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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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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. For retail brands, social commerce opens up a new pathway to purchase. But that’s not the only social media impact on retail brands. That’s more than 4.6 billion a decade ago.

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Meta Morphosis: How Ad-Free Social Media Could Impact Retail

Forbes Social Media

Meta has begun offering paid ad-free Instagram and Facebook subscriptions in Europe, and who stands to benefit long-term from this change is just coming into focus.

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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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How 5 retail brands are stealing the show online

Audiense

Digital innovators are changing the face of marketing for fashion retail brands. Be it using Twitter to tell a story or crowdsourcing content on Instagram, more brands are shifting their focus toward integrated marketing campaigns that allow them to generate buzz around new products and strut their stuff–both offline and online.

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Top Five Social Media News: Instagram native scheduling is here!

Sherrilynne Starkie

Pinterest improves organic reach for retailers. Pinterest has launched a personalized “ shopping hub” that displays at the top of users’ feeds with product recommendations pulled from retailers’ organic ProductPins and Catalog feeds. This lets retailers expand their organic reach. I’m happy for this news!

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

Sprout Social

Now, thanks to highly visual mediums like Pinterest, Instagram and TikTok, fresh fashion ideas are available at the swipe of your finger. 3 trend forecasting tips for retail brands. Throwaway lines from Twilight were inspiring jokes across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and more. Even major brands are taking note.

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