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March 14, 2022

Shoppable content: what the future holds for retailers

Social commerce is the new normal of the 21st century and shoppable content serves as the foundation, helping social commerce sales double by 2025. Shoppable content features videos, catalogs, digital images, or social media posts, allowing consumers to buy products directly. Hashtags like #tiktokmademebuyit (TikTok), shopping features like shop module, shop button, and live shopping (Twitter), and Snapchat’s Verishop collaboration are promoting shoppable content. Retailers can leverage newly introduced social media features like Instagram reels, Facebook shops, live-streaming, and Pinterest shopping to boost their e-commerce by providing the shopper relevant content. Shoppable content can function beyond add to cart and buy now buttons on retailers’ e-commerce sites as companies can optimise the content through shoppable multimedia, images, and customer reviews. Read more from Bazaarvoice

Weekly snapshot of top trends in CG industry

This is the weekly snapshot of top trends from the Consumer Goods industry in the past week (07th March-11th March). We have covered different categories, including AI & Robotics, Sustainability, Consumer Trends, Direct to Consumer, and Digital Supply Chain.

Connected Retail Report: Online Shoppers now demand reliability instead of speedy deliveries

The latest Connected Retail Report CI&T revealed some shocking consumer preferences that can serve as an eye-opener for retailers. Among the 415 US individuals surveyed by CI&T, only 9% expected the same-day delivery, while the rest of the participants prioritised reliability over speedy delivery. For an optimal mix of speed and satisfying services, retailers should ask the consumer at the time of checkout: when does he/she need to receive the parcel? This would allow retailers to control supply chain costs and focus on the parcels that need to be shipped first. To find out consumers’ choices for online deliveries, CI&T presented four options, involving websites, apps, mobile sites, and social media pages. Read more from Supplychainbrain

Shoppable content: what the future holds for retailers

Social commerce is the new normal of the 21st century and shoppable content serves as the foundation, helping social commerce sales double by 2025. Shoppable content features videos, catalogs, digital images, or social media posts, allowing consumers to buy products directly. Hashtags like #tiktokmademebuyit (TikTok), shopping features like shop module, shop button, and live shopping (Twitter), and Snapchat’s Verishop collaboration are promoting shoppable content. Retailers can leverage newly introduced social media features like Instagram reels, Facebook shops, live-streaming, and Pinterest shopping to boost their e-commerce by providing the shopper relevant content. Shoppable content can function beyond add to cart and buy now buttons on retailers’ e-commerce sites as companies can optimise the content through shoppable multimedia, images, and customer reviews. Read more from Bazaarvoice

Weekly snapshot of top trends in CG industry

This is the weekly snapshot of top trends from the Consumer Goods industry in the past week (07th March-11th March). We have covered different categories, including AI & Robotics, Sustainability, Consumer Trends, Direct to Consumer, and Digital Supply Chain.

Connected Retail Report: Online Shoppers now demand reliability instead of speedy deliveries

The latest Connected Retail Report CI&T revealed some shocking consumer preferences that can serve as an eye-opener for retailers. Among the 415 US individuals surveyed by CI&T, only 9% expected the same-day delivery, while the rest of the participants prioritised reliability over speedy delivery. For an optimal mix of speed and satisfying services, retailers should ask the consumer at the time of checkout: when does he/she need to receive the parcel? This would allow retailers to control supply chain costs and focus on the parcels that need to be shipped first. To find out consumers’ choices for online deliveries, CI&T presented four options, involving websites, apps, mobile sites, and social media pages. Read more from Supplychainbrain