Social Channels That Have A Significant Influence On Shopping [TABLE]

When the first wave of social commerce arrived—mostly reproducing ecommerce catalogs on Facebook—critics predicted it would fail because users didn’t want to shop where they socialized. More than half a decade later, most social media users still don’t turn to social platforms to make direct buys. Now it’s all about influence, social ads and a multi-channel path to purchase.

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Mobile Payment Users By Platform, 2018-2022 [TABLE]

Table: Mobile Payment Users by Platform, 2018-2022

In the ongoing effort to gain consumers’ attention, one effective media channel that’s often overlooked is the mobile wallet. eMarketer estimates that 55.0 million US mobile phone users will make a proximity mobile payment—one that’s completed on a mobile device at the point of sale—by the end of this year.

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