Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2022

Pinterest ’s role in the world of social media is blurry — consumers use the platform very differently than they do Instagram or TikTok, for example. But following a series of major strategic moves, the role Pinterest hopes to play in the burgeoning realm of social commerce is crystal clear.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2023

While several retail outlooks predict consumers are looking for deep discounts this year, retailers should strive to offer more than just deep discounts and focus on providing value in other ways to achieve long-term loyalty and keep higher profit margins. Tip 2: Simplify the cart and checkout process.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The TalkShopLive integration with Walmart includes a connection through the retailer’s commerce API, so all brands with products distributed by Walmart can also create shoppable content by using its platform. Walmart has planned more than 30 holiday-themed live shopping events for the 2021 season.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

The world’s largest retailer shared expansive plans for the future of retail at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024), focusing on adaptive retail strategies that encompass realms of customers, workforce and society. It’s essentially a ‘Virtual Try-On’ service that becomes a social experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Photo courtesy of TikTok Shop While the ecommerce functionality has been available to at least some users since late last year, today marks the service’s debut to the wider TikTok community, and to say that both consumers and brands have been eagerly anticipating this development might be an understatement. user data is stored in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2024

Ecommerce Growth with TikTok Today’s consumers have short attention spans and are constantly on the lookout for the next big thing in viral content. To make a splash on a platform like TikTok that caters to this kind of consumer behavior, you must become adept at creating content that quickly showcases why your product deserves to go viral.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2022

And 64% of all consumers have purchased a virtual good or taken part in a virtual experience or service in the past year.”. More retailers offering mobile checkout would mean shorter cashier lines and free up associates to focus on customer service, BOPIS and curbside. These are fertile and emerging digital spaces for retail brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

The 2021 Connected Consumer Series reflected the challenges retail (and society as a whole) have faced during the past year, but also the growing sense of optimism that is taking hold this year. How to Take Consumer Engagement and LTV to New Levels. Listen to the session on demand. Listen to the session on demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

His platform Flip — described as a “shopping social network” — already has more than 1,000 brands participating, including E.l.f. Now Flip is planning an “aggressive” expansion beyond the beauty category in the coming months that is likely to enlarge both its brand portfolio and its user base. “I

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 27, 2022

We are now into Q4, the most significant selling period for many eCommerce businesses – AKA “the money quarter” As Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas all approach, maximising your success during this period is essential but that requires careful planning and navigation. 6 – Funding.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

While consumer expectations have continuously shaped retailers’ strategies, tech choices and best practices, COVID-19 accelerated this rate of change. Where does that leave retailers today, especially as they develop their holiday plans and finalize their budgets for 2023? Social proof for products. The result? Loyalty programs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

Only consumers only had 17% of their shopping done by early July, and 54% said they held off on spending because they didn’t know what they needed. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2021

Time that consumers spent sheltered in place was largely spent browsing and buying online and scrolling through social networks, and experts believe consumers’ evolved digital behaviors are here to stay. The baseline must be for malls and centers to have a persuasive online presence with links through to retailers’ websites. “The

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

At the very least, the form it takes is very different from its counterparts: “Pinterest is not social media, although we are grouped in that category,” said Dan Lurie, Head of Product, Shopping at Pinterest. “We’ve We’ve used different terms over time — at one point we talked about being personal media, not social media.

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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. The actual content in these short-form videos also signals a shift in the kinds of marketing messaging that is hitting home with consumers. “

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2023

” The results found that when consumers (specifically Gen Z college students) actively engaged with content on Pinterest, they were able to reduce feelings of burnout, stress and social disconnectedness. Pinterest is a shopping destination, not a retailer. The platform is using this distinction as a business advantage.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Retailers are enduring dynamic and challenging times as supply-chain disruption continues and consumer behaviour changes, both brought on by living in the Covid era. Consumers increasingly want a seamless and consistent shopping experience across a growing number of offline and online touchpoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Adding to the overall shipping volume will be those consumers who would normally have purchased a gift in-store and brought it to the recipient themselves. Adobe also found that 64% of consumers won’t pay for fast shipping, meaning retailers need to encourage shoppers to make their purchases with plenty of time to spare.

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Retail Assist

JANUARY 17, 2023

Quick commerce, social commerce, marketplaces, greenwashing of brands, a resurgence in physical retail and a rebalancing of ecommerce were key themes during the year. We’re still seeing retailers planning to launch their own to broaden their product offering, reach and discovery. Supply Chain Resilience.

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Retail Next

APRIL 1, 2021

Social commerce. Technology is helping make physical retail central to Direct-to-Consumer strategy by providing retailers and brands with a wealth of data – especially in relationship to their physical retail stores. In fact, physical retail is a critical – and central – part of a robust Direct to Consumer strategy.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Episode 297 is a recap of the GroceryShop trade show in Las Vegas, and the Consumer Brands Executive Summit in Colorado Springs. We also discuss the latest news (and controversies) around Facebook and TikTok pulling back from some social commerce initiatives (and pressing forward with others).

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Retail Geek

APRIL 7, 2023

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]

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Retail Geek

APRIL 9, 2021

Scott Silverman: What do you think will be the most surprising post-pandemic consumer behaviors that e-commerce retailers should prepare for? 6:30] And so then the pandemic vastly accelerated liquor delivery because under normal circumstances the vast majority of alcohol is consumed. The size and not the the consumer. [22:50]

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this episode we cover: Amazon Q4 Earnings Walmart Q4 Earnings US Department of Commerce Q4 e-commerce data Discussion of Temu and other Social Commerce News Don’t forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Quarter for Best Buy.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 8, 2022

Scot: [5:36] Yes I was tracking a lot of the social media and it was interesting a long this so you had shoptalk which is like you know it was like one. and The Meta was like a track keynote from Benjy Shalimar who’s like the VP of Commerce which you know big roll it.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

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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