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From Niche Product to Viral Sensation: How Bogg Bag Ventured into 1,800 Target Stores

Retail TouchPoints

I found a new factory in 2015, and they really understood my vision. I also was doing all our social media, posting about every store that wanted to carry Bogg Bag, and sharing the best places for people to get them. RTP: How did you move on and learn from that experience? We started doing trade shows and focused on wholesale.

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Is China Taking Over the (Cyber) World?

Retail TouchPoints

The advance of social commerce provided China with additional means to establish its leadership in digital commerce. Platforms like ByteDance’s Douyin and its counterpart for foreign markets, TikTok, integrate social experiences with shopping.

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TikTok Continues Amazon-like Push into Commerce with Fulfillment Services in the UK

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon’s SFP program first launched in 2015, was shut down for a time, and then re-opened as an invite-only offering in June 2023. 1, 2023, multiple sources report. The news was shared in a notice sent to merchants that was viewed by CNBC and other news outlets.

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UK shoppers set to spend more this Black Friday/Cyber Monday, Shopify research reveals

A1 Retail

More people than ever will use social channels to make purchases over the weekend as the shift towards social commerce continues to gather pace. About half of younger shoppers (ages 18-34) are planning to purchase from Facebook (55%) or Instagram (49%) and about a third from TikTok (34%) or Pinterest (32%).

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Decoding the global trends shaping the future of retail

Inside Retail

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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What Meta’s move away from Instagram Shopping means for retailers

Inside Retail

It started with Facebook Shop, which was launched in 2015. There have been many attempts at making Facebook and Instagram shoppable. Best I know, none of them got much traction with retailers nor, more importantly, with users. No, I haven’t bought anything via Facebook Shop either.

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Message in a bottle: How social media has disrupted the fragrance sector

Inside Retail

One example of this is Austin-based fragrance brand Phlur, which launched in 2015, and is now owned and creatively directed by fashion influencer Chriselle Lim. It was no longer about running television commercials or magazine spreads, it was about telling the story.”

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