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6 Paid Social Trends to Be Aware of in 2024

Retail TouchPoints

As 2024 advances, the importance and reach of paid social media advertising will only continue to grow. Social commerce value will keep on growing. The value of social commerce continues to grow rapidly and is shaping the future of online retail. trillion by 2026, more than doubling its current value.

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TikTok Goes ‘All in’ on Social Commerce with Robust Suite of New Shopping Features

Retail TouchPoints

Shopping has been happening organically on TikTok for a while. This week, the social media platform introduced a sweeping set of new tools and advertising products — including product links , live shopping and even a full-service commerce solution — all aimed at expanding TikTok’s reach from culture and creation into commerce.

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The Art of Curation: ShopStyle’s Journey to Become a First Stop for Fashion

Retail TouchPoints

ShopStyle launched in 2007 with an innovative idea: creating a search engine focused solely on fashion. Fifteen years and two acquisitions later, the landscape of shopping-focused search engines has gotten crowded, with a host of new start-ups and major tech players like Google and Pinterest all looking to get in on the action.

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Livestreaming in the U.S. isn’t Dead, it’s Just Happening in the Wrong Place 

Retail TouchPoints

Unfortunately that ancient (1989) bit of cinematic wisdom hasn’t exactly held true in the modern field of social media, where platforms including TikTok , Facebook and Instagram are increasingly pulling back on social commerce initiatives that have failed to attract enough of the right players. is livestream shopping.

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How China’s retail revolution could change the way the world shops

Inside Retail

Online grocery shopping has become routine in many countries, but in the future you should expect every kind of purchase to become faster and even more convenient. Social commerce. The idea was to make online shopping more of a social, interactive experience. Celebrity live-stream selling.

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How One Auto Dealer Revved Up Car Sales in an Unexpected Place – Pinterest

Retail TouchPoints

Pinterest is the place to go if you need inspiration for décor, cooking, home improvement projects, summer fashion…the list goes on. People come to Pinterest with a shopping mindset,” said Kim Blommer, Automotive Industry Lead at Pinterest in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “In The Convergence of Car Sales and Social Commerce.

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How scammers impersonate brands to steal from online shoppers

Inside Retail

Fake fashion e-shops According to researchers at Avast, an internet security company, more than 4000 fake e-shops were set-up to exploit consumer spending in the post-festive season sales. Nationally in the year prior, over $9 million was lost to online shopping scams according to the National Anti-Scam Centre.