Meta invests in Take App to help sell via WhatsApp
Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, recently invested in Take App, a Singaporean startup founded by Youmin Kim, a former Facebook engineer, that facilitates online orders...
YouTube’s Streaming Video Marketplace Advances
According to people familiar with the recent discussions, YouTube is preparing to open an online store for streaming video services and has resumed talks with entertainment companies...
Where do US Consumers Start Their Search When Shopping Online?
When it comes to online shopping, 61% of US consumers start with Amazon, nearly half with a search engine like Google, and 32% with Walmart.com, according to...
The Top 10 Retail Sales Countries
With 45.3% of all retail sales in China occurring online this year, the country is the global leader in retail e-commerce.
According to Insider Intelligence/eMarketer, with a 35.9% market...
YouTube Continues to Draw New Advertisers
The share of US companies investing in digital video advertising that did so exclusively on YouTube increased from 47% in Q4 2021 to 60% in Q1 2022,...
Customers most frequently use YouTube to find and buy products
The most reliable social commerce platform in the US is YouTube.
Nearly two-thirds of US consumers consider YouTube to be somewhat or very trustworthy for finding and...
Shopify’s Google Sales Channel to be Run by Google
Google will own and operate the Google sales channel, rather than Shopify, beginning September 2, announced Shopify in an email on Wednesday.
You will be migrated to the...
Shopify is Changing Customized Order SMS Notifications
Shopify announced in an email to merchants on Tuesday that it is working to reduce the number of notifications sent to customers by your brand.
These updates will assist...
Amazon now offers same-day delivery for some retailers
Amazon Prime members can now order from top brands and have their purchases delivered the same day.
Amazon announced on Monday that Prime members in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas,...
Facebook and Instagram to Stop Paying for News, Shift to Creator Content
Meta's Facebook and Instagram will be relying primarily on AI-creator content, and Facebook will stop paying publishers for news content.
According to sources speaking to Axios, Meta began...
