Looking for social commerce inspiration? Here’s an interesting initiative from Magazine Luiza, Brazil’s 4th largest retailer , that builds on the curated commerce trend. Last year and bucking the trend of bringing social to the store...
Here’s a great preview video, just released, and that’s trending right now of Google Glass showing more of its features: including the previously un-communicated ability to translate live. Shopping, in its most essential form is social...
Today at Syzygy (German creative digital agency for digital marketing and brand communication) we’ve just published our latest digital innovation report – on digital point of sale; covering opportunities and best practice for bringing...
According to the World Bank peer-to-peer money transfer services handle $400bn of cash transfers every year. Given that these services, dominated by big players such as Western Union can charge over 10% commission the sector is ripe for disruption...
Storenvy, one of our favourite “new-generation” custom storefront builders that is also a social shopping marketplace, and that sports a distinct Etsy like feel, has just secured $5 million in funding led by Intel Capital with Spark...
Last year American Express trialled a Twitter-based social commerce service, enabling Amex cardholders to get discounts on purchases made with their card (synced to their Twitter account) if they tweeted about them (using a hashtag). The discount...
Here’s a great infographic from TurnTo, one of the leading social apps for e-commerce sites (Kiehls, Vitamin Shoppe, shoes.com…), on ‘Social Q&A’. Social Q&A is an increasingly popular e-commerce site feature that...
Welcome to the trough of disillusionment folks. On the Hype Cycle Every technology trend must pass through it on it’s way to the slope of enlightenment and productivity – including social commerce. And we are in it now, with som...
So here’s a great presentation from Business Insider’s Henry Blodget on the future of social commerce. Most incisive deck we’ve seen for a while. Lot’s of great stats – and smart insights What you need to know: Social...
More social commerce consolidation. One of the big e-commerce solutions players – eBay’s GSI (Estee Lauder, Ralph Lauren, Levis, Sports Authority, NFL…) has teamed up with one of the leaders in social shopping software, 8thBridge...
So here for the record, is a directory of the ads aired during the 2013 Super Bowl XLVII: Ravens (34) vs. 49ers (31) – and the Pepsi Halftime Beyonce Show (scroll to bottom). Lots of social media integration (trailed ads, YouTube releases...
What does Facebook’s new “Graph Search” mean for social commerce, the integration of e-commerce with social media? Looking beyond the obvious – Facebook search ads linking to e-commerce sites (search results from looking for...