Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

There is, however, a huge opportunity for retailers that have the right offer, on the right product, at the right time. The UK’s largest independent builder’s merchant, MKM Building Supplies , recognized that the building supplies industry was changing, with 45% of its current customer base set to retire within the next five years.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Photo courtesy of TikTok Shop While the ecommerce functionality has been available to at least some users since late last year, today marks the service’s debut to the wider TikTok community, and to say that both consumers and brands have been eagerly anticipating this development might be an understatement. in November 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

Beginning on June 5, 2023, onboarding of any new Shops in the U.S. via both Meta’s Commerce Manager and Shopify will only be allowed if checkout on Facebook and Instagram is enabled. On August 10, 2023, this restriction will be extended to newly onboarded shops from all other platform partners. Outside of the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Since moving to digital in 2016, we’re always looking for innovative ways to serve our readers,” said Campbell Price, Ecommerce Director at The Independent in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Social Commerce Meets Affiliate Marketing. Then the merchant takes over for fulfillment, logistics and so on.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2022

And just as the metaverse will change the way that we shop, communicate and socialize, it will also change how customer service is delivered. Like the physical world, goods and services sold and consumed in the metaverse are not immune to issues that require customer service to solve. Here’s how….

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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. The new Square-specific Amex credit card, which will be powered by i2c Inc. small business owners.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2022

One of the groups identified in the suit is “Amazon Product Review,” which had more than 43,000 members until Meta took down the group earlier in 2022. The groups allegedly recruit individuals to post incentivized and misleading reviews for hundreds of products sold on Amazon stores in the U.S.,

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Retail Minded

JANUARY 21, 2022

And, while the current retail industry all too often has frustrating experiences to manage – including empty store shelves, hiring instability, and rising inflation – I believe that with great challenges also come great opportunities and NRF 2022 certainly reinforced this sentiment for me this year. Robotics and Retail Go Hand-In-Hand. .

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2023

in November 2022. Educational Insights first launched its shop in April 2023, and Lee Parkhurst, Senior Brand Manager at the company, said they’ve “been quadrupling our business month over month since.” I yell at my television, but my television will never interact back with me.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 14, 2023

Countless companies both big and small — including Meta , Pinterest and Google — are trying to tackle the challenge of making shopping online more like shopping IRL, where inspiration can strike at any moment and from any direction. One of the newest entrants in the space is Shoptrue , which launched in open beta in November 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2022

A 45-year-old family-owned luxury business might not be the kind of company one expects to be at the cutting edge of digital commerce, but thanks to President Ken Natori, the company’s second-generation leader, Natori is just that.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

Livestreaming accounted for more than 17% of all ecommerce sales in 2022 in China, but in the U.S. While that’s not a number to sneeze at — it represents $17 billion in sales — it’s also nowhere near the point of taking over the airwaves. viewers) form of video commerce is rapidly approaching maturation in the West — shoppable TV.

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Independent Retailer

MARCH 29, 2022

The impact and growth of social media brands play a huge part in what we see on our newsfeeds — and with that, social commerce has flourished. Social apps that already allow for commerce include Instagram , Facebook , and Pinterest , but TikTok and Twitter are also experimenting with shopping features.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

We also discuss the latest news (and controversies) around Facebook and TikTok pulling back from some social commerce initiatives (and pressing forward with others). Episode 297 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Tuesday October 4, 2022. Scot: [1:14] Huh figures you never know where it’s going to come at you.

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Retail Minded

JANUARY 25, 2022

The impact and growth of social media brands now play a huge part in what we see on our newsfeeds — and with that, social commerce has flourished. S ocial apps that already allow for commerce include Instagram , Facebook , and Pinterest. Social Commerce – Why You Should Care. Social commerce is a $89.4

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Retail Minded

JANUARY 26, 2022

The following guest article has been written by Mark Hook , VP, Global Brand, Communications and PR at Brightpearl, a retail-tailored operating system for omnichannel merchants. The impact and growth of social media brands now play a huge part in what we see on our newsfeeds — and with that, social commerce has flourished.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 8, 2022

A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. In episode 290 we recap all the key trends and news from the ShopTalk 2022 tradeshow. Nearly 10,000 attendees joined more than 600 exhibitors at this years show. Shoptalk has truly established itself as the preeminent digital commerce event in the US.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

2023 Predictions Recap Jason : At least 2 retail bankruptcies (besides Party City) Yes BNPL Consolidation (Klarna, Affirm, Afterpay. Sezzle) – at least one merges/exits US or BNPL. At least 1 top 20 retailer launches a digital in-store ad network AI is even hotter at end of 2024 than now. Shein successful IPO.

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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. portion at least and you know there’s this.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 6, 2023

In this interview, we cover the sale of ModCloth to Walmart, Matts’s subsequent work at Lucky Brand and Afterpay, and his new role as CEO at Goodwillfinds. Goodwillfinds.com is an e-commerce site, which sells previously owned merchandise, which has been donated to Goodwill.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 7, 2022

commerce penetration says at 16% or better in 2021. 2022 Predictions. Jason : NFTs, Web 3, Metaverse, and Ultrafast delivery services are all overhyped and don’t deliver meaningful commerce revenue in 2022. Episode 284 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, January 6th, 2022.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 31, 2021

A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. In episode 258 we cover some recent industry news, including new information on owned brands at Amazon, Target, and Bed Bath & Beyond. Jason: [3:34] Yeah it’s it it’s a pretty big expansion so.

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