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What’s Your Social Commerce Strategy? 5 Steps Brands can Take Now to Meet their Holiday Sales Goals

Retail TouchPoints

A recent survey of more than 2,000 consumers revealed that over half won’t be able to buy as many gifts as last season, with more than one-quarter of the respondents claiming they plan to limit how much they spend. Step Three: Make your social posts shoppable. Shoppable social posts are the cornerstone of social commerce.

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Deep dive: What social commerce looks like around the world

Inside Retail

Social commerce – shopping on social media platforms – is expected to reach US$1.2 It is growing three times faster than traditional e-commerce. McKinsey & Co stated in mid-2022 that social commerce comprised more than 13 per cent of China’s total e-commerce sales. trillion ($1.9

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Havas Study Highlights 5 Key Social Commerce Preferences of Gen Z and Millennials

Retail TouchPoints

It’s no secret that social commerce — that is, retail interactions that begin (and sometimes also end) on social media platforms — is big business. The partners surveyed 28,500 of this desirable consumer set from across the U.S., The partners surveyed 28,500 of this desirable consumer set from across the U.S.,

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What Is Social Commerce and Why Should You Care About It?

Wiser

This is social commerce. What Is Social Commerce? Social commerce, also referred to as social shopping, allows brands to sell their products direct-to-consumers through social media platforms. Why Is Social Commerce Important? And this plan has worked!

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TikTok Goes ‘All in’ on Social Commerce with Robust Suite of New Shopping Features

Retail TouchPoints

TikTok’s timing is spot on, according to Terri Zimmer, Director of Content Strategy at the agile marketing agency Scrum50 : “We have seen brands we work with treat TikTok as a nice-to-have in their plans and not a must-have because of the lack of ability to prove out an ROI,” she said in comments shared with Retail Touchpoints.

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From Direct-to-Consumer to Direct-to-Community: How DTC Brands Can Build a Sustainable Model for Growth

Retail TouchPoints

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands have a unique advantage in that they own the entire customer experience — and perhaps most important, all the data that is generated along with it. RECOMMENDED LISTENING: Riding the Social Commerce Wave. The new DTC model is the Community Economy plus Content-Driven Commerce,” Hamilton said.

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How Sam’s Club Leverages Online Content to Boost Consumer Confidence

Retail TouchPoints

Brands and retailers often use reviews, ratings and other types of content to boost consumers’ confidence about a pending purchase. We know our members do a lot of research; they read reviews and look at what other consumers’ experiences are. Additionally, Sam’s Club monitors the queries consumers pose via its site’s Q&A feature.

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