Retail Focus

MARCH 7, 2025

The Rise of Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce) Mobile commerce, or m-commerce, is one of the fastest-growing segments of e-commerce. With smartphones and tablets becoming integral parts of daily life, consumers are increasingly shopping on the go. Challenges in tracking ROI on social media-driven sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Best Buy is offering in-store pickup for livestream shopping orders through a partnership with social-commerce platform TalkShopLive. TalkShopLive has used the 2022 holiday season to launch fresh approaches to livestream shopping that better align digital commerce with physical retail. The show debuted on Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It might have been the worst-kept secret in retail, but after months of unconfirmed reports , behind-the-scenes testing and tales from the front lines , TikTok has finally, formally launched its new ecommerce offering — TikTok Shop. in November 2022. reads the company announcement. The company also reiterated that all TikTok-protected U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2022

International returns service ZigZag Global examined UK consumer shopping behaviors during the 2021 holiday season and found that one-third of consumers now purchase multiple items with the intention of returning at least one, and 59% will boycott a retailer permanently after a poor returns experience. We even saw returns processed at 4 a.m.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2024

Social commerce Social media platforms are becoming ecommerce marketplaces. TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest are starting to integrate native social commerce features, allowing users to hit ‘Shop Now’ on their favourite product-based posts and check out on the app. You will be with Dropshipzone.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Dan Lurie, Head of Product, Shopping, Pinterest. Pinterest is a social media platform and yet…it isn’t. At the very least, the form it takes is very different from its counterparts: “Pinterest is not social media, although we are grouped in that category,” said Dan Lurie, Head of Product, Shopping at Pinterest. “We’ve

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

Shopping is everywhere. There are seemingly endless opportunities to shop — or be inspired to shop — in both the physical and digital worlds at any moment. Today’s consumers move across digital, physical and social platforms with ease, switching from browsing, researching and buying in seconds. Oct 6-10, 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm has launched a series of new products under the Klarna Spotlight banner, all aimed at strengthening the company’s position as “a true shopping utility for consumers and a growth partner for retailers.” Consumers can also set product price ranges to decide whether it’s a good time to buy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2022

Prediction #1: Content will Become Central to Commerce. To Review: With ecommerce now encompassing much more than just a website (think livestreaming, social commerce, marketplaces and the metaverse), we predicted that the overarching key to omnichannel success in 2022 will be great content. Verdict: Spot on.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2023

Now the company has become the first toy brand to test out the hottest new arena in digital selling — TikTok Shop. Brands have been clamoring to sell on TikTok almost from the moment the platform began its meteoric rise and the #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt hashtag proved its commerce potential. in November 2022. in November 2022.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

TikTok is continuing to build out its commerce-related services with the launch of ecommerce fulfillment for companies in the UK selling via TikTok Shop. The UK, along with several markets in Asia, was one of the first regions where TikTok Shop commerce functionality was made available. cubic liters per shipment.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Shopping is one of life’s simple pleasures. And in today’s day and age, shopping online has never been easier — with targeted ads, free shipping, free returns, stores built into Instagram or TikTok, logins saved on your browser and payment information saved on your devices.

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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

APRIL 18, 2023

Online shopping has existed for 40 years or so now, depending on what starting point you use, and while it’s undergone many changes, the basic paradigm remains. His platform Flip — described as a “shopping social network” — already has more than 1,000 brands participating, including E.l.f.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The pandemic’s impact on shopping habits isn’t abating: 66% of respondents will prefer home delivery over other fulfillment methods, according to a survey by Oracle. Adding to the overall shipping volume will be those consumers who would normally have purchased a gift in-store and brought it to the recipient themselves.

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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 trillion by 2025. Fourteen years later, however, 7 out of 10 do so, according to a study by Klarna.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amid the mayhem of the current holiday shopping season, online sellers are frantically working to move products. Savvy brands are starting to use short-video formats and livestreaming to social-sell their products. Buyers may also negotiate better payment terms and flexible shipping schedules to help with the cash flow.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Inherent Messiness of Mobile For a growing number of consumers, mobile commerce is the new standard, particularly when it comes to Q4 holiday and gift shopping. The mobile web forces you to either remember a password you’ve long forgotten or enter in all your payment and shipping details.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2023

There’s an art and science to using customer data to capture shopping behaviors and trends and activating that data along with the right shopping features. Instant answers about product sizing or shipping details can greatly influence the shopping experience and make or break a sale.

