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Influencers: A Secret Weapon for Tackling Supply Chain Challenges

Retail TouchPoints

RTP: What challenges or pressures can social media help address in supply chains specifically? Jerutis: Brands can leverage their own social media accounts to alleviate many of the pressures that supply chain issues can bring. As marketing objectives fluctuate, so should influencer marketing spend, incentives and focus.

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Retail Media: Everything You Need to Know

Retail TouchPoints

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. Optimizing to transactions — that’s the unlock here,” said Quentin George, Partner at McKinsey and leader of the company’s Commerce Media Practice.

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Retail Statistics You Should Know

Small Biz Trends

The retail industry in the US accounts for 18.7 % of total gross domestic product (GDP). Following data from SCORE research prove the point: Small retailers account for 98.6% These occupations account for 6.3% 62% of businesses believe that social commerce has helped them improve customer communication.

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(Some of) the Technology that is Empowering the Customer Channel in Physical Retail

Retail Next

Social commerce. Not only did we see traffic and dwell time shifts relating to sales, visual merchandising and marketing changes, but we also learned unexpected things like shifts in conversation rate at very specific times of day. . Snapchat has incorporated augmented reality in their shopping experiences. CONCLUSION.