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. per cent.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

The 2021 Connected Consumer Series reflected the challenges retail (and society as a whole) have faced during the past year, but also the growing sense of optimism that is taking hold this year. 5 Social Advertising Trends for Retailers to Know in 2021: Featuring Under Armour. Retail CX Trends 2021: New CX for a New World.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Petco is staying at the forefront of social commerce via multiple live shopping events, produced in partnership with Facebook , that combine fashion, charity and adorable animals. 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

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. I think that we’ve continued to see that in 2021.

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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. Influencers continue to have a substantial impact and we are seeing an increase in social commerce in the luxury space.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

Eagerness to Return to Stores Means Retailers Need to Tackle Labor Shortages, Stat. “After an unexpected school year in 2020 and a different shopping year, consumers are excited to return to in-person shopping for the back-to-school season, especially the ones who are vaccinated,” Maloney explained. ADDITIONAL LISTENING :

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The need to provide an efficient omni-experience was evident in 2021.?Those This is most notable within grocery, as 35% of UK consumers purchased groceries online in the past month in Q2 2021, compared to 25% in Q1 2020.? . Consumers are increasingly online and on social media, which is leading to a boom in social commerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

How are you using social commerce and AR to generate an experience that will stand out during the promotion-packed holidays? Brommers: I’m so excited about our virtual Snapchat store— social media is oxygen for Generation Z. It’s just a really fun activation for our kids during this holiday season.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2021

Mobile commerce shopping has boomed and is up 45 per cent according to PwC, and there is a clear shift towards social commerce, especially among the younger generations: Statista reports that 48 per cent of consumers aged 18-34 have purchased via social commerce.

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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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365 Retail

MARCH 1, 2022

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. There has been increasingly higher usage of social media platforms among consumers looking to make purchases.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It will include the Holiday 2022 Meta Foresight Interactive Report , offering insights from the 2019, 2020 and 2021 holiday seasons across 33 key markets as well as tips on turning new holiday customers into returning shoppers after the season ends.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

However, over the 12-month period from November 2021 to November 2022, online purchases were down 3.8 per cent due to lockdown-driven spending in 2021. All this shows e-commerce has become critical to any retailer’s sales strategy and there are significant benefits for brands.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 13, 2022

So far, most of Una Brands’ acquisitions have been in the home and living category, which benefits from low return rates and levels of regulation and strong demand. Aus Post released a report about two weeks ago, which again showed that home and living was the fastest growing category in 2021, as well as in 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2021

billion in 2021, making up 37.4% of all social commerce sales this year. The return rates on product are in the single digits. While still relatively nascent in the U.S., livestreaming is mainstream in China, with eMarketer forecasting that livestreaming sales in the country will reach $131.5

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2021

What do the latest retail statistics tell us about retailing in 2021? Are you thinking about how the US retail trade industry fared during the first quarter of 2021? trillion in the first quarter of 2021. trillion in 2021. Considering these retail stats, you can expect that the future of retail will be bright in 2021.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2022

“Internet penetration rate in Malaysia is now over 80 percent and the number of active social media users also increased quite a bit over the years,which brings about huge potential in social commerce and the rise of local influencers in Malaysia,” Huang said.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

While they are essentially the same thing, many industry experts believe the term “commerce media” offers a more accurate definition of what these new advertising platforms are able to do. For example, Macy’s RMN hit the market in 2020 and was able to generate $105 million in revenue by the next year, 2021.

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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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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 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. RTP: Where do you see social commerce fitting into the mix for local retailers in the coming years?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The return to offices and social events is inspiring consumers to level up their wardrobes and focus more on apparel and footwear. this holiday season compared to 2021, and McNamara cited consumer demand for more deals and promotions as a likely reason. YOY growth this holiday season, whereas department stores will only see a 0.3%

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Entering 2021, retailers are still looking to beef up their ecommerce strategy to get this trend to stick. This, coupled with the rise of social commerce, has indicated major potential for retailers to adopt social advertising into their marketing mix. In fact, Smartly.io Corinne Demadis is the VP, U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2022

We’ve seen an incredible return to makeup — consumers are so excited to interact and experiment with makeup and getting bolder with their looks. Sky High mascara was the biggest beauty launch of 2021 and is now the #1 mascara in the U.S. — Gerschtein: We have seen a beauty boom this year as people are back in person for more things!

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The agenda for the virtual 2021 Retail Innovation Conference , taking place Nov. Easton Town Center CEO Jennifer Peterson of Steiner + Associates will discuss the innovative solutions they’ve implemented throughout the customer journey, such as centralized pickup and return locations and using AR to improve brand and product discovery.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Fortunately the 2021 Retail Innovation Conference, which wrapped up Nov. Retailers certainly need to know what consumers want , but perhaps an even more important question is: How do I provide it to my shoppers? 17, provided plenty of answers in the form of tips, technology use cases, real-world success stories and a raft of innovative ideas.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The payoff is that because these consumers are diligent about doing their research, they return fewer items, “which is so much more sustainable.”. presidential administration set to come in in 2021, pressure to cool down trade tensions between the two countries are likely to come from businesses on both sides of the Pacific.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2023

While we’re expecting this year to see an acceleration of many trends that took off in the pandemic years, the consumerisation of B2B e-commerce is the sleeper of the 2023 season. Social commerce and live shopping. Social commerce is anticipated to grow three times faster than traditional e-commerce by 2025.

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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. Ideally, of course, omnichannel retailers will find ways to provide a seamless experience no matter what touch point a shopper uses or where they are in their purchase journey. It’s true that double-digit growth in U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

During its Q2 2021 results call , e.l.f. While we believe the color cosmetics category will return to growth given the major role cosmetics play in consumer self-expression, skincare consumption is currently outpacing color SKUs. Beauty address this reality in 2021? How will e.l.f.

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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. Whilst shoppers have been able to engage with virtual experiences for the past year, shifts online have raised the bar around convenience as shoppers return back to stores.

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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

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. A lot of people get interested in buying products through tick-tocking us they haven’t necessarily like.

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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. Scot: [23:36] Recap of what what did we learn. percent using the same definition of retail so. [24:38]

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