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Retail Statistics You Should Know

Small Biz Trends

According to a report , small specialty retail stores have a market size of $33.4bn in the US. Want to know more about small specialty retail store businesses in the country? 62% of businesses believe that social commerce has helped them improve customer communication.

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Back-To-School Spending Poised To Top $100 Billion Even Amid Disruption

Retail TouchPoints

Although mass merchants are poised to get the majority of back-to-school and back-to-college sales, apparel and specialty retailers have more opportunities than ever to use social channels like TikTok and Instagram to bridge connections. Gen Z-centric brands prioritizing digital community building.

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Consolidation and live shopping: Four e-commerce trends to watch in 2023

Inside Retail

While we’re expecting this year to see an acceleration of many trends that took off in the pandemic years, the consumerisation of B2B e-commerce is the sleeper of the 2023 season. Without further ado, here are four major areas for retailers to focus on in 2023. Social commerce and live shopping.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 316 Annual Predictions 2024

Retail Geek

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. A least one retailer has an AI based auto-replenishment solution with significant adoption. Number five prediction for Jason Retail Geek.

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Analysis: Luxury retail in the post-Covid landscape

Inside Retail

WeChat has emerged as a social and commercial ecosystem within which consumers can manage their social and retail life: they can post, make calls, send messages, play games, pay bills, buy products and book taxis. As a result, social commerce is no longer considered a separate shopping channel. cegid.com/en.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 258 – Retailer Owned Brands and Other News

Retail Geek

It’s interesting that these kind of you know inexpensive gamification sites are getting so much traction at all obviously wish has by all all apparent measures done pretty well here so.