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Omnichannel Fulfillment, BNPL and Social Commerce Contributed to Holiday 2021’s Digital Success

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Most experts expected holiday 2021 to be a digital success, and the season didn’t disappoint: global sales hit $1.14 As a result, Cyber Week 2021 accounted for 23% of total ecommerce spend, down slightly from 24% in 2020. BNPL and Social Commerce Were Holiday Standouts. trillion , up from $1.1 18 and Dec.

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Social Commerce: Why Content Matters in Modern Commerce

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Enter social commerce. What is Social Commerce? According to Accenture , social commerce is “the integration of social experiences and ecommerce transactions in a single path to purchase, enabled by a single platform.” The Explosion of Social Commerce. In the U.S.,

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Deep dive: What social commerce looks like around the world

Inside Retail

Social commerce – shopping on social media platforms – is expected to reach US$1.2 It is growing three times faster than traditional e-commerce. McKinsey & Co stated in mid-2022 that social commerce comprised more than 13 per cent of China’s total e-commerce sales. trillion ($1.9

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Don’t be Fooled, Meta isn’t Abandoning Social Commerce — and Here’s Why

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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. billion in quarterly revenue representing an almost 8% decline from Q4 2021.

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BNPL Provider Klarna Expands Further into Social Commerce with Two Acquisitions

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Klarna announced the acquisition of social shopping platform HERO in early July 2021, followed just two weeks later by news of the acquisition of shoppable content solution APPRL. Social commerce is expected to account for $84 billion in U.S. millennial and Gen Z consumers already using social to shop.

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One to watch: APAC goes all in on social commerce

Inside Retail

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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TikTok versus Instagram: Who is dominating social commerce in 2022?

Inside Retail

Social commerce, or purchasing products and services within social platforms, represented just 4 per cent of the US retail e-commerce market in 2021. Millennials’ and Gen Z’s reliance on social media and willingness to make in-app purchases are fuelling wider adoption – and a sort of transformation.