Tagged: Social Commerce & News
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Nearly half of consumers will be ‘social shoppers’ by 2021 – Barclays News
23.05.2012 Sales from social commerce, driven by the influence of social media, are expected to more than double within the next five years, according to research from Barclays.Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Sales, Marketing, Internet, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital BusinessTags: Social Commerce, Online shopping, Sales, Retail, Marketing, Social Media, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, -
Accenture CTO: social media is transforming retail business (video) News
13.04.2012 The increasing penetration of social media and smartphone technology is giving rise to the availability of context-based shopping experiences, Accenture CTO in charge of...Categories: Digital Business, Apps, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, eCommerce, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Social Media -
Angry Birds swoop on Facebook News
14.02.2012 Facebook users can expect lots of requests from friends challenging them to Angry Birds matches and gifting them power-ups. Angry Birds went live on Facebook overnight and the...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Apps -
NDRC checks out start-ups for next LaunchPad accelerator News
01.02.2012 The National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) is evaluating 70 Irish and international applications for its next LaunchPad programme that’s starting in mid-February at the Digital...Tags: Digital Hub, Dublin, Start-ups, Ireland, NDRC, Mentoring, Venture Capital, Social Commerce, SOSventures, Bill Liao, -
When Groupon love goes too far – bake your cake and eat it News
24.11.2011 While the business picture for group buying sites like Groupon goes under the microscope, you can’t deny the social commerce site has been good for bringing business to many a...Categories: Consumer Tech, Digital Business, eCommerce, Economy, Internet, Online Business, Social Media -
E-commerce meets social media News
10.10.2011 Software company VendingBox facilitates the use of e-commerce systems and social media together in order to maximise sales potential for businesses.Categories: eCommerce, Funding, Internet, Management, Mobility, Online Business, Sales, Social Media, Software, Web -
Awaiting Facebook’s ‘awesome’ response to Google+ Hangouts News
04.07.2011 If Facebook is indeed planning a new group video platform, don’t think of it as a knee-jerk response to Google+ and its Hangouts feature. Think instead of group video as a...Tags: YouTube, Video, Microsoft, Skype, Digital Media, Online Advertising, Social Commerce, Facebook, Google -
QR codes ripen as social commerce moves from seed to store News
01.07.2011 Fruit and veg distributor TopFruit.com has discovered the essence of how QR codes have sparked a new social commerce movement that combines health and safety with infotainment... -
Next big thing: social commerce gets a beauty makeover News
16.06.2011 Fast-emerging social commerce player Owjo has struck a vital deal with major cosmetics wholesaler The Beauty Store in a move that could revolutionise how more than 1,000 small...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
As Groupon files US$750m IPO, questions emerge over deficit News
03.06.2011 Three-year-old social commerce leader Groupon is aiming to raise US$750m in an IPO. However, questions have emerged over how a company everyone believed was turning over US$1bn... -
The ‘Groupon’ effect News
03.02.2011 Sites like Groupon, LivingSocial and Yelp are driving much-needed business in the direction of bricks and mortar traders. But are Irish retailers ready? -
Social commerce revolution: Amazon invests US$175m in LivingSocial News
03.12.2010 As talks between Google and Groupon continue, interest in the social buying business is growing as illustrated by the news that Amazon.com has invested US$175m in LivingSocial,...