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

Retail TouchPoints

Although mass merchants are poised to get the majority of back-to-school and back-to-college sales, apparel and specialty retailers have more opportunities than ever to use social channels like TikTok and Instagram to bridge connections. Gen Z-centric brands prioritizing digital community building.

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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. A least one retailer has an AI based auto-replenishment solution with significant adoption. Number five prediction for Jason Retail Geek.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 258 – Retailer Owned Brands and Other News

Retail Geek

Jason: [18:57] Yeah no I totally agree I think they’re going to lean into that check out but I wouldn’t be surprised we may never know. It’s interesting that these kind of you know inexpensive gamification sites are getting so much traction at all obviously wish has by all all apparent measures done pretty well here so.