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How Social Commerce Will Reshape Retail: From Content Creation & Partnerships to In-Store Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

Social commerce is a relatively new medium, but as retailers and social media platforms alike explore possible use cases and applications, it will significantly shape how both shoppers and businesses spend their time and money. The Physical Store and Social Commerce Can Enhance Each Other.

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3 Ways Livestreaming is Shaking Up the Retail Marketing Playbook

Retail TouchPoints

Through a survey of 475 consumers, Influence Central also found that only 19% of U.S. consumers have tuned into a livestreaming event. The biggest draw for consumers comes from livestreaming’s unique mix of entertainment, behind-the-scenes product information, shared commenting with others, and simple click-to-buy options.”

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Webinar Recap: Taking The Pulse Of Marketers And Consumers To Navigate The Shift To Digital

Retail TouchPoints

Understanding consumer behaviors will be key to building (or rebuilding) a successful retail business in a post-pandemic world. However, retail marketers often lack the data they need to develop and execute more empathetic messaging. Last year the top priority was engaging customers in real time.

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Three trends shaping the luxury retails sector in 2025

Inside Retail

Despite modestly positive expectations for 2024, the luxury retail market did not pan out as merchants had hoped. According to a 2024 report released by global management consulting firm Bain & Company, this market dropped two per cent from an all-time high of US$387 billion to US$381 billion.

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As Consumer Demand for Inclusion Rises, Retailers Must Tackle Legacy Issues and Attitudes

Retail TouchPoints

Brands and retailers are feeling mounting pressure — from consumers, shareholders and even their boards — to be more inclusive. Because of efforts to address this mismatch of product and real-world sizing, Coresight Research estimates that the value of the extended-size market for women will grow to $32.3 billion in the U.S.

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3 Immersive Customer Experiences Using Augmented Reality

Retail TouchPoints

These experiences are the newest flavor of social commerce that is redefining the retail shopping experience — both online and in-person. Global social commerce sales are expected to skyrocket from $492 billion in 2021 to $1.2 Global social commerce sales are expected to skyrocket from $492 billion in 2021 to $1.2

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2021: The Year of Social Advertising

Retail TouchPoints

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. Entering 2021, retailers are still looking to beef up their ecommerce strategy to get this trend to stick. In fact, Smartly.io