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Walmart Hopes to Make TikTok a ‘Discovery Opportunity’ and Improve Social Commerce Shipping Speeds

Retail TouchPoints

“If you’re watching a TikTok video and somebody’s got a piece of apparel or an item on it that you really like, what if you could just quickly purchase that item?” The retail giant also is in talks with TikTok owner ByteDance regarding ways to make social commerce easier and more appealing for U.S. said McMillon.

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#RSP22: Everything You Need to Know About Holiday 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Take note of category demands: While the Mastercard SpendingPulse revealed moderate growth across categories, electronics, apparel and luxury (excluding jewelry) are likely to have the most significant year-over-year gains. This will create a significant opportunity for specialty apparel retailers, which are predicted to see 4.6%

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How Meta, QVC and Coresight Research Use Livestreaming to Drive Holiday Demand

Retail TouchPoints

“People are ready to spend — brands are incorporating social commerce into their holiday sales strategies to meet their customers where they already are,” said Kate Gronso, Product Marketing Lead, Facebook Shopping in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Coresight launched the 10.10

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Exclusive Shopify Q&A: Product Head Reveals How SMBs Can Compete in the Age of Amazon

Retail TouchPoints

Oftentimes I don’t think consumers realize they can get something faster by just swinging by a local store than getting it shipped to them. RTP: Where do you see social commerce fitting into the mix for local retailers in the coming years? They have been able to build a community that is really authentic.

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Capturing the Growing Spending Power of Gen Z and Gen Alpha

Retail TouchPoints

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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Jason & Scot Show Episode 316 Annual Predictions 2024

Retail Geek

No Live Streaming Commerce Still not meaningful in US in 2023 (less than 5% of social commerce in US) Yes Jason Total Score: 3 of 5 Scot : Amazon uses this 2022 setback/slowdown/reversion to the mean for a public resetting of expectations, but behind the scenes they take share and raise the bar on shipping.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 269 – Amazon and Instacart get new CEOs, other news

Retail Geek

Found themselves having to go to other three pll’s to sell on Amazon because Amazon just wouldn’t accept all of their goods and so if you’re going to say oh you know what I’m going to put all my eggs in Amazon’s basket and have them ship all of my.