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FTC Accuses Social Media Services of ‘Vast’ User Surveillance, Lax Privacy Protections

Retail TouchPoints

As the report outlines, the business models of many of these companies actually incentivize the mass collection of user data for monetization, in particular through targeted advertising, which accounts for most of their revenue. The FTC’s conclusion is that this financial model is “in tension” with user privacy.

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Exclusive Q&A: Venmo GM on the Company’s ‘Natural Extensions’ into Business Payments

Retail TouchPoints

taking place online, digital payment solutions like Venmo and PayPal (which has owned Venmo since 2013) are well positioned to capitalize on the opportunity. We actually have tens of millions of people who just have Venmo accounts. one in three Americans have a Venmo account. And with 50% of global spending in the U.S.

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Why is Chinese social app Xiaohongshu an important channel for retailers?

Inside Retail

Founded in 2013, the Chinese social platform has more than 300 million monthly active users, with 70 per cent being female. The community has over 80 million users that actively contribute to the platform, with user-generated content (UGC) accounting for 90 per cent of posts. They have a 50 per cent chance for success here.

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Spring Fair looks ahead to 2025 following a buzzing show

A1 Retail

I’ve seen some fabulous new products, and some new accounts opened.” Richard Keel, Managing Director of Keel Toys said, “The footfall and orders across Sunday and Monday have been really good, we have opened a high number of new accounts. Sue Waterhouse, Mia James Interiors said, “The show is beautiful.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 268 – Amazon Prime Day Recap with ChannelAdvisor CEO David Spitz

Retail Geek

Jason: [5:17] Yeah and I by all accounts those have been the best 15 years in the history of channeladvisor’s by. 45:55] Big trend is social commerce and Tick-Tock right and so one of the things I was super interested in was. We need way more into it than they have years past or did anything wildly different the other. [45:55]

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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. For 2023, live streaming commerce, still not meaningful in the US. Number five prediction for Jason Retail Geek.