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The four trends defining online retail in 2024

Inside Retail

TikTok’s algorithm, for example, curates feeds based on user activity and preferences, not engagement rates. This means that users are more likely to see highly specialised content from smaller influencers and advertisers, creating niche communities that can have significant influence over consumer spending. With over 4.95 With over 4.95

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Stop interrupting, start inspiring: 3 social commerce trends on the rise

Inside Retail

Enter the acceleration of social commerce. The role of social media is changing. No longer deemed as an afterthought just for Gen Z, social commerce has evolved in leaps and bounds, engaging people from all backgrounds and demographics. Customers want to have meaningful conversations, not be advertised to.

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Westfield Bondi Junction remains closed after Saturday’s tragedy – updated

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From a variety of footage shared on social media, mall management was quick to respond to the emergency. Alarms sounded, and digital advertising boards displayed messages urging people to evacuate the centre as the attacker progressed through the centre on multiple floors.

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How scammers impersonate brands to steal from online shoppers

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Fake fashion e-shops According to researchers at Avast, an internet security company, more than 4000 fake e-shops were set-up to exploit consumer spending in the post-festive season sales. Nationally in the year prior, over $9 million was lost to online shopping scams according to the National Anti-Scam Centre.

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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 the ‘Euphoria effect’ reveals about Gen Z shopping habits

Inside Retail

The oldest people in Gen Z are already 25, earning their own income and making their own shopping decisions. . Gen Z is clamouring for diversity, whether it’s in the sizes of models shown on retailers’ websites, racial diversity in advertising campaigns, or the visibility of people with disabilities.

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How brands can capitalise on Pinterest’s push to make everything shoppable

Inside Retail

With over 460 million people using social media platform Pinterest each month, there are countless opportunities for savvy retailers to capitalise on this engagement, and convert traffic into sales. According to in-house research, over half of users expressed that they use Pinterest as a place to shop.