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First Bottega Veneta, then Lush. Why brands are quitting social media

Inside Retail

They both quit social media this year. And they are just the latest examples of major businesses rethinking their use of social media in recent years. Over a year later, Patagonia continues to boycott the social media giant. This seems to be the reason Bottega Veneta has moved away from social media.

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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 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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What brands can learn from Banana Republic’s successful comeback

Inside Retail

No longer merely a mall brand, Banana Republic has become a heavy lifter for its parent company, retail conglomerate Gap Inc, under the leadership of CEO Sandra Stangl who joined the brand in December 2020. The move to include furniture in its portfolio of products is designed to help solidify Banana Republic in this space.

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Djokovic-backed drinks brand Waterdrop taps into water-bottle trend

Inside Retail

The collaboration is the latest example of the surprising level of demand for the humble reusable water bottle, with brands such as Australian label Frank Green and US label Stanley becoming status symbols, thanks to their savvy social media marketing. Stanley introduced two new colours, cream and desert sage, in 2020.

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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