PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2020

But as of this week, the phrase is getting a modern, digital upgrade thanks to combined efforts of Burger King and Chinese-based short-video social media site TikTok. In other words, TikTok is where the young and hip now go to see and be seen — which means brands and artists are slowly but surely moving there as well.

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Perficient

JUNE 7, 2023

On May 31, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reported to the public what many banks already knew and had been experiencing for the past year – that deposits are declining in the American banking sector. There has almost been $1.2 Trillion removed from the banking system over the past year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Social media has taken on a life of its own — so much so that a new survey finds a lot of consumers value their life online at $100,000 to priceless. That may be particularly scary since Forbes reported that Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook got his social media accounts hacked for the third time in 2016.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

That’s the current state of play in Southeast Asia where social commerce is growing rapidly as brands try to find new ways to sell during the pandemic. Social commerce is growing rapidly, and every day social media companies are adding new capabilities to support this growth.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

Through this year’s Levi’s Haus Miami activation, the brand partnered with TikTok influencers Callen Schaub , Cosette Rinab , Gabby Morrison and Everett Williams to create customized denim using Future Finish 3-D denim customization technology. For example, fashion brands have found success on Instagram and its visual strength.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2017

Although it’s no secret that social media platforms such as Snapchat , Facebook and Instagram have a strong affect on fashion trends, it may be surprising to see just how robust that impact actually is. This program would appear to take Amazon’s affiliate program to another level. Capturing Gen Z.

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Perficient

JULY 10, 2023

Controlling the Narrative Perficient is providing banks and other firms a way to use modern communications and influencing methods to maintain control of their brand narrative. Uses social media and analytics to assess market sentiment and generate prescriptive insights on threats to brand reputation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Luxury brands like Mercedes and Tiffany & Co. are adding restaurants and eateries to their locations to attract a new generation of customers, according to a report by the South China Morning Post. The move seems to be working, as many restaurants have lengthy waiting lists, and are popular on social media.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2018

One of the most recent experiments for direct-to-consumer eCommerce is taking place on Instagram , and, if successful, could forge a path for brands that want to sell directly to online consumers. This format created urgency and exclusivity for would-be shoppers — a key tactic for brands and retailers alike to increase conversion.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Competition and Markets Authority has been investigating hidden advertising on Instagram over concerns that too many social media influencers are posting content about businesses without making clear where they have been paid or incentivized to do so, and that the platform was not doing enough to tackle the problem,” the announcement explains.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Social commerce platform Verishop is adding new social features to its app, allowing all users to share content and interact with other shoppers and brands. According to the release, Verishop believes it has identified the most important social features for an eCommerce app. “We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Facebook has connected with Sequoia Capital India’s Surge accelerator initiative to roll out the fourth version of the VC Brand Incubator program in India, Deal Street Asia reported. In July 2019, Facebook announced partnerships with an array of VC funds as part of its VC Brand Incubator initiative.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In what is reportedly its first acquisition of an Asian beauty brand, Estee Lauder Cos. Dr. Jart+ was founded in Seoul in 2005 and sells masks, moisturizers, serums and cleansers under names such as Ceramidin and Cicapair, Deal Street Asia reported. Have & Be also owns Do The Right Thing, a men’s grooming brand. Coty Inc. ,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

However, 8 percent of Cyber Monday visits did originate from social media, an increase of 17.5 It comes from WBR Insights , which credits customer engagement via social media. Brand advertisers, it says, need to justify social media ROI. Savvy Brands. percent from the prior year.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Before jumping head first onto the AR bandwagon, though, retailers need to ask themselves: How do AR features like these build up the brand names of the retailers that use them? To read the feature story and get a close look into how AR is laying the foundation for retail’s next state of evolution, download the new Digital Consumer Report.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Instagram , the photo and video sharing social media platform operator, is rolling out a trial of a new shopping program in which users can shop and check out within the app. They can purchase in the app from Adidas, Anastasia Beverly Hills, ColourPop, Huda Beauty, KKW Beauty, Kylie Cosmetics, Nike and Ouai Hair, noted the report.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Today, she noted, things are quite good, as she is the rare internet celebrity who has turned a social brand into a bankable retail venture. Even after a year or two, it was still difficult, because a lot of brands and businesses didn’t understand digital marketing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

Squarespace was reported to be seeking a $400 million credit line in 2019, PYMNTS reported, which generally means that the company is preparing to go public. Squarespace CEO Anthony Casalena said the company's goal was to be an “all in one” platform for “anyone to stand out,” including both those making businesses and personal brands.

