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. Social Advertising: Annoying but Effective.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

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. In fact they are anything but — and with good reason.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With the growth of buy online, pick up in-store and expedited shipping options, consumers experienced firsthand the ease of digital shopping versus going to the store to make a purchase. This, coupled with the rise of social commerce, has indicated major potential for retailers to adopt social advertising into their marketing mix.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2022

More than two-thirds of shoppers overall are already familiar with the metaverse, but the percentages for each generation vary widely, according to KPMG’s Go boldly, not blindly, into the metaverse Consumer Pulse Survey. The patterns reflect early adoption of other technologies, with younger, wealthier consumers ahead of the curve.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This week, the social media platform introduced a sweeping set of new tools and advertising products — including product links , live shopping and even a full-service commerce solution — all aimed at expanding TikTok’s reach from culture and creation into commerce. .” billion views and counting.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

TikTok has launched Attribution Analytics , a first-party measurement solution designed to help marketing teams understand the bottom-line impact of the social network’s advertising solutions. TikTok will continue to add new features to Attribution Analytics over time to give advertisers more insight into how their campaigns perform.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 2, 2024

At its annual advertiser summit this week, Pinterest presented a pin-worthy pitch to marketers — that the platform has grown its audience and improved advertising performance without sacrificing its feel-good vibe. And at the same time, we’ve turned Pinterest into a competitive performance player for our advertisers.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In fact, 54% of marketers planned to activate their 2024 holiday campaigns in Q3. But consumers have spoken, and 89% think pre-October is “too early” for brands to launch their Christmas marketing campaigns, according to new data from brand tracking company Tracksuit. RTP: Consumers are especially mindful of value this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

As 2024 advances, the importance and reach of paid social media advertising will only continue to grow. Social commerce value will keep on growing. The value of social commerce continues to grow rapidly and is shaping the future of online retail. E-sellers will leverage social channels more than ever.

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Wiser

APRIL 3, 2023

Think about it, when was the last time you were scrolling through your social media and came across an ad for a product? It usually goes something like this: you’re scrolling through your feed looking at normal posts when you come across an advertisement for a product. This is social commerce. billion dollars.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands have a unique advantage in that they own the entire customer experience — and perhaps most important, all the data that is generated along with it. RECOMMENDED LISTENING: Riding the Social Commerce Wave. The new DTC model is the Community Economy plus Content-Driven Commerce,” Hamilton said.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

James Weiss, Managing Director, Big Drop If the social media platform goes away, millions of passionate consumers — not to mention the brands that use the platform to connect with them — will be devastated. Retail TouchPoints: What makes TikTok such a powerful platform, both for consumers and marketers?

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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. The next generation of consumer is scrolling on social platforms, they’re binge-watching on streaming platforms, theyre spending their time playing games Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite, Spatial.

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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. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 4, 2024

The latter competition could have broad implications for any business using these platforms to connect with consumers…so, just about everyone. Last month, Google , Meta and TikTok all debuted more AI-based capabilities for their customers (that is, advertisers, creators and merchants).

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 21, 2024

There’s no shortage of companies trying to crack the code of social commerce in the U.S. from the biggest social media platforms to small start-ups. Video commerce is the delivery of content. It ties together the best of affiliate, the best of influencer and the best of digital into social commerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

From a marketer’s perspective, this gives you the opportunity to blur the lines between native content and branded advertisements. These experiences are the newest flavor of social commerce that is redefining the retail shopping experience — both online and in-person. Face Effects: Digital Fitting Rooms. What does that mean?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Traditional outbound marketing to consumers, such as email campaigns, SMS text messaging, display ads, retargeting and other forms of “push marketing,” will in the future see even less engagement from consumers. There are two primary areas of marketing innovation underway: shopping rewards and social commerce.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 16, 2024

