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Deep dive: What social commerce looks like around the world

Inside Retail

Social commerce – shopping on social media platforms – is expected to reach US$1.2 McKinsey & Co stated in mid-2022 that social commerce comprised more than 13 per cent of China’s total e-commerce sales. All of which is to underscore that social commerce is big, and growing exponentially. trillion ($1.9

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How beauty brand Glossier went from social media darling to social outcast

Inside Retail

The company had laid off 200 retail staff after permanently shuttering all of Glossier’s bricks-and-mortar stores in 2020 due to the pandemic. After news of the mass layoffs hit the media, eagle-eyed netizens noticed a number of new positions up for hire at the company were being advertised on job-seeking websites, which seemed insensitive.

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‘Not enough to stop paid advertising’: Inside Lush’s decision to quit social

Inside Retail

British beauty brand Lush made headlines this week over its decision to quit posting on four of the most popular social media platforms in the Western world – Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat. . IR: Lush quit Facebook and Instagram in 2019, but started posting off and on again in 2020. Why was that?

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6 Reasons Why Marketing Through Social Media is a Must For Every Small Business

Snap Retail

If you are a small business owner, and you still haven’t established a social media presence for your business, what have you been doing? Social media have been taking the world by storm, providing growth opportunities for businesses and individuals that could potentially propel your profits beyond your imagination.

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How China’s retail revolution could change the way the world shops

Inside Retail

A social media platform called PinDuoDuo has now tapped into this population, harnessing the popularity of the social network WeChat (think WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Amazon all rolled into one). Consumers outside China can expect shopping in digital ways to become more fun, social and accessible.

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Modibodi teams up with Getty to reveal honest depiction of postpartum life

Inside Retail

This data, from one of the most widely used photo agencies in the world, demonstrates a demand for real, raw imagery; for an accurate representation of womanhood and motherhood at a time when much of our perception is shaped by social media. Driving social change for postpartum mums is a challenge but is incredibly important.

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Modibodi teams up with Getty to reveal honest depiction of post-pregnancy life

Inside Retail

This data, from one of the most widely used photo agencies in the world, demonstrates a demand for real, raw imagery; for an accurate representation of womanhood and motherhood at a time when much of our perception is shaped by social media. Driving social change for postpartum mums is a challenge but is incredibly important.