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

Inside Retail

Online grocery shopping has become routine in many countries, but in the future you should expect every kind of purchase to become faster and even more convenient. Social commerce. The idea was to make online shopping more of a social, interactive experience. billion worth of products through 13 live streams 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

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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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Clicks and mortar retail – can social media help the high street?

Barber Design

Some shops that started out online have even moved into bricks and mortar retail – as it becomes increasingly apparent that shoppers enjoy both the convenience of shopping online and the experience of shopping in store – particularly when those experiences are enhanced with apps and other cutting edge retail technologies.

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How Hue’s Nicole Clay is making the beauty industry more inclusive

Inside Retail

For consumers, this lack of diversity can often be seen in the people advertising products through traditional channels. This often drives frustrated consumers to social media and other platforms in the hopes of finding influencers or fellow beauty enthusiasts with similar complexions or hair traits. And thus, Hue was born.

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Analysis: The many faces of social commerce in China

Inside Retail

These tactics also highlight the influence and impact social media has on creating and converting demand. As of 2020, the Chinese government has significantly increased the annual limit for duty-free purchases by domestic travellers to Hainan island,allowing visitors up to RMB 100,000. billionin 2020, a year that saw 15.5

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Inclusion and inspiration: What women actually want

Inside Retail

Traffic has been shifting from physical retail, to e-commerce, to social media – seeing clothes on real women. This led us to commission a study of 1,000 Australian women to dive deeper into these issues and explore opportunities to improve the shopping experience. The way we buy clothes has been changing.