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Social Media Marketing for Retail Brands: 5 Essential Tips

Hootsuite

Let’s talk about why it’s important to understand social media marketing for retail brands. Those people are engaging with retail brands on social. Nearly a quarter ( 23% ) of social media users follow a brand or company they already purchase from. follow companies and brands they’re thinking of purchasing from.

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Pinterest leads Facebook in retail customer aquisition

Sherrilynne Starkie

Sixty-nine per cent of online consumers who visit Pinterest found an item they’ve purchased, or want to purchase, compared to just forty per cent of online consumers who visit Facebook and found the same, according to the latest study in the Bizrate Insights Image Sharing and Shopping Series. PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE.

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6 Brands Achieving Amazing Results on Facebook

Social Media Strategies Summit

Brands have many reasons to move away from the social media giant Facebook. From its slowing growth to its constant algorithmic changes , the environment on Facebook gets more challenging every day. But despite all of these reasons to move away from Facebook, there is no denying the platform’s continued influence.

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Top five: holiday retail trends to the fore

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s top five social media must-know news stories feature important retail trends for the run up to the holidays. Google My Business, Snapchat, blended retail, Facebook and Google Assistant all feature. Retailers that blend online and in person shopping experiences will be this holiday season’s sales winners.

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Revolutionizing Retail: ‘Humanized’ Live Online Video Sales Spurring Seismic eComm Paradigm Shifts

The Realtime Report

Revolutionizing Retail: ‘Humanized’ Live Online Video Sales Spurring Seismic eComm Paradigm Shifts. This as exemplified by the profound impact that live, in-person online video is now poised to make on the global e-retail trade, which some estimates project will grow to a staggering 5.4 Merilee Kern. trillion U.S. dollars in 2022.

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6 masterful examples of brands selling on Facebook Shops

Sprout Social

In 2020, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest revamped their shopping tools to help retailers capitalize on this trend. And product-based brands are flocking to this new technology in droves, with 73% of businesses currently selling on social platforms. What are Facebook Shops and how do they work?

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The Twilight renaissance: Why retailers need social media for trend forecasting

Sprout Social

Even major brands are taking note. 3 trend forecasting tips for retail brands. Keeping an eye out for relevant social media trends that align with your brand is a full-time job (or department) in itself, but we know a lot of brands aren’t there yet. 3 social-first fashion trends that made waves in 2021.

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