themselves up for success, we examined the past and present to provide insights into the future of online shopping. At the end of 2021, projected sales were estimated to reach nearly USD 5.0 Brands will embrace social commerce by using social to test and learn.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Among its multiple impacts, COVID-19 accelerated an elongation of the holiday shopping season that was already underway. Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that).

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The new offering is powered by Bolt’s Checkout Everywhere solution (originally called Tipser until it was acquired by Bolt in late 2021), which allows websites of all kinds to add transaction capabilities and sell products from participating merchants. “We’re Social Commerce Meets Affiliate Marketing.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2021

What do the latest retail statistics tell us about retailing in 2021? If you own a retail store or are considering shop ideas for a new one, take a look at the stats below. Are you thinking about how the US retail trade industry fared during the first quarter of 2021? trillion in the first quarter of 2021. image: NRF.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2022

The 684.6sqm retail space is located in Setia City Mall, one of the largest shopping complexes in Shah Alam. the new store concept, is being touted as a family-friendly shopping experience, featuring a new toy section, with licensed products from well-known brands and Miniso’s own mini family collection. Miniso 3.0, Miniso 3.0,

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Gerschtein: That the consumer doesn’t shop beauty [in the same way] they shop other categories. Their shopping habits are also different. Although they shop more online than the other generations, they also shop in stores. Beauty is a highly engaging and interactive category. a tube is sold every 3.5

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

This exponential growth, highlighted by President Harley Finkelstein at the company’s Q3 2021 earnings call in late October, came as a surprise to just about no one given ecommerce’s recent unprecedented growth. At the same time, there is a deep desire among shoppers to shop locally.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Fortunately the 2021 Retail Innovation Conference, which wrapped up Nov. A host of new technologies are now available to make digital shopping more informative and interactive, and brands are seeing real results after employing them. Improve digital accessibility to create a better shopping experience for everyone.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

shopping festival indicate the strength of China’s rebound from the impact of COVID-19. Non-Chinese Brands Took Advantage of Shopping Festival. The payoff is that because these consumers are diligent about doing their research, they return fewer items, “which is so much more sustainable.”. The topline numbers from Alibaba ’s 11.11

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2023

Social commerce and live shopping. Social commerce is anticipated to grow three times faster than traditional e-commerce by 2025. Browsing and shopping directly on social media platforms has long been a hallmark of e-commerce in China, now, it’s finally coming to Australia.

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Retail Minded

JANUARY 21, 2022

Recognized and respected as the largest conference and expo in the world supporting the retail industry, I was both excited and proud to return to the NRF show floors for the first time since the global pandemic. Also known as social commerce, this is a $89.4 In fact, eMarketer predicts social commerce will rise by 34.8%

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The agenda for the virtual 2021 Retail Innovation Conference , taking place Nov. From tiny boutiques to nationwide giants, retailers are using livestreaming and live shopping to reach customers in new and compelling ways. 16 and 17, has been designed to provide practical answers to the most pressing questions on retailers’ minds today.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With the growth of buy online, pick up in-store and expedited shipping options, consumers experienced firsthand the ease of digital shopping versus going to the store to make a purchase. Entering 2021, retailers are still looking to beef up their ecommerce strategy to get this trend to stick. Corinne Demadis is the VP, U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

Among the solutions chosen for the 2022 cohort were tools that support sustainability by repurposing garments in both the physical and digital worlds — solutions that can advance the evolution of retail personalization with innovations in areas such as the metaverse, NFTs, gaming, social commerce and product returns.

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Retail Assist

JANUARY 12, 2023

Jigsaw teamed up with luxury rental and re-sale platform My Wardrobe HQ in 2021, giving consumers the change to rent collections and sell any of their own pre-loved Jigsaw items. Social Commerce. Levelling up the social commerce space is live commerce. Return options. for a return.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2021

ecommerce is expected to continue in 2021, according to eMarketer , which also projects that digital sales in the U.S. Dive deeper into the latest solutions for enhancing the omnichannel shopping experience in the “ Ecommerce Tech Guide: The Latest Tools for Bridging the Physical-Digital Gap.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2021

Executives from a who’s who of retailers, social networks and even advocacy groups shared their visions of retail’s future at NRF Converge 2021 , held June 21-25. We’re trying to bring the fun to online shopping. In our ontology there’s shopping and there’s buying. In our ontology there’s shopping and there’s buying.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

During its Q2 2021 results call , e.l.f. Beauty invested heavily in bolstering its digital capabilities even further as more consumers shopped direct via the company’s online properties. Beauty address this reality in 2021? Beauty is riding high on seven consecutive quarters of net sales growth. How will e.l.f.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this episode we cover: Amazon Q4 Earnings Walmart Q4 Earnings US Department of Commerce Q4 e-commerce data Discussion of Temu and other Social Commerce News Don’t forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. more than 20 21 largely because 2021.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 20, 2022

Obviously in China a lot of people shop in the Chinese version of Tik-Tok which is called do Hyun. Checked out on Tick Tock in huge quantities yet but it’s super interesting the Amazons kind of approach to social commerce, is get content creators and influencers and sellers. versus 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2021

A new study from ecommerce automation platform Linnworks found that while cost is still a major factor in purchasing decisions, nearly one in two customers surveyed said that convenience was now more important to them than price in choosing which retailers they shop with. In fact, the average consumer shopping journey now includes 7.6

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 20, 2023

Shopify launches an ad product such as a retail media network Meta/Google/TikTok lose ad share to new social media platforms and retail media networks. E-com returns 10-15% growth rates. 9:30] Every every single vendor downstairs. Scot: [23:36] Recap of what what did we learn. percent using the same definition of retail so. [24:38]

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Retail Geek

MARCH 31, 2021

Episode 258 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Monday March 29, 2021. Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 258 being recorded on Monday March 29th 2021 I’m your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I’m here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Transcript.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

“Livestreaming” is one of the buzziest terms of the moment in retail, but the live shopping concept has actually been around for decades, popularized in the 1980’s by TV shopping networks like QVC and HSN. These devices are democratizing live shopping and leading to an explosion of growth. of all U.S. ecommerce by 2024.

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