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William Mills

JUNE 8, 2017

In just a short decade, social media has grown from a couple of platforms connecting music fans and college students to the de facto channel of communication for millions of people every day. How pervasive has social media become? Social Media is for Building Relationships, Not Spamming Ideas.

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JULY 10, 2020

This measured improvement in merchants’ ability to convert subscribers underpins their willingness to offer features that improve overall user experience,” our report noted. million individuals currently hold streaming, education and training, digital media or consumer retail product subscriptions, 27.4 in 2019’s third quarter.

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MARCH 25, 2020

The move jeopardizes millions of manufacturing positions in Asia and comes as China exhibits signs of bouncing back from the depths of COVID-19, The Wall Street Journal reported. She said, according to the report, “This is a social chaos we cannot afford.”. At that time, brands were impacted by less consumer spending.

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JULY 31, 2020

Facebook is enabling official music videos on its social media platform in the United States to help users unite over music. In 2019, news surfaced that Facebook was putting forward incentives to bring in video creators from YouTube and other social media platforms.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Two famous North American-based quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands are preparing to duke it out in China for chicken-meal supremacy, the most recent sign of how Western brands are trying to increase their footholds in that massive country. The news comes as more Western brands – including those based in the U.S. –

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JUNE 24, 2019

Luxury brands are increasingly using chat app WeChat in China to reach customers and sell big-ticket items, according to a report by TechCrunch. Brands like Bulgari, Cartier and Louis Vuitton are on the platform and connecting with millions of customers. Part of the appeal is that customers can create relationships with brands.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

But they are also increasingly tapping into the social media platform to sell products as well, The Wall Street Journal reported. Serena Williams and her S by Serena fashion brand rolled out a new sequin jacket on Nov. The social media platform has been encouraging sports world experiments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Merchants must constantly reevaluate their customer-targeting efforts to suit the latest commerce developments, and many are pivoting from brick-and-mortar advertising to focus their outreach online or via social media channels. These trends are in turn ratcheting up the number of customers who are moving to new brands.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

A new category is starting to grow around this area of online reputation management, with Lexus one of the latest brand names to embrace it. The company announced yesterday (May 26) that it will partner with Widewail, an automotive reputation management and social media engagement solution.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

19) a partner program aimed at making it easier for brands to use and pay for augmented reality (AR) lenses. According to a report , the launch of this program to help advertisers find certified AR shops to create the digital product placements marks the first move after Snap opened up its lenses to outside developers nearly a year ago.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

The idea is to “unlock” value by rolling out features like “native checkout,” the Financial Times reported. The report comes as news surfaced in March that Instagram was rolling out a pilot of a new shopping feature through which users can shop and check out within the app.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Instagram, the photo-sharing social media network operator owned by Facebook, has surpassed Snapchat as the most frequented social media platform among teenagers. While Nike remained the number one retail brand among teenagers, Vans saw a “staggering gain,” and there was a “rebalancing toward Adidas.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2019

After rolling out only about two years ago, shopping social network Amazon Spark has reportedly recently left Amazon’s apps and the internet. The feature reportedly aimed to connect the gap between socializing and online shopping, Mashable reported.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

Instagram has launched a checkout feature designed to help the social media platform become a more attractive place for consumers to buy retail products, and to capture more sales via what is coming to be known as contextual commerce. Social Media Purchases. Contextual Commerce Push.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

As recently as a few years ago, experts were predicting the era of social media platforms was over, and that new entrants were far less likely to make a dent on the market than be bought out by the established names in the game. In that effort, in fact, it is hardly alone as social media platforms go. percent from 4.5

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Bad actors are trying numerous scams to take advantage of customers using digital and mobile channels for the first time, including setting up false accounts and restaurant brands online to drain consumers’ funds. The pandemic is also spurring QSRs to alter their approaches when interacting with customers at brick-and-mortar stores.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Luxury brand Burberry has teamed up with Tencent in China to offer a “social retail” store to take advantage of China’s online shopping trend and capture more of the luxury market in the country, according to a report by Reuters. . The plan is to create a space that mixes physical with digital.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Social media is taking a lot of fire these days, whether the issue is “fake news” or data privacy or just the time-wasting tendencies of many users. But social media is also driving retail innovation, and those trends are going to help shape commerce in the all-important fourth quarter and beyond into the 2020s.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The event strives to unite the worlds of communications and marketing to stimulate conversations about digital marketing and influencer campaigns, PR Daily reported on Monday (Sept. As social media influencers are reaching mainstream status, they can ask for upwards of $22,000 per post.

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