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Reports: Microsoft’s Bing Quietly Launches Marketplace in Bid to Compete with Google Shopping

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-based online sellers” are reportedly participating in the beta test of Buy Direct, but a source told Business Insider that Microsoft hopes the service will drive $25 million in gross merchandising value (GMV) by fiscal 2023, which ends June 30, 2023. Bing accounts for approximately 25% of total monthly search volume in the U.S.,

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Meta and Amazon Link Up to Enable In-Platform Purchases on Instagram, Facebook

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Meta and Amazon have quietly debuted a new closed-loop social commerce experience that allows Facebook and Instagram users to link their social media accounts to Amazon so they can make purchases directly in-platform. And Meta, of course, gets something out of the deal as well, in the form of more information to aid its advertising efforts.

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Study Forecasts Accelerated Adoption of Digital Wallets and Buy Now, Pay Later

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The pandemic accelerated not just ecommerce but also digital payment methods: digital wallets reached 29.3% The wallets are expected to unseat credit cards as the preferred online payment method in the coming years, according to the FIS Global Payments Report 2021. Digital wallet usage is expected to account for 40.5%

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

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That, of course, is the key to Wish’s business model — by connecting international consumers directly with manufacturers (most of them Chinese, although diversifying the company’s merchant base is one of the company’s key turnaround pillars), customers can get products for dirt cheap. Doubling down on merchants outside of China.

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Resellers vs. Retailers: How to Handle the Bot Problem

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Occasionally, brands will advertise special releases on items like sneakers or jackets, other times it can be furniture or a once-in-a-lifetime experience like VIP tickets to meet your favorite artist. Below, we examine reseller tactics and their potential damage to merchants. The merchant-consumer relationship is built on trust.

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Shoppable TV May Leapfrog Livestreaming in the U.S. — Here are 3 Tips to Get in the Game

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Livestreaming accounted for more than 17% of all ecommerce sales in 2022 in China, but in the U.S. In fact, NBCU just launched a self-serve platform for brands to advertise on its CTV app Peacock , and many other streaming services have similar offerings. based largely on its success in China.

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Back-To-School Spending Poised To Top $100 Billion Even Amid Disruption

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However, what was interesting is the amount of money that’s going to be spent on things like subscriptions for educational services. As in previous years, mass merchants are poised to take the largest share of back-to-school and back-to-college sales, according to the Deloitte surveys.