Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2022

The market could reach $783.3 Recognizing the similarities with earlier adoption patterns for tech like smartphones and social commerce can help retailers design their initial metaverse offerings. These eager users are going to be the trendsetters that set expectations for wider acceptance of metaverse commerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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. Thinking Long Term. UK and Indonesia.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It’s no secret performance marketing on social media platforms isn’t what it used to be but it’s where consumers reside. A new guard of social media apps is entering the marketplace giving retailers and brands a new opportunity to connect with potential consumers. Xcel Brands Inc. per cent per annum.”

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Star Miconics

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

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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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Traditional outbound marketing to consumers, such as email campaigns, SMS text messaging, display ads, retargeting and other forms of “push marketing,” will in the future see even less engagement from consumers. There are two primary areas of marketing innovation underway: shopping rewards and social commerce.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

A recent KPMG report has predicted Hainan to become the world’s biggest duty-free market in the next two years. Notably, many of the tactics – be it hype drops, IP collaborations, or time-bound live-broadcasts are all utilised to dominate social media feeds and algorithm recommendations to similar audience types and potential customers.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2024

Thanks to rapid innovations in supply chain management, AI technology and digital marketing, e-commerce is increasingly playing an integral role in the lives of everyday Aussies. Niche audience targeting Mass marketing is no longer necessary, or even necessarily desirable, in the digital age.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2024

The gaming app market is booming, particularly in Apac, where 48 per cent of all gaming app installations occurred last year and users spend 35 minutes per session, according to a report by measurement and analytics company Adjust. Additionally, gaming in-app revenue globally is rising, with a 6 per cent increase year on year in 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2022

Tech giants like Facebook and Microsoft have gone all-in on the metaverse, based on the idea that it’s the future of digital experiences like gaming, collaboration and marketing. In fact, the parent company of the social media platform renamed itself to Meta — a sign of its confidence in the metaverse. Embrace multichannel marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the course of her expansive career in marketing, Kristen D’Arcy has worked for household names like American Eagle , PacSun , Ralph Lauren and Oscar de la Renta. But she believes that successful marketing revolves around one key thing: understanding your customer and creating the value they expect.

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Retail Assist

MARCH 1, 2023

Social commerce has revolutionised the way retailers interact with their customers. Creating direct connections, building relationships, increasing engagement, and ultimately facilitating sales, social media is the place that many consumers are choosing to place their transactions. Here’s why.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Retail media is when a retailer offers advertising capabilities and services, similar to what media outlets such as publishers and television networks have done for years. Off-site advertising is typically more complex than on-site and is therefore something that only the more mature retail media networks offer at this stage.

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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. While influencer marketing clearly isn’t going anywhere, it might soon have a new name: the “creator” appellation is increasingly taking precedence.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

When you imagine retail media’s place in a marketing funnel, do your eyes look toward the bottom? As marketers, we’re already sold on the performance advantages of RMNs: enormous sets of first-party consumer data, precise attribution and analysis, a future beyond third-party cookies. So what does that mean for the rest of us?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Former NBA Chief Marketing Officer Kate Jhaveri has been named Global Head of Marketing at TikTok. Jhaveri will work closely with Sofia Hernandez, TikTok’s Head of Global Business Marketing, who focuses primarily on business and advertising solutions, according to a company spokesperson.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

From a marketer’s perspective, this gives you the opportunity to blur the lines between native content and branded advertisements. These experiences are the newest flavor of social commerce that is redefining the retail shopping experience — both online and in-person. Face Effects: Digital Fitting Rooms.

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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 27, 2023

with other markets to potentially follow depending on the results. via both Meta’s Commerce Manager and Shopify will only be allowed if checkout on Facebook and Instagram is enabled. In all other markets, Shops that do not enable checkout will no longer be allowed. The change will first be tested in the U.S., Outside of the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

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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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 23, 2021

How will the splintering of viewership across media channels impact the resonance of advertising campaigns? Trusted platforms like Facebook are already pushing social commerce and running livestreams — it’s just a matter of expanding their appeal. How will Splintered Viewership Impact Advertising Efforts?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Content Marketing, advertising and digital practitioners can expect candid conversations on new channels and tactics that drive acquisition and retention. Pinterest Puts Joy Back into the Purchase Journey Pinterest has carved its own distinct space in the social commerce landscape, zeroing in on its ability to bring joy to users.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2022

