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Going green, social commerce, faster delivery – retail trends for fall 2024

illumin

According to the Influencer Marketing Hub, 98% of customers plan to use social commerce to make a purchase at least once in 2024. Past predictions showed in-person shopping slowing down, with some studies suggesting that up to 23,500 brick-and-mortar retail locations in the US would close by 2026.

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11 UK social media marketing conferences in 2025

Sprout Social

SocialDay This year’s 3-day SocialDay event in London happened in May, but there’s already a waitlist in place for next year’s event in May 2026. SocialDay is designed for social media marketing professionals, and each year some of the biggest brands in the world are involved with talks, lightning sessions, networking chats and more.

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23 Social Media Content Types to Break the Boring Content Cycle

SocialPilot

According to McKinsey, live commerce could account for 10–20% of all e-commerce by 2026. Virtual Influencers / AI Avatars Content Virtual influencers and AI-generated avatars are reshaping the influencer marketing game. It’s already driving massive results in beauty, fashion, and electronics.

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A Human Renaissance in the Age of AI

Businesses Grow

Even when AI dominates the marketing scene, we can still make them care. I hope you will join me at the next Uprising event, which will be April 21-24, 2026. Mark Schaefer is the most trusted voice in marketing. Space is extremely limited and registration is open here. Need a keynote speaker?

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TikTok set to trial ad-free subscription for $4.99

Search Engine Land

Influencer marketing one-offs or campaigns will still appear on the paid-for version of the app – it’s only ads that are served by TikTok that will be excluded. This means the change is unlikely to help combat the issue of TikTok influencers not disclosing brand partnerships. . What ads will be excluded? billion in 2022.

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5 Strategies for Growing Your Business Through Digital Marketing

Digital Marketer

Growing your business through digital marketing can help you reach your ultimate goal: more revenue. In fact, a study by StrategyR revealed that the compound annual growth rate of digital marketing from 2020-2026 is projected at 13.9%. This means more businesses will be embracing digital marketing and reaping its benefits.

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All the Pinterest Shopping Features You Should Know in 2022

Hootsuite

trillion USD in 2026. And, if you do influencer marketing , your partners can tag your products in their regular or Idea Pins to make it easier for their audience to shop your stuff. Social commerce is exploding. In 2020, shoppers spent $560 billion USD directly on social media platforms. Step 4: Add product tags to image Pins.