Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Smthgood isn’t just another online shopping destination; it’s actually harnessing the power of gamification, engagement and loyalty to incentivise consumers to make more thoughtful purchases. This environmentally and socially conscious generation is driven by values.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2025

According to the latest data from the National Retail Federation (NRF), merchandise returns are projected to reach an astounding $890 billion in 2024, accounting for approximately 16.9% With the holiday season just concluded, the challenge of managing merchandise returns is a reality for many retailers.

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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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Wiser

APRIL 3, 2023

The online shopping experience has grown exponentially in recent years and has changed to encompass much more than just a website with an online storefront. Think about it, when was the last time you were scrolling through your social media and came across an ad for a product? This is social commerce. billion dollars.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 20, 2024

To become a household name, Temple & Webster is focussing its social commerce efforts on Instagram while keeping an eye on the up-and-coming markets that TikTok could help it unlock. Social commerce is only going to become bigger and a more important part of the [marketing] mix.”

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

A survey by software broker Capterra showed 78 per cent research products on platforms like TikTok before purchasing and 54 per cent have shopped directly through social media apps; however, the Love Song survey by Live Nation found that 83 per cent prioritise real-world experiences over digital ones.

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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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Inside Retail

MARCH 29, 2022

Social commerce, or purchasing products and services within social platforms, represented just 4 per cent of the US retail e-commerce market in 2021. Live shopping, or purchasing products during a livestream, was a small part of that. Here’s who we expect to dominate live shopping and social commerce in 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 4, 2024

Century 21 has expanded its partnership with livestream shopping app ShopShops to bring the iconic New York City retailer to TikTok Shop. Now, starting June 6, ShopShops’ dedicated Century 21 NYC hosts also will share livestreams on Century 21’s TikTok account.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

And as on many other online platforms, where there’s livestreaming there’s live shopping. This holiday season, YouTube is promoting the commercial potential of its platform with its first-ever live shopping pop-up event. ecommerce by 2024. .

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Meta and Amazon have quietly debuted a new closed-loop social commerce experience that allows Facebook and Instagram users to link their social media accounts to Amazon so they can make purchases directly in-platform. You can check out with Amazon without leaving Facebook or Instagram, and experience more relevant ads.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Qualified influencers will be able to create custom shoppable storefronts featuring Foot Locker products, and then link to that storefront from their social media accounts as well as tag specific products they mention. This is an immersive program bringing basketball culture to fans, sneaker enthusiasts and local communities.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

Embracing AI Walmart’s goal is to make shopping experiences effortless, engaging and personalised. A new GenAI search experience, which is live on iOS for all customers within the latest version of its app, is now available for all customers who are logged into their Walmart account.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

Followers also benefit with push notifications for airport pick-up – a little service that ensures their flights are not missed and they have given themselves enough time to queue and collect their shopping. With borders shut daigous and P2P accounts on Taobao have anchored into selling us everything from apparel to infant milk formula.

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Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

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. . trillion in 2022.

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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

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Simply put, Adaptive Retail is any commerce experience that brings consumers what they want, wherever and whenever they want it. Its an anomaly thats hard to account for given the level of interactivity and engagement built into these environments. That’s just too disruptive to work.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Data analytics firm Euromonitor International stated that, in 2023, single-person families accounted for one-fifth of all households worldwide. Single customers will continue to shape new shopping priorities through their individual lifestyle choices.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2021

Pinterest also is launching multi-feed support for Catalogs, a new feature that will help businesses easily upload their products in multiple product feeds within the same Pinterest Business account. Shopify merchants, as well as any retailer with a Pinterest business account, can now add up to 20 product feeds to their account.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2021

November might seem far away, but the fact is, brands and retailers in China have already been preparing for the world’s biggest shopping event — known interchangeably as Singles’ Day, Double 11 or 11.11 — for months. accounted for $5 billion of Alibaba’s total $74.1 of all social commerce sales this year.