Pinners) are auto enthusiasts and 18 million Pinners have at one time or another been in the market for a new vehicle. Both Pinterest and Healey are pushing the boundaries of social commerce in their own ways — Healey is working to catch up to consumers in an industry that has been slow off the starting line when it comes to ecommerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Meta has introduced a slate of new advertising tools ahead of what the Facebook parent company is referring to as “the first AI-powered holiday season.” AI is taking center stage across the advertising industry with more tools available to marketers than ever before.” the UK, Canada and Australia this holiday season.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2021

The Channel grants retailers that advertise on Pinterest through Shopify access to Dynamic Retargeting, which enables them to re-engage with Pinners who have already expressed interest in their products on Pinterest. The Shopify Pinterest Channel is now home to more than 1.7 million merchants.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

“Acquisition for DTC can be expensive depending on the product category, so more than ever brands should use owned channels like email and SMS, especially with Apple’s iOS 15 release in the fall,” said Courtney Hedges, AVP of Digital Marketing for LiveArea , a global customer experience and commerce agency.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2023

A series of executive shifts at Pinterest in the span of one week indicate that the social platform is gearing up for the next stage of its push into social commerce. Welsh previously served as Senior Director of Product Strategy, Operations, Go-to-Market, Commerce and Payments at Google.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2022

Leaders from TikTok , Snapchat and Pinterest spoke at the 2022 Sofa Summit , hosted by Smartly.io , to discuss how marketers can better utilize the unique options that set each platform apart. Retail marketers should create posts that look to the future, rather than the past or present, in order to make the most of this.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2023

But that’s been one of the goals of the Walmart web3 project The Cultureverse , Justin Breton, Director of Brand Experiences and Strategic Partnerships at Walmart, shared with attendees at Advertising Week New York last week. “We Breton advised other brands considering a metaverse presence to “lean in, test and learn.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Shoppers can visit the store and stay connected through social commerce, shoppable livestreams and exclusive offers, delivered via digital out of home advertising and augmented reality pop-up installations. The in-house streaming studio will feature live podcasts, e-sports gameplay and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

Social shopping is becoming more and more popular given the surge in social media usage and the ease of completing a transaction without ever leaving the app. It’s no surprise that social commerce sales are expected to reach $45.74 What should advertisers be aware of when investing in this format? billion in 2022.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

However, it’s common for startups to experience negative cash flow in their initial years due to heavy marketing investments, including offers of competitive prices and marketing campaigns – all of which is done to build brand awareness and gain acceptance. Gamified advertising hinges on two core elements: challenge and reward.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 14, 2022

TikTok senior director of e-commerce operations, Patrick Nommensen, said that since TikTok has made it easier for more people to discover food brands, the next logical step was to allow them to sell on the platform. TikTok’s social commerce advantage. The ‘natural evolution’.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 14, 2022

TikTok senior director of e-commerce operations, Patrick Nommensen, said that since TikTok has made it easier for more people to discover food brands, the next logical step was to allow them to sell on the platform. TikTok’s social commerce advantage. The ‘natural evolution’.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

One of the most notable ways was a change in the brand’s advertising philosophy: “The days of producing that one, perfect ad are essentially over, especially as it relates to performance marketing,” said Preis. Rather than creating one ad for many, now we create many ads for all.” Some people were experts, but we were all proficient.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2023

However, beyond celebrity mega-influencers, many influencers are curating a wealth of unique audiences that marketers may not be aware of. The most effective influencers must have relatability — and when it comes to sharing their authentic lifestyles, micro-influencers are a key, yet often overlooked channel for advertising spend.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 28, 2023

Additionally, Pinterest hopes the partnership with Amazon will help it scale efforts to connect advertisers with the high-intent consumers that use its platform, something the company has been working on for several years now. Morgenfeld also noted that “the ads market continues to be uncertain given the macroeconomic environment.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2023

Online fashion retailer ASOS has named Criteo as its exclusive partner for endemic brands’ advertising across its app and web experiences. Advertisers will be able to take advantage of improved targeting and measurement capabilities, and Criteo also will support AMG sales efforts to brands and agencies in key markets.

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