Modern consumers, especially those within the Gen Z age bracket, are becoming increasingly interested in shopping methods that differ from the traditional e-commerce model of a direct-to-consumer website or shopping online via big-box retailers. However, TikTok Shop isn’t the only major player in the social commerce landscape.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A few additional ad types focus on boosting discoverability for brands: A new ad spot in the Explore homepage , which was previously ad-free; and AI-powered multi-advertiser ads : when a person engages with an ad, Meta will now deliver a carousel of other ads underneath it that might also be of interest, powered by machine learning.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2022

Both Pinterest and Healey are pushing the boundaries of social commerce in their own ways — Healey is working to catch up to consumers in an industry that has been slow off the starting line when it comes to ecommerce. The Convergence of Car Sales and Social Commerce. Not Your Father’s Auto Sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 23, 2021

How will the splintering of viewership across media channels impact the resonance of advertising campaigns? Trusted platforms like Facebook are already pushing social commerce and running livestreams — it’s just a matter of expanding their appeal. How will Splintered Viewership Impact Advertising Efforts?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Shoppers can visit the store and stay connected through social commerce, shoppable livestreams and exclusive offers, delivered via digital out of home advertising and augmented reality pop-up installations.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Retail media is when a retailer offers advertising capabilities and services, similar to what media outlets such as publishers and television networks have done for years. Off-site advertising is typically more complex than on-site and is therefore something that only the more mature retail media networks offer at this stage.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

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. Similar concerns led U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Retailers certainly need to know what consumers want , but perhaps an even more important question is: How do I provide it to my shoppers? Enhance advertising and recommendation relevancy with better targeting and search. Share granular consumer data with suppliers to create more appealing products.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As marketers, we’re already sold on the performance advantages of RMNs: enormous sets of first-party consumer data, precise attribution and analysis, a future beyond third-party cookies. In one client example, it was discovered that consumers who saw a Streaming TV ad were over 2.5X See how the funnel circled back to the top?

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

The perimeters between CRM and social community have blurred, and sales of products are now being directed by an army of KOCs (key opinion consumers). Second-life commerce. China’s secondhand luxury market is flourishing as young consumers are looking for affordable high-end goods through second-hand trading platforms.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2025

Until recently, there didnt seem to be a limit to the price that consumers would pay for a luxury status symbol, such as a leather handbag. per cent), the US will remain a key market for luxury brands, attracting affluent consumers and driving sales across various product categories, Zheng said.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Every interaction between a consumer and a brand is part of the overall retail experience. This could be a billboard or advertisement on the street, the look and feel of a storefront design, or the physical and digital displays within a shop. in-store retail media advertising spending will increase more than 30%.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Whether it was inspiration from this “summer of sport” or keeping up with the ever-changing weather, the increasing unpredictability of consumers’ shopping habits was on display this summer. Having grown up as internet natives, Gen Z is said to be more desensitized to traditional advertising.

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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 What should advertisers be aware of when investing in this format? billion in 2022.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In 2024, the sector navigated a period of change driven by shifting consumer expectations, economic pressures, and evolving workplace dynamics. A new government in the UK introduced policies that have influenced business operations and consumer spending patterns, particularly in areas such as taxation and sustainability incentives.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Now, Bogg Founder and CEO Kim Vaccarella is bringing the bag to even more consumers thanks to a new partnership with Target. RTP: Have you invested in paid marketing and advertising to grow the brand, or would you attribute most of the Bogg Bag’s success to organic community building? Vaccarella: Organic social has been key.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2024

Customer retention With both consumers and retailers feeling the pinch of increasing costs, customer retention will be a key theme of 2024. According to research from McKinsey, 71 per cent of consumers expect companies to deliver personalised interactions. We see this play out across paid and organic social.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 23, 2022

Singles’ Day, also known as Double 11, is now the world’s largest shopping holiday, with advertisers seeing incredible returns. As social commerce becomes increasingly entrenched in mainland China, livestreaming has become a backbone to the influencer and ecommerce economy. Now that this trend is finally reaching the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

Digital channels and platforms — especially social networks — have democratized product discovery and access. Through algorithm-powered feeds, consumers receive a curated selection of accounts, brands and products that they can interact with (and buy from) all over the world. In fact, more than half of U.S.

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