Retail Focus

MARCH 7, 2025

The e-commerce industry has experienced rapid growth and transformation in recent years, driven by technological advancements, changing consumer preferences, and global market shifts. Retailers are capitalizing on the massive user bases of these platforms to sell directly to consumers. Increased brand visibility and engagement.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 13, 2025

Robust Branding: Establishing a distinctive and recognizable brand identity fosters trust, enhances customer loyalty, and sets businesses apart from competitors. Data-Driven Insights: Leveraging data analytics informs product development and marketing strategies, enabling businesses to make informed decisions and optimize operations.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 5, 2025

Key Takeaways Ecommerce Growth: Global retail ecommerce sales reached approximately $6 trillion in 2023, with projections to hit $8 trillion by 2026, highlighting significant market opportunities for small businesses. Understanding these trends helps you align your business strategies with market demands.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2025

and jurisdictions where expansion in the next five years is likely: Trademark protection is jurisdictional, so knowing where your key markets are now and will be in the next five years will help to inform your filing strategy and provide opportunities to leverage international treaties to lower the costs of trademark protection.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

“The initial public offering is expected to take place after the SEC completes its review process, subject to market and other conditions,” according to a Klarna statement. Sweden-based Klarna’s decision to file its IPO in the U.S. The company was recently valued by analysts in the $15 billion range.

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365 Retail

JULY 2, 2025

The era of consumerism, complemented by stiff competition in the e-commerce sector, forces companies to integrate technologies to remain unique. Personalisation is a powerful tool, allowing businesses to maintain their market position. Besides, integrating payment systems that process transactions instantly is a benefit.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

But if you have never heard of social commerce, now is the time to stand up and pay attention. Statista has reported that the global value of social commerce will grow from US$1.3 In late 2023, Salesforce reported that 59 per cent of consumers had shopped on social media, a massive jump from 15 per cent in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Sune not only taps into the digital scale of platforms like Instagram, but also the human touch of shopping-centric TV networks like QVC. An app is a very difficult way to launch a commerce business, by the way,” Beitler admitted. You have to convince people to not only download, but also use the app.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2021

The increase in social media usage, combined with a tandem increase in online purchasing, proved to be the push both consumers and brands needed to move into the burgeoning realm of social commerce. Facebook and Instagram Lead the Way in Social Conversion.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Recent headlines about Meta ’s Instagram and Facebook doing away with shopping features on their platforms might appear to be a retreat in the social commerce wars. Social commerce sales in the U.S. Social commerce sales in the U.S. social network ad spending forecast by $16.21

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

That inherent distaste for the transaction phase is one reason payment companies are so eager to expand into other parts of the shopper journey. Embedded finance has become big business: McKinsey estimated that the sector reached $20 billion in revenue in the U.S. Denise Leonhard, VP and GM, Venmo.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Navigating the past two years of digital changes has been a challenging yet invigorating time for brands and social media users alike. From the large spike of social platform users and increased time spent online to measurement fluctuations, everyone has developed new behaviors and preferences within the social space.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 24, 2023

It’s no secret that social commerce — that is, retail interactions that begin (and sometimes also end) on social media platforms — is big business. Social platforms lend themselves to passive and active discovery and inspiration,” said the study’s authors. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 28, 2021

Klarna is continuing to build out its solution suite with two new acquisitions, moving beyond the buy now, pay later space with the goal of becoming a “retail bank, payments and shopping service,” according to the company. Social commerce is expected to account for $84 billion in U.S. retail sales by 2024 , with 40% of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Understanding consumer behaviors will be key to building (or rebuilding) a successful retail business in a post-pandemic world. However, retail marketers often lack the data they need to develop and execute more empathetic messaging. This data deficit makes it difficult for marketing to keep pace with a rapidly changing environment.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Social commerce value will keep on growing. The value of social commerce continues to grow rapidly and is shaping the future of online retail. According to research from Accenture , social commerce is expected to outpace traditional ecommerce, growing 3X faster and reaching an impressive $2.9

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 14, 2022

When it comes to social commerce or ‘shopper-tainment’, the valuations of this burgeoning space can fluctuate wildly. One report claimed that social experiences will directly influence US$42 billion of e-commerce sales in Southeast Asia by the end of 2022. A refresher. The TikTok revolution.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2022

During periods of lockdown, social media emerged as a key form of communication, opening an opportunity for retailers to accelerate the development of social commerce in the APAC region. China continues to lead the world in social commerce. In those under 40, this figure jumped to 1 in 3.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

His platform Flip — described as a “shopping social network” — already has more than 1,000 brands participating, including E.l.f. The product you eventually choose is just the one that was better marketed, it’s not actually the best product.” The objective is to make the shopper the only voice on the platform ,” said Agha.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2022

Some of the biggest changes include new capabilities and integrations with Twitter that will enable additional social commerce options; Google , which will help retailers connect with shoppers near their brick-and-mortar locations; and iOS , which will let retailers use iPhones to accept contactless payments.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

Despite expectations of a modest economic downturn, this period presents an opportunity for businesses to optimize their operations, improve marketing strategies and enhance their technological infrastructure. This trend requires businesses, particularly in ecommerce, to seamlessly blend their online and offline sales channels.

