Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

TikTok Shop will now bring shoppable videos and livestreams directly to For You feeds across the country, and give brands, merchants and creators the tools to sell directly through shoppable content on the TikTok app.” Digital Service (USDS). reads the company announcement. The company also reiterated that all TikTok-protected U.S.

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Star Miconics

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Part of this shift is the emergence of social commerce, a trend that’s setting the stage for this next retail revolution. Combining mobile shopping and social media, two of the most popular contemporary pastimes, retailers are finding more creative ways to engage consumers, drive sales, and enhance the shopping experience.

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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.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 4, 2024

As a result, over half (52%) of merchants say that they’re funnelling investment towards winning new customers, whilst 36% are allocating budget to help retain existing ones – with technology being a key enabler. For example, leveraging social commerce to capture more spend or running incentives to engage new customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

One variation of Bolt’s Checkout Everywhere function on The Independent ‘s site. It makes it very easy for services and publishers like The Independent to open up their own shops with the complete inventory, but without actually holding that inventory.”. Social Commerce Meets Affiliate Marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Klar n a is continuing to expand beyond payments as it looks to become “a starting point for every purchase” for its 150 million global consumers. This is far from Klarna’s first foray beyond the world of payments. Among the new tools available to Klarna users and merchants are: Search and Compare.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Unlike other social sites, where users typically log in without a particular aim and scroll through a feed, Pinners generally visit the platform with a specific purpose in mind. These two traits make the platform a prime forum for social commerce, and Pinterest knows it. “ Lurie: [In-app checkout] is in the pipeline.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2022

Pinterest ’s role in the world of social media is blurry — consumers use the platform very differently than they do Instagram or TikTok, for example. But following a series of major strategic moves, the role Pinterest hopes to play in the burgeoning realm of social commerce is crystal clear.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2021

That’s why properties have focused on perfecting the tenant mix , onboarding a compelling combination of restaurants, entertainment and up-and-coming DTC darlings. Last Mile Services Become a Long-Term Play for Properties. Last Mile Services Become a Long-Term Play for Properties.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 21, 2021

James Johnson, director of technology services & strategic accounts, APAC at Shopify, says it is critical for Australian retailers to optimise their product offers and sales channels to make the most of the sales season and seize the opportunity to end a difficult year on a high. Offer gift cards.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Lionesque Group CEO Melissa Gonzalez and MG2 Design Principal Justin Hill will reveal how retailers can rethink the checkout experience while maintaining fluidity between high-touch customer service and self-service capabilities during an interactive roundtable discussion on Nov. 17 from 1:20 to 2:10 p.m.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

With brick and mortar stores no longer a necessity, consumers can browse goods and services from the comfort of their own homes and checkout at the touch of a button. The proliferation of social commerce. In 2020, social media giant TikTok entered into a global partnership with multinational e-commerce company Shopify.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

However, what was interesting is the amount of money that’s going to be spent on things like subscriptions for educational services. As in previous years, mass merchants are poised to take the largest share of back-to-school and back-to-college sales, according to the Deloitte surveys.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 14, 2023

We have unified checkout, which allows users to add items from multiple merchants to the same cart, but those orders are placed with the various merchants, and then the merchants fulfill them directly,” explained Evans. Brandon Holley: Yeah, that exact thing happened to me on another platform actually.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

In fact, NBCU just launched a self-serve platform for brands to advertise on its CTV app Peacock , and many other streaming services have similar offerings. Brands typically get products placed on shows through a trade-off process that simply requires them to provide free product.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

A shift toward a new dynamic for Instagram and Facebook Shops will require companies to enable in-app checkout in order to offer a Shop on both sites. Beginning on June 5, 2023, onboarding of any new Shops in the U.S. via both Meta’s Commerce Manager and Shopify will only be allowed if checkout on Facebook and Instagram is enabled.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Google’s Cloud division currently captures the third-largest market share among providers, after Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. For example, Albertsons is leveraging Google Maps capabilities to enable omni-shopping services that put Albertsons closer to the customer and offer a service that connects you back to their store.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 7, 2023

We also briefly discuss e-commerce in Brazil, around Jason’s recent trip to São Paulo. So that was interesting and then the to me the most geeky coolest thing of all although controversial is during the pandemic, the Brazilian government launched a government-sponsored instant payment system so I got.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this episode we cover: Amazon Q4 Earnings Walmart Q4 Earnings US Department of Commerce Q4 e-commerce data Discussion of Temu and other Social Commerce News Don’t forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. 38:37] Selfish piece of.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 8, 2022

Scot: [5:36] Yes I was tracking a lot of the social media and it was interesting a long this so you had shoptalk which is like you know it was like one. and The Meta was like a track keynote from Benjy Shalimar who’s like the VP of Commerce which you know big roll it.

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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 Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

We also discuss the latest news (and controversies) around Facebook and TikTok pulling back from some social commerce initiatives (and pressing forward with others). Services to other retailer. Episode 297 is a recap of the GroceryShop trade show in Las Vegas, and the Consumer Brands Executive Summit in Colorado Springs.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 9, 2021

Ted: will headless commerce take off in 2021? RetailRazor: Amazon has been getting hit w/an endless series of media articles about their private label development at the expense of other merchants on the platform. Nationwide cold chain one hour delivery services so if you need to store something cold and then deliver it.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 31, 2021

That that sort of visual video interface and you know it’s it’s on on a HIPAA compliant version of AWS which they have a lot of HIPAA compliance services on AWS now. Jason: [18:57] Yeah no I totally agree I think they’re going to lean into that check out but I wouldn’t be surprised we may never know.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2022

The ever-evolving roster of social commerce capabilities on the world’s top platforms can be dizzying, with vast disparities between what is possible from one app to another and each platform fighting to keep up — both with consumers’ expectations and each other. Twitter Lets Merchants Create In-App ‘Shops’.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

No Shopify launches an ad product such as a retail media network Yes Meta/Google/TikTok lose ad share to new social media platforms and retail media networks. For 2023, live streaming commerce, still not meaningful in the US. Jason: [23:17] Yeah, I think there is video commerce, right?

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