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What Is Social Commerce and Why Should You Care About It?

Wiser

It usually goes something like this: you’re scrolling through your feed looking at normal posts when you come across an advertisement for a product. You choose the product you want, put in your shipping and payment information, checkout, and then go straight back to scrolling through your feed. This is social commerce.

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Meta Changes Instagram, Facebook Shops to Encourage In-App Transactions

Retail TouchPoints

As rival TikTok ramps up its shopping initiatives , Meta is streamlining its own commerce strategy to drive more in-platform shopping on Instagram and Facebook. A shift toward a new dynamic for Instagram and Facebook Shops will require companies to enable in-app checkout in order to offer a Shop on both sites. Outside of the U.S.

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The Rise of Social Commerce: How Retailers Can Leverage Social Media

Star Miconics

Part of this shift is the emergence of social commerce, a trend that’s setting the stage for this next retail revolution. Combining mobile shopping and social media, two of the most popular contemporary pastimes, retailers are finding more creative ways to engage consumers, drive sales, and enhance the shopping experience.

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TikTok Shop Officially Debuts in the U.S.

Retail TouchPoints

Businesses can also curate custom product collections directly on their profile page; The Shop tab , a centralized marketplace hub where businesses can display their products and customers can easily search and discover promotions. Previously, TikTok had only shared the availability of FBT in the U.K. ; user data is stored in the U.S.

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TikTok versus Instagram: Who is dominating social commerce in 2022?

Inside Retail

Social commerce, or purchasing products and services within social platforms, represented just 4 per cent of the US retail e-commerce market in 2021. Millennials’ and Gen Z’s reliance on social media and willingness to make in-app purchases are fuelling wider adoption – and a sort of transformation.

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Exclusive CEO Q&A: How LUXIE Is Pivoting To Win Older Shoppers

Retail TouchPoints

Conor Riley: Several years ago, our products were promoted primarily through subscription boxes geared toward a younger consumer base at $10 per month , but then our brand was picked up by stores like Nordstrom. promoted our product without being paid. You have to make sure you are offering frictionless checkout.

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CCS 2021: Levi’s, 1-800-FLOWERS, Under Armour Reveal How They’re Meeting Fast-Changing Consumer Expectations

Retail TouchPoints

5 Social Advertising Trends for Retailers to Know in 2021: Featuring Under Armour. During COVID-19, social networks became powerful vehicles for driving product awareness, education and, in some cases, real-time engagement and community building.; that’s why marketing teams are allocating more of their spend towards them.

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