Social Commerce

Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

by PingPong Payments. Social commerce is a subset of ecommerce, and harnesses the purchasing power of young customers on innovative new retail platforms. In 2021, social commerce sales increased by over 35 percent, totaling a spend of over $36 billion, still only 10 percent of what the Chinese market will spend. .

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2022

The platform estimates that 8 million of its users (a.k.a. Pinners) are auto enthusiasts and 18 million Pinners have at one time or another been in the market for a new vehicle. The results of their work together speak volumes about the potential for digital commerce efforts driven by an understanding of today’s consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

Today’s consumers move across digital, physical and social platforms with ease, switching from browsing, researching and buying in seconds. To harness the power of consumers’ online communities, invest in creator relationships across platforms. Influencers have incredible, well, influence. Oct 6-10, 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2021

The Flipkart Group includes ecommerce marketplace Flipkart , digital fashion destination Myantra , Flipkart Wholesale , online travel company Cleartrip and a majority stake in the payments app PhonePe. The new funding is a major vote of confidence in the potential of digital commerce in India, still a relatively nascent market.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2023

A series of executive shifts at Pinterest in the span of one week indicate that the social platform is gearing up for the next stage of its push into social commerce. Bornstein joined the company through the acqui s ition of her AI-powered shopping platform The YES in June 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On the same day, Devora Rogers of market research consultancy Alter Agents shares results from the firm’s new study, including the depths of shopper “promiscuity” as customer loyalty fades and consumers constantly examine new options. These breakthrough technologies have the potential to reshape both consumer and business transactions.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Klar n a is continuing to expand beyond payments as it looks to become “a starting point for every purchase” for its 150 million global consumers. New offerings include search and price comparison functionalities , shoppable videos , a creator platform to connect influencers and brands, and upgraded CO2 and charitable donation features. .

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2022

It’s been a busy month for Pinterest, which just four weeks ago announced the acquisition of AI-powered shopping platform The YES in a clear push to enhance its commerce capabilities. He is a builder who deeply understands commerce and payments. Ready’s appointment further drives home that ambition.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2020

From payments to delivery, processes have been scrutinised to reduce the need to touch people, products and PIN pads. Retailers need to make the necessary adjustments to store operations, fulfilment processes, payments and more, to respect shoppers’ continued desire for contactless commerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2020

These trends have put a renewed spotlight on impulse buying and how marketers can trigger those spontaneous purchases that drive sales and profits. Personalization also increases the relevance of ads on social platforms, which can spark unplanned purchases that create the same enjoyment as making an impulse buy in person.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And in today’s day and age, shopping online has never been easier — with targeted ads, free shipping, free returns, stores built into Instagram or TikTok, logins saved on your browser and payment information saved on your devices. These links also can leave users susceptible to malware being downloaded on their devices.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

In addition, excess inventory can also tie up capital that could be used for other purposes, such as investing in marketing or other growth initiatives. Further, excess inventory can lead to lost revenue because products that are not sold quickly can become obsolete or go out of fashion. Final Takeaway.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Increasingly, marketing teams are turning to influencers to help reaffirm and amplify that authenticity in order to build credibility among an increasingly skeptical audience. That is why 39% of marketing agencies and brands now spend 10% to 20% of their overall marketing budgets on influencer marketing, according to Statista.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Meta also will highlight businesses from its Meta Business Leaders Network in the new 2022 Smalliday Showcase gift guide, and provide small businesses with advice on advertising effectively with its SMB Holiday Marketing Guide. Square plans to announce additional details about the card in 2023. Multiple Meta Resources.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2020

Influencer marketing has emerged as a powerful method for building brand awareness, trust and overall reputation. And today, with consumers spending more time scrolling through visual social networks like Instagram to discover new trends, brands and products, influencers have the potential to affect more retail sales than ever before.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

But the luxury market sits in a unique position of growth: spending on luxury goods grew approximately 20% in 2022, according to Bain & Company , and it is likely to expand further through 2023. The luxury market has a few key advantages that will likely safeguard it from financial turmoil. Will Luxury’s Biggest Market Rebound?

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