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3 Ways to Benefit from the Inevitable Social Commerce Boom

Retail TouchPoints

Although social commerce sales in the U.S. To capitalize on this growing opportunity, brands, retailers and even grocers are sharpening their social media strategies and placing authentic content creation at the center of everything they do.

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6 trends that will shape retail in 2025

Retail Gazette

Additionally, Ocado Retail boss Hannah Gibson insisted the grocer was “focussed on value” after its latest set of results, despite price rise concerns following the Budget. The trend of trading up was further demonstrated in the grocers Christmas results, with Tesco recording a 15.5% Social shopping 2.0

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For Online Impulse Buys, Personalization is the Sixth Sense

Retail TouchPoints

Grocers and big box retailers are under more pressure to spur online impulse buying because foot traffic has slowed down during the pandemic. Social commerce plays a vital role in impulse buys because marketers can customize their messages and meet customers at the right time.

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Analysis: Will Gen Z be filling their fridges from TikTok?

Retail Gazette

The German discounter’s involvement on TikTok Shop raises the question of whether the shopping channel could become a new route to market for the industry can the content platform move from viral recipes to a full grocery basket, and should more grocers jump on the bandwagon?

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Group buying, quick commerce and DTC: 5 e-commerce trends in Southeast Asia

Inside Retail

GrabMart parent Grab Holdings recently acquired a majority stake in Jaya Grocer, a leading mass-premium supermarket chain in Malaysia, to roll out on-demand grocery, which will ultimately evolve into q-commerce. Social commerce will remain a preferred shopping channel. per cent, against 1.3

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What does 2022 hold for the retail industry? Hear from the experts…

365 Retail

The use of technology will also be key to optimise retail spaces, as we’re now seeing across certain grocers like Tesco, who have reinstituted?cashier-less?shops.? Consumers are increasingly online and on social media, which is leading to a boom in social commerce. cashier-less?shops.? shops.? ?. Blue Yonder ? .

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Dusk’s “great rejuvenation” and how it’s building brand-love before a discount

Inside Retail

One of those big trends is ‘grocer and dinner club’ – it’s actually trending on TikTok,” he added. It’s come from a global trend where our design team travels the world and picks up the trends that we try to bring to life for our customers,” Taylor said. The trend consists of people gathering to host dinner parties. “To

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