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Add this to consumers’ increased adoption of online shopping and it’s no surprise that live selling is becoming a force across ecommerce. Consumers have the ability to shop anywhere at any time, but static ecommerce sites aren’t the best at building long-lasting relationships. Live Shopping is Here to Stay.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2022

Prediction 3: Experiential Moments will Create Delight Despite In-Store Shopping Stressors. Café and restaurant experiences help meet basic human needs while elevating a visit to the shops into a day out. shoppers had already started their holiday shopping by June. Last year Google found that 31% of U.S.

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Inside Retail

MAY 1, 2022

In fact, 55 per cent of AU consumers are shopping online more frequently than before the pandemic. With numerous options for online shopping, including marketplaces, brand/retailer websites and social media, consumers are more channel agnostic than ever. They research, compare prices and purchase products in new ways.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A shopper that’s on the hunt for a particular backpack, on the other hand, will have dedicated more time to the experience, perhaps shopping via their desktop after wrapping up their workday. Retailers used to be blind to who their shoppers are and what they’re shopping for, but not anymore.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

If you spend much time online you’ve probably seen one of Temu’s colourful ads – punctuated by its catchy tagline: “shopping like a billionaire”. While the manufacturers provide the product details and the products themselves, Temu handles everything else – from customs processing to international shipping. Loyalty program.

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Inside Retail

JULY 24, 2024

For example in Germany, 89 per cent of customers that shop on Revolve choose German as a checkout language. If you’re sending an order confirmation or shipping confirmation in a different language, the customer will be confused. “So So absolutely tracking and confirmation emails need to be in foreign languages,” Li said.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JANUARY 23, 2023

In 2023, however, the outlook is positive, and the focus is on the customer shopping journey. As retailers adapt to a new normal, a seamless omnichannel experience and hybrid shopping are shaping the future of retail. Fast and frictionless in-person shopping experiences have become an expectation in 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Global downloads of mobile shopping apps were up 16% year-over-year in the first half of 2022 while the number of sessions was up 29% , according to data from the It’s Not Luck, It’s Skill: Make Every Marketing Dollar Count This Holiday Season report by data.ai. It was the second-most downloaded shopping app in the U.S.,

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2022

Whether it’s online or offline, as long as the shopping experience is friction-free, most shoppers end up happy and retailers end up winning their business. Similarly, online stores that reveal shipping fees as early in the checkout process as possible can address a major cause of cart abandonment.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

“We had been using our online shopping cart’s default checkout process, which required five to six clicks to get to the point where you can check out,” said Sean Valencourt, EVP of Information Systems at Polywood in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “It It was an involved, intense process. said Narang.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Australians’ shopping behaviour has evolved significantly over the past 14 months as Covid-related store closures and lockdowns accelerated the trend towards shopping across a broader range of channels, including apps and social media accounts, via smartphones, computers and tablets. . Offer gift cards.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 28, 2024

Last week Google announced a sweeping slate of product updates across its search, shopping and marketing interfaces at Google Marketing Live (GML), which followed an equally expansive set of updates from the Google I/O conference for developers the previous week. as the world’s favorite information engine in the late ’90s.

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365 Retail

MARCH 1, 2022

To help online brands set themselves up for success, we examined the past and present to provide insights into the future of online shopping. Brands will embrace social commerce by using social to test and learn. There has been increasingly higher usage of social media platforms among consumers looking to make purchases.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2022

Sell where consumers shop. Whether through digital campaigns, marketplaces or social media, clarify the path to purchase so it’s easy for consumers to find you and complete their purchase. To fulfil orders, they can either ship inventory to retailers or dropship through suppliers. Social commerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Many luxury brands communicate their heritage and the promise of an elevated shopping experience via store design: traditional colors, subtle lighting and deep carpets that create a high-end hush. It can be a unique, engaging shopping experience that they can’t do in their main stores.

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