Retail TouchPoints

MAY 19, 2022

On-demand social shopping platform eyezon has expanded into Latin America. Its inaugural customers include Peruvian home and electronics retailer Promart and Brazilian sports apparel retailer Innovasport. The solution provider aims to break down consumer barriers and help people make quicker purchasing decisions.

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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

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

28 the partners will kick off Cyber Week with a beta test of Twitter’s new shoppable livestream function, which allows users to shop products directly from the platform. 28, customers can watch and shop the livestream with Derulo not just on Twitter but also on the Walmart website, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The collaboration includes curated merchandise, collectibles, limited-edition apparel and gaming hardware, as well as virtual goods and digital skins that can be purchased in-store or in the Metaverse via cryptocurrency.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2021

Snap has acquired 3D and AR commerce company Vertebrae in order to expand its services for retail clients. The deal will give the visual social network a leg up from competitors, which have all been attempting to expand and optimize their social commerce offerings.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Amazon is already the place where many consumers start their shopping journeys, and now the company wants to make shopping on its platform “more social and collaborative” with a growing slate of new experiential features. customers on the Amazon shopping app on iOS and Android. They also have the option to add commentary.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

Embracing AI Walmart’s goal is to make shopping experiences effortless, engaging and personalised. There is also a new AR feature called ‘Shop With Friends’. It’s essentially a ‘Virtual Try-On’ service that becomes a social experience. This new service will automate the shopping experience, from basket building to delivery.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Discount shopping app Shein has announced plans to open a Seattle-area office as it continues to expand its U.S. The rise of discount apps like Shein and burgeoning social commerce efforts like TikTok’s Shop are a threat to Amazon’s ecommerce dominance , one it is working to mitigate. will serve as a hub for Shein’s U.S.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

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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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

When it comes to fashion, younger Gen Zs were also the most frequent in-store shoppers, with the demographic more than twice as likely as the average UK consumer to head into apparel stores every week (28 percent vs 13 percent). Similarly, for Health & Beauty, Gen Z were also x1.7 choosing the store as their channel of choice.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

For decades, Black Friday marked the official start of the holiday shopping season and was one of retailers’ most critical sales days. But thanks to the evolution of ecommerce and, specifically, live shopping, brands and retailers have the power to expand their holiday revenue opportunities and capitalize on an entirely new wave of commerce.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2025

However, research conducted by the financial services institution HSBC confirmed that as the average price of personal luxury goods increased by 52 per cent in Europe since 2019, with similar price hikes across the globe, the number of consumers shopping for these products decreased.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

A combination of video stream, entertainment and real-time group chat, livestream shopping is a part of the much broader social commerce industry, which is currently $492 billion in size and expected to grow 3X as fast as traditional ecommerce, according to Jill Standish, Global Lead for Accenture’s Retail Industry Practice.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Retail Touch Points (RTP): The pandemic has emphasized ecommerce at the expense of brick-and-mortar, and apparel in particular tends to be a highly tactile retail segment. As mentioned before, we’ve accelerated our omnichannel shopping tools, including BOPIS and curbside pickup.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2024

The company also teamed up with Lululemon in September 2023 to become the apparel brand’s exclusive digital fitness content provider. ” The TikTok Shop Honeymoon is Over The Peloton announcement comes as TikTok makes significant changes to another big initiative — its ecommerce program, TikTok Shop. Launched in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 19, 2023

(Source: Pinterest) Launched on May 17, 2023, the five-day campaign kicked off with a livestream shopping event from the Banana Republic store on Folsom Street in San Francisco, where creators Lauren Chan , Charlotte Bridgeman and Igee Okafor highlighted Banana Republic’s top picks for wedding guest apparel this season.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

4, 2024, the shop features an immersive experience that also incorporates décor and lifestyle products from fellow URBN brands AnthroLiving and Terrain. “As Visitors will also be able to shop and save the items showcased in the store on Pinterest via QR codes. Debuting today and open to the public by appointment through Feb.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Among its multiple impacts, COVID-19 accelerated an elongation of the holiday shopping season that was already underway. Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that).

