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Stats to Know About Ecommerce & Retail Trends In 2021

Pixlee

Retail and ecommerce faced significant shifts in the past year, driven by store closures, no-contact shopping and myriad other challenges. Take a close look at these statistics to get a better idea of what’s happening in ecommerce and retail in 2021 and how it might affect your business in the near future.

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Social Media Marketing During COVID-19: March 23 Update

Ignite Social Media

We did a sample of activity across brand pages and, unsurprisingly, saw big spikes in key industries such as grocery stores and utilities. They saw a median daily increase in page likes of 544% while the overall sample rose just 6%. While going dark is safer (if you’re not a retailer), it’s not likely to provide any long-term benefit.

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New Report: E-Cigarettes in Kid-Friendly Flavors Remain Widely Available Three Months After Deadline for FDA Action

The Realtime Report

To assess the impact of the FDA’s actions to date on the availability of flavored e-cigarettes, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids conducted a scan of five top online e-cigarette retailers and 43 brick-and-mortar stores in eight cities across the U.S. The best-selling e-cigarette brands are still available for sale online and in stores.

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February Social Media Trends

Ignite Social Media

We took a sample of 47 Facebook pages and, on average, the pages in this sample grew at a median of 1% over the course of a year. Pinterest Launches Program to Verify Retailers. If you are an ecommerce retail brand, we recommend you sign-up for the program’s application wait list. The State of Facebook Fan Growth.

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The Old-School Marketing Approach I Swear By for Growing My Business

Buffer Social

During my first year in business, I would go to art shows and set up a table filled with product samples and business cards in the hopes of getting people to sign up for our email marketing list. I’d even go to Washington Square Park once a week with a bag full of sample jars and business cards to hand out to strangers.

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How I Created a Bestselling Product While Spending $0 On Marketing

Buffer Social

Thanks to the process of business design, within six months of launching Caeli’s Evening Rituals Meditation Box , the product is already in ten retail stores and has become our best-seller—without us spending a dime on marketing. Below, I’m going to walk you through how my team developed this product, step by step.

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80% of consumers agree brand awareness makes them more likely to buy on social

Sprout Social

US retail social commerce sales are projected to exceed $56 billion by 2023 , marking an opportunity businesses can’t afford to miss out on. Social commerce seems to be inspiring people to indulge in retail therapy, as 71% of consumers are most likely to shop for themselves when buying directly from social.

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