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

MAY 20, 2022

A 45-year-old family-owned luxury business might not be the kind of company one expects to be at the cutting edge of digital commerce, but thanks to President Ken Natori, the company’s second-generation leader, Natori is just that. I Would Always Rather Over-explore than Under-explore’.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2022

In a new survey from marketing platform Klaviyo , 49% of consumers said they don’t know what the metaverse is , and among those respondents who said they were aware of the metaverse, 78% think it’s mostly marketing hype. Now does everyone need to go build a virtual fashion division tomorrow? Most consumers are in the same boat.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2020

But our thesis now is that digital’s role in transacting will continue to be vitally important, so consumer behavior is looking for more of those discovery processes.”. Katie Osberg, Global Retail Partnerships Lead, Business Communications, Google “Did you know that 89% of consumers begin their buying process with a search engine?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Google’s Cloud division currently captures the third-largest market share among providers, after Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. For example, Albertsons is leveraging Google Maps capabilities to enable omni-shopping services that put Albertsons closer to the customer and offer a service that connects you back to their store.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2021

Executives from a who’s who of retailers, social networks and even advocacy groups shared their visions of retail’s future at NRF Converge 2021 , held June 21-25. For Sephora, extensive work was done to ensure that all areas of the organization, from marketing to supplier and brand partnerships, reflected their company culture and vision.

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Retail Geek

JULY 9, 2021

Multi-sided market place and so it’s a little easier to make money but still the best way to make money is with that ad Network and. Jason: [4:20] Yeah no I think your speculation is probably spot-on you know groceries a tough business to make money like in way instacart isn’t really a grocer that are.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

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

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 7, 2022

Social commerce. Some fashion retailers today use visual outfitting to help them carve out fresh brand positioning and show product versatility. They provide merchants with oversight and full control (vs. Livestreaming. Augmented reality. They’re exciting, buzzy and cool, and retailers can’t wait to try them.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

Jason visited the Walmart Neighborhood Market in Pea Ridge, Arkansas featuring drone delivery. 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. And behind the neighborhood market is a drone center.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 6, 2023

Goodwillfinds.com is an e-commerce site, which sells previously owned merchandise, which has been donated to Goodwill. We cover many of the tactical challenges (onboarding SKUs, product content, fulfillment, and curation), as well as the opportunities of this new “CircularCommerce” space.

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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.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 7, 2022

Jason : NFTs, Web 3, Metaverse, and Ultrafast delivery services are all overhyped and don’t deliver meaningful commerce revenue in 2022. Shein exceeds $30B in annual sales, disrupting apparel industry Adoption of BNPL services slows down to less than 15% CAGR in 2022. 2022 Predictions. or between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.

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