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Walmart and Roku explore the burgeoning realm of TV commerce. These new partnerships join Walmart’s previously announced pairing with Roku , which will test out new TV commerce applications by allowing customers to shop and buy (from Walmart, of course) products in ads on Roku’s streaming service.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This respondent pool was surveyed from June to July 2022, and focused on holiday gifting plans, including where they were going to shop, who they were going to buy gifts for and how much they were planning to spend. Similarly, parents-to-be are increasingly thinking about values as they shop for their eventual arrival.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

After hosting successful pop-up shops with apparel brands like Abercrombie and Anthropologie , Pinterest is digging into the culinary world by partnering with condiment and sauce brand Primal Kitchen.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Target’s Black History Month collection: In its sixth year, Target’s largest-ever exclusive collection of products from Black designers and businesses features apparel, accessories and more. Porche received a $50,000 Lowe’s Small Business Grant, with McInnis and Shah receiving $5,000 grants. Target Black History Month collection. •

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2024

Consumers responded to steep discounts in key ecommerce categories, including electronics, where discounts peaked at 31% off listed prices (versus 25% in 2022); toys ( 28% versus 34% last year); and apparel ( 24% versus 19% ). Other key data points for holiday 2023: Mobile commerce overtook desktop, clocking 51.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Accessibility Moved into the Mainstream The fight for inclusion by people with disabilities saw some key victories in 2023, as retailers and brands began to recognize the buying power of this sector: Market Reports World has forecast an annual CAGR of 5.74% for adaptive apparel from now through 2030. In 2023, that’s exactly what they did.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

That’s why Feldman expects that shopping for apparel and footwear will extend into the start of the school year. They want to always be in tune with what’s trending: Their parents may want to capitalize on timely deals and sales, but Gen Alpha wants what’s trending right now.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The battle between Chinese discount shopping apps Shein and Temu is getting downright nasty. Since that time, Temu has overtaken Shein as the top shopping app in the U.S., Amazon also recently dramatically reduced the seller fees for low-cost apparel sold on its site in a bid to remain competitive with the likes of Temu and Shein.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 14, 2024

The Skechers shop in Roblox is designed to build community and engage young consumers, and it appears to be working: In the first five weeks, the Roblox virtual store has seen 3.4 The store features a range of virtual products including apparel, accessories and performance footwear based on a number of Skechers’ signature shoe styles.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Live streaming is key According to Roberts, in China’s competitive social media landscape, a new era of livestreaming is capturing the attention of discerning Chinese netizens. Emerging local fashion brands often start on e-commerce platforms which greatly attract younger consumers with strong spending power.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2021

But a report from Payoneer shows that demand for livestreaming has increased dramatically during the first half of 2020, encouraging brands across apparel, cosmetics and even auto to test the model. Many experts point to true livestreaming as a digital adaptation of the “home shopping” models pioneered by QVC and HSN.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

At the same time, there is a deep desire among shoppers to shop locally. There’s a sense of pride and solidarity in supporting local, but there’s still a belief that shopping local has too much friction around it. They want to shop local, they just don’t want to trade off on convenience.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has pulled retailers in a number of different directions as they react to shifting shopping trends and new expectations generated by the explosion in ecommerce shoppers. However, apparel isn’t the only category interested in AR. “We’re Verticals at Snap during the panel discussion.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2024

Walmart also released its first virtual clothing line, CoreMood Collective, and has debuted a number of Roblox experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

this year alone, representing approximately 21% of the total women’s apparel market. The business case is clear, but the looming question for apparel brands and retailers is: How do we make inclusivity a tangible — and profitable — business strategy? billion in the U.S. Inclusion Definitions Expanding Beyond Sizing.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2022

Whether customers are shopping for formalwear, athleticwear or home décor, they know they’re going to get high-quality goods designed with longevity in mind. The brand was even able to sell 100,000 units by offering digital apparel for avatars inside of Zepeto.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A host of new technologies are now available to make digital shopping more informative and interactive, and brands are seeing real results after employing them. Improve digital accessibility to create a better shopping experience for everyone. Share granular consumer data with suppliers to create more appealing products.

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