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Retail Dive

MAY 18, 2022

Instagram celebrates 1 million followers on its Shop account as the social commerce industry is expected to grow.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2021

The new funding is a major vote of confidence in the potential of digital commerce in India, still a relatively nascent market. Brick-and-mortar dominates the retail scene, with ecommerce projected to account for just 7% of sales this year, up from 3% in 2017. billion population, but still with plenty of room for growth.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2024

The Iconic is the latest victim of ‘credential stuffing,’ a scam that resulted in customer accounts being used to place fraudulent orders, some totaling thousands of dollars, dating back to November last year. Nationally in the year prior, over $9 million was lost to online shopping scams according to the National Anti-Scam Centre.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2023

The online shopping industry has surpassed 2.6 That said, there is still substantial untapped opportunity within ecommerce, and one of the biggest barriers to online shopping is completely in control of the retailers themselves. Social commerce, while still a newer concept for many, is expected to reach nearly $3.4

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Online shopping has accelerated this year because of COVID-19-triggered lockdowns, and this sudden growth may become permanent. 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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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The social-commerce app matches women with a contributor sharing a similar body type who can guide them on the best styles to suit their physical characteristics. More than 83,000 women from over 100 countries have downloaded the app, with the US, Australia, and the UK accounting for 70 per cent of users. Image: Supplied.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

ecommerce market with TikTok Shops, delivering the most complete social commerce experience to date. Like many ecommerce brands, Temu and Shein target users on social media platforms to reach a younger, tech-savvy audience that is more inclined to shop online. Finally, TikTok has rapidly entered the U.S.

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365 Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

Social commerce – purchases made directly on social networks – may seem anecdotal to some, but it’s taking off and is expected to grow three times faster than traditional e-commerce, reaching $1.2 Selling directly on social networks, on the other hand, is more recent. trillion by 2025.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Social commerce facilitates brand and product storytelling, creates authentic direct-to-consumer dialogues, and drives incremental sales. Rhys Harbinson, DTC Multichannel Manager of Sportswear giant PUMA, presents in conversation with Gustavo Mondo, Head of Fashion Key Account Management at TikTok Shop UK his path to success.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

22, offering a 90-minute immersive journey in which consumers can explore the hottest fashion trends and simultaneously shop the looks via the Shein mobile app. Fans and followers can watch the livestream across Facebook, X, YouTube, and Instagram via Shein’s branded accounts. The Shein Live: Front Row event will kick off at 12 p.m.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This year, over 102 million people will buy via social platforms in the US alone and by 2025, global sales via social commerce will exceed US$1.2 Among consumers – and not just Millennials – social commerce is gaining significant traction, growing three times as fast as overall e-commerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

Social shopping is becoming more and more popular given the surge in social media usage and the ease of completing a transaction without ever leaving the app. It’s no surprise that social commerce sales are expected to reach $45.74 billion in 2022. What should advertisers be aware of when investing in this format?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Panelists shared insights from the Salesforce Shopping Index , which collected responses from more than one billion consumers worldwide, and the annual Sixth Edition: State of Marketing Report , which was released this May. Given the proliferation of shopping platforms, retail marketers are striving to make the checkout experience easy. “We’re

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

“Livestreaming” is one of the buzziest terms of the moment in retail, but the live shopping concept has actually been around for decades, popularized in the 1980’s by TV shopping networks like QVC and HSN. These devices are democratizing live shopping and leading to an explosion of growth. of all U.S. ecommerce by 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

Only consumers only had 17% of their shopping done by early July, and 54% said they held off on spending because they didn’t know what they needed. Based on research and expert interviews, six new realities are having the biggest impacts on back-to-school shopping behaviors and preferences. in search) and “boy clothing” (+12.5%

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Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2024

Zara will expand its live shopping broadcasts to the UK, Europe and the United States this year, testing a format that is already wildly popular in China but one with which Western shoppers are less familiar. Brands looking to create a more rarified experience have sought to do live shopping differently.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2023

Following a series of updates to the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) made in September 2022 , the platform is now lowering the eligibility criteria to enter the program and expanding the YouTube Shopping affiliate program, allowing more advanced creators to make commissions on products they feature.

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