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Analysis: The many faces of social commerce in China

Inside Retail

Yves Saint Laurent partnered with China Duty Free Group to bring its #Claimyourlove campaign to Hainan on China’s Valentine’s Day 2021, launching a sweat-proof, all-weather foundation at the tropical paradise. Brands do not even need an offline presence at CDF to open online brand boutiques within the WeChat store.

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Reports: PayPal in Talks to Acquire Pinterest for $45 Billion

Retail TouchPoints

Bloomberg ’s sources said that PayPal is looking at a potential price of approximately $70 a share, which would value Pinterest at around $45 billion. We see how it can make sense for the company,” said Sanjay Sakhrani, Analyst at Keefe Bruyette & Woods in a note to clients seen by Bloomberg. “We Bernstein & Co.,

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Message in a bottle: How social media has disrupted the fragrance sector

Inside Retail

This can be attributed in large part to the introduction of image-focused social media platforms like Instagram in 2010 and TikTok in 2016, which have made it easier for memes and fads to go viral and – just as rapidly – fade into obscurity. All of our eyes and ears were roughly on the same thing at some stage of the day.

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Digital Is Turning Retail Into An On-Demand Model

Retail TouchPoints

Predicting what’s to come isn’t easy, but having a robust network infrastructure in place would allow retailers to deploy new services rapidly when they’re ready to add them — regardless of where stores are located, or how long they’ve been established.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

In this interview, we cover the sale of ModCloth to Walmart, Matts’s subsequent work at Lucky Brand and Afterpay, and his new role as CEO at Goodwillfinds. Goodwillfinds.com is an e-commerce site, which sells previously owned merchandise, which has been donated to Goodwill.