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

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As an example, he pointed to online fashion retailer Princess Polly , which used collection ads to drive traffic to their website and saw a 5.98% return on ad spend (ROAS) and 54% increase on product page visits as a result. Dynamic Showcase Ads (DSA).

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Mirvac finds a good fit with social fashion app Mys Tyler

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Fashion tech start-up Mys Tyler has secured more than $1 million in its seed funding round, with Mirvac Ventures, Antler Global and angel investor Brian Hartzer, former CEO of Westpac, backing the business. Mys Tyler stylists will work with the community to help women of all shapes, sizes and ethnicities meet and learn about fashion.

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Reducing the cost of free returns: how retailers are cutting back

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Customers want a quick, simple, and flexible return process and the peace of mind that if they don’t like an item, they can easily return it. Retailers know that hyper convenience is essential to the e-commerce proposition, and many continue to offer ‘free returns’ to remain competitive. Why do people return goods?

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How businesses are leveraging GenAI to curate bespoke customer experiences

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The app plays a key role in increasing overall customer satisfaction within the online fashion retail space, which results in purchases that are significantly less likely to be returned. Neill is on a mission to “disrupt the fashion industry’s $1 trillion fit issue” and empower individuals to feel confident in the clothes.

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Inclusion and inspiration: What women actually want

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E-commerce is convenient but fashion has the highest rate of returns in the format, due to poor fit, and style support is limited. The Mys Tyler app has since been downloaded by 300,000 women globally, validating the demand for body-relevant fashion. Retail is still the main source of fashion inspiration.

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How Petco Turns Live Shopping Events into Long-Term Social Commerce Activations

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Petco is staying at the forefront of social commerce via multiple live shopping events, produced in partnership with Facebook , that combine fashion, charity and adorable animals. Our goal is to be a leader in innovating and driving the use of social commerce in our category and in the U.S.”.

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Walmart Brings a Little ‘RomCommerce’ to its Holiday Marketing

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New York designer Jessica loses her luggage while returning to her hometown for the holidays. Image courtesy Walmart From furniture and holiday décor to the fashion of the entire series cast, almost everything in Add to Heart was sourced from Walmart , giving customers the opportunity to shop more than 330 products throughout the series.

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