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RICE 2022: Social Commerce Success Hinges on Consistency and Friction-Free Shopping

Retail TouchPoints

Social commerce has quickly grown from a revolutionary idea to a mainstream concept, and the channel is expected to continue expanding to reach $1.2 The foundational lesson is that, while social commerce can be an outgrowth of a retailer’s traditional social media interactions, it’s both more time-sensitive and more time-consuming.

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The Social Commerce Lowdown: the Latest from Pinterest, Meta, Twitter and YouTube (and Why it Matters)

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The ever-evolving roster of social commerce capabilities on the world’s top platforms can be dizzying, with vast disparities between what is possible from one app to another and each platform fighting to keep up — both with consumers’ expectations and each other. Meta Showcases Social Commerce Successes.

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Capturing the Growing Spending Power of Gen Z and Gen Alpha

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For Kit Garton, VP of Product at DTC men’s swimwear and apparel brand Chubbies , being a “digital native” entails more than just growing up with the internet and your favorite celebrities all in the palm of your hands. “It “The oldest members of Gen Alpha are [themselves] turning 13 , so they are beginning to influence household purchases.”

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

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The most notable shift between the 2019 back-to-school season and today is the strong consumer preference for technology over traditional items like apparel and even school supplies. The move from school supplies and apparel to hardware and computers wasn’t at all surprising to us,” Sides explained.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 316 Annual Predictions 2024

Retail Geek

No Shopify launches an ad product such as a retail media network Yes Meta/Google/TikTok lose ad share to new social media platforms and retail media networks. For 2023, live streaming commerce, still not meaningful in the US. Jason: [23:17] Yeah, I think there is video commerce, right?

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

We also discuss the latest news (and controversies) around Facebook and TikTok pulling back from some social commerce initiatives (and pressing forward with others). Right I go out of the inventory that’s getting unpacked right now is Home Improvement and apparel that had a like a nice Spike. Scot: [14:26] Right.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 304 ShopTalk 2023 Recap

Retail Geek

We also briefly discuss e-commerce in Brazil, around Jason’s recent trip to São Paulo. In this episode we recap everything you may have missed if you couldn’t make it to Las Vegas. Progression and then this last one that we’ll talk about at the end called platforms. [19:11]