Social Commerce
January 17, 2020 at 11:10 am
Between increasing competition and decreasing attention spans, standing out as a retailer — be it online or offline — proves more and more challenging. Below are nine e-commerce and social media trends that Loomly has identified, which come with significant opportunities for digital and physical stores to differentiate themselves and seduce shoppers: 1. Planning Content…
January 8, 2020 at 4:20 pm
In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Joe Keenan and Kristina Stidham discuss the forecast for social media in 2020, with a specific focus on the trends that will have the biggest impact on retail businesses. Earlier this week, Total Retail published an article by Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CEO of AI-powered social media and digital…
January 6, 2020 at 11:28 am
Social media is already transforming retail, and the pace of that transformation is likely to accelerate in 2020. Retailers that embrace social media and are willing to take calculated risks are the ones most likely to benefit from this transformation. At Socialbakers we get to see what some of the most innovative social media marketers…
January 2, 2020 at 9:54 am
There’s little doubt that online shopping is on the rise. It’s convenient, there's unlimited choice, and consumers find it easier than ever before to find a bargain. In fact, in 2018 global online sales increased 18 percent, reaching almost $3 trillion. By 2024, the total transaction value of remote payments for digital and physical goods…
November 22, 2019 at 10:27 am
Do you truly enjoy shopping? In my experience, fewer than half the people I ask answer this question with a “yes.” Contrast this to how it feels to have made a truly meaningful purchase. The kind of purchase that feels personal and special, whether you’re buying it for yourself or as a gift for someone…
November 5, 2019 at 1:15 pm
b8ta, the experiential retailer and pioneer of retail as a service (RaaS), is launching a new community-driven fashion and lifestyle retail concept focused on discovery and meaningful engagement. The store, called Forum, is opening in Los Angeles on Nov. 15, and will connect the modern consumer with forward-thinking brands that prioritize quality, design and sustainability.…
October 31, 2019 at 9:22 am
It’s safe to say that in today’s consumer landscape, customers don’t only look at one form of marketing when making a purchasing decision. They amalgamate a number of factors such as advertising, word-of-mouth, sponsorships, brand, and social proof, the latter possibly the most important of the bunch. Social proofs such as reviews, social likes, “trusted…
October 3, 2019 at 3:19 pm
While retailers are doing plenty of creative things with organic (i.e., free) Instagram Stories already, on the paid side, Stories ads have officially taken off in a material way for the first time since their 2017 release. The Instagram business page about Stories ads states: “ … of the 500 million accounts using Instagram Stories,…
August 12, 2019 at 10:06 am
Shoppable ads are just one part of the social media retail zeitgeist. The future of social shopping could give buyers more power. Instead of passively feeding data into an algorithm that decides what comes up in a social media display, consumers are seeing more options to make this kind of shopping truly personal through apps from startups that focus on social capital, loyalty programs and networking.
August 8, 2019
Understanding how social media and commerce merge in day-to-day online behaviors
