Inside Retail

DECEMBER 14, 2022

When it comes to social commerce or ‘shopper-tainment’, the valuations of this burgeoning space can fluctuate wildly. One report claimed that social experiences will directly influence US$42 billion of e-commerce sales in Southeast Asia by the end of 2022. The rise of TikTok Shop in 2022 has been phenomenal.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2022

During periods of lockdown, social media emerged as a key form of communication, opening an opportunity for retailers to accelerate the development of social commerce in the APAC region. China continues to lead the world in social commerce. This growth was largely driven by Covid-19.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2022

The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2022. With this acquisition, Pinterest is setting the stage for an expanded social commerce strategy and product offering. THE YES features hundreds of merchants and boasts a fashion taxonomy that relies on human input and machine learning to power its algorithm.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The numbers from our latest guide to omnichannel commerce speak for themselves, showing that marketing across three or more channels earns brands 250% higher engagement. Social commerce metrics are up in 2023 , with a 9% increase in gross merchandise value and a 63% increase in average order value across BigCommerce’s merchants.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

VCNs allow for secure, easier checkout for users, without merchants needing to do heavy lifting in their tech infrastructure. 1 Google-Bain Future of Retail US Consumer Survey among US respondents ages 18+ who have made a purchase in the past 6 months, Aug 2022. Oct 6-10, 2022. I’m grateful to be along for the ride.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Hawkins — who was hired in February 2022, just one month after former Paper Source CEO Winnie Park was appointed to lead the brand — is central to that effort. “We’ve In March 2022, the partnership with Bolt made headlines, although not for the reasons either partner may have hoped. Forever 21 one-click checkout with Bolt.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

One variation of Bolt’s Checkout Everywhere function on The Independent ‘s site. The integration at The Independent launched in September 2022 with a set of participating brands including Weekday , ARKET , Panda , Facegym , Love Brand & Co. Social Commerce Meets Affiliate Marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Index reveals that 33% offer help via SMS, 63% send cart abandonment reminders and 64% offer customer service assistance during checkout, including live chat, phone, email and click-to-call, which can convert an ordinary experience into a pleasant and helpful one that a customer will remember. Tip 3: Optimize navigation and search.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Brands have been clamoring to sell on TikTok almost from the moment the platform began its meteoric rise and the #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt hashtag proved its commerce potential. in November 2022. Now it’s here: first launched in the UK and several Asian markets, TikTok Shop was quietly made available in the U.S. and managed by the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2021

will surpass $1 trillion in 2022. If you don’t have checkout that’s really fast, if you don’t have great customer service just in case anything goes wrong and if your logistics and operations aren’t sound, then people are not going to be happy and/or they’ll just not shop with you again.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

It’s essentially a ‘Virtual Try-On’ service that becomes a social experience. This feature is a social commerce platform that will allow customers to mix and match apparel items to create virtual outfits on a model with similar sizing and shape. Over the last two years, the company has completed over 20,000 deliveries.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

Her appointment follows a seven-month search after the brand’s former CEO Patrik Frisk announced his resignation in May 2022. In his new role at TikTok, Chen is expected to lead online retail product operations and be under the leadership of Bob Kang Zeyu, the president of e-commerce. TikTok is perhaps the best example of this.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

Her appointment follows a seven-month search after the brand’s former CEO Patrik Frisk announced his resignation in May 2022. In his new role at TikTok, Chen is expected to lead online retail product operations and be under the leadership of Bob Kang Zeyu, the president of e-commerce. TikTok is perhaps the best example of this.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

For example, a grocery store may hand customers “scratch and save” cards at checkout, capturing customers’ attention through the thrill of winning free or discounted items that will guarantee their return to that store. She also co-chairs the VRARA’s Metaverse Committee and is a Women in Games Ambassador.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

OSF Digital’s Digital Strategy team (formerly known as FitForCommerce) developed the 2022 Omnichannel Retail Index (ORI) to establish a benchmark for current practices and, most importantly, provide a set of actions and recommendations for the future. Loyalty programs. These key investments and opportunities include: Mobile experience.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2023

Livestreaming accounted for more than 17% of all ecommerce sales in 2022 in China, but in the U.S. Join marketplaces connected to television providers , like NBCUniversal Checkout. But so far that anticipation has yet to crystallize into livestreaming becoming the West’s next powerhouse shopping format, as many have predicted.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 14, 2023

One of the newest entrants in the space is Shoptrue , which launched in open beta in November 2022. We have unified checkout, which allows users to add items from multiple merchants to the same cart, but those orders are placed with the various merchants, and then the merchants fulfill them directly,” explained Evans.

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A1 Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The Christmasworld Academy lecture area will feature top speakers and valuable impulses for the trade from 28 January to 1 February 2022. The trend lectures will be held daily – from 28 to 31 January 2022 at 11.00 and on 1 February 2022 at 12.00 The next Christmasworld will take place from 28 January to 1 February 2022.

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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. Episode 290 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday April 8, 2022. ShopTalk held it’s first in-person show since 2019, May 27-30th in Las Vegas. Transcript.

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Retail Assist

JANUARY 17, 2023

Quick commerce, social commerce, marketplaces, greenwashing of brands, a resurgence in physical retail and a rebalancing of ecommerce were key themes during the year. Marketplaces enjoyed a surge in 2022 and this trend is likely to continue. ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance). Supply Chain Resilience.

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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 TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

Self-Checkout/Roaming Checkout. Versions of self-checkout are already in play for grocery, big box and a variety of other stores, mostly to reduce wait times at registers. Roaming checkout enables employees to take payments from shoppers from anywhere inside the store. Social Shopping (Livestream).

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

If you spend any time at all on social media it’s hard to escape influencers, and there’s a good reason for that — they are incredibly compelling, both to consumers and advertisers. You might not even want to run it on social media. Maybe you want to use that content on your website to increase conversions on your checkout page.”.

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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. Transcript.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

Physical retail is still a big part of the retail ecosystem — and in-store metrics that measure traffic can provide actionable insights on how shoppers move through the store, what displays they’re stopping and looking at, and which areas they’re spending the most time in (as well as wait times for BOPIS and checkout).

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Retail Geek

MARCH 31, 2021

Jason: [18:57] Yeah no I totally agree I think they’re going to lean into that check out but I wouldn’t be surprised we may never know. It’s interesting that these kind of you know inexpensive gamification sites are getting so much traction at all obviously wish has by all all apparent measures done pretty well here so.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

No Shopify launches an ad product such as a retail media network Yes Meta/Google/TikTok lose ad share to new social media platforms and retail media networks. For 2023, live streaming commerce, still not meaningful in the US. Jason: [23:17] Yeah, I think there is video commerce, right?

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