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Shaping a circular future: Klarna debuts several new conscious shopping tools

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

"Klarna is dedicated to transforming shopping into a more circular, sustainable experience by facilitating more informed decisions and providing our 150 million consumers with tools to discover more environmentally responsible products," said Salah Said, Head of Sustainability, Klarna.

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  • "Klarna is dedicated to transforming shopping into a more circular, sustainable experience by facilitating more informed decisions and providing our 150 million consumers with tools to discover more environmentally responsible products," said Salah Said, Head of Sustainability, Klarna.
  • This update offers Klarna shoppers granular carbon footprinting for an additional 1 million products across these two additional categories.
  • These new features follow several other initiatives led by Klarna to provide consumers with the tools and insights they need to shop more consciously.
  • Klarna is discussing technology's impact on circularity and the future of conscious shopping during a panel at the The Nest Climate Campus on September 19, 2023 alongside industry leaders Vaayu, Clarity AI, and Vestiaire Collective.

KERV Interactive Releases First Shoppable Video Insights Report

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KERV Interactive , a digital advertising platform, introduced its first Interactive Shoppable Video Insights Report revealing how consumers are engaging with interactive video advertising and how brands can use this innovative format to drive brand awareness and sales, even during economically challenging times.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KERV Interactive , a digital advertising platform, introduced its first Interactive Shoppable Video Insights Report revealing how consumers are engaging with interactive video advertising and how brands can use this innovative format to drive brand awareness and sales, even during economically challenging times.
  • Interactive and shoppable video are shifting from a small portion of an agencys media buy to being a must buy especially as budgets may be constrained with a forthcoming economic downturn.
  • The report findings are based on data gathered from 10/1/2021 to 3/31/2022 from the KERV platform and represents data collected across over 500 video ad campaigns for over 100 brands and agencies that ran on the KERV platform to understand consumer interest in shoppable video.
  • Austin-based KERV is a digital advertising platform built on patented technology to create shoppable and immersive experiences within video.

FASTSIGNS International, Inc. Announces Company Brand Campaign at Annual Convention

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

CARROLLTON, Texas, Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FASTSIGNS International, Inc. , franchisor of FASTSIGNS, the leading sign, graphics and visual communications, introduced a new brand campaign at the 2022 annual FASTSIGNS International Convention held at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.

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  • CARROLLTON, Texas, Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FASTSIGNS International, Inc. , franchisor of FASTSIGNS, the leading sign, graphics and visual communications, introduced a new brand campaign at the 2022 annual FASTSIGNS International Convention held at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.
  • The "Make Your Statement," campaign builds upon FASTSIGNS solidified reputation as the leader in visual identity solutions for businesses of all sizes and industries with this new campaign.
  • "We will continue to focus on comprehensive visual solutions and the benefits that signs and graphics have while working with FASTSIGNS.
  • The public will see the new campaign as FASTSIGNS rolls out television commercials and a new website in February 2022.

DHgate Brings Special Logistics Support During Chinese New Year

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Friday, January 21, 2022

The sale will feature a bounty of pre-shipped products, special logistics support, and available deals, including a week before and after the sale period.

Key Points: 
  • The sale will feature a bounty of pre-shipped products, special logistics support, and available deals, including a week before and after the sale period.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220121005138/en/
    DHgate launches Spring Festival special sale (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Having a consistent user experience is among our top priorities.
  • It is also the basis for our continued success in cross-border trade, said Allen Wang, Vice President of the Global User Marketing Center at DHgate.
  • DHgate continuously improves its strength in international logistics, including local warehouses and up-to-the-minute sales promotions.

Amazon Captures Over One-third of In-store Shoppers Within a Day, Numerator Reports

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

(76% of Walmart shoppers, 77% of Target shoppers, 75% of Costco shoppers).

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  • (76% of Walmart shoppers, 77% of Target shoppers, 75% of Costco shoppers).
  • Over half (53%) of Walmart shoppers made an Amazon purchase within a day of shopping in-store at Walmart, compared to 38% of both Target and Costco shoppers.
  • Lower prices were cited as the reason for shopping on Amazon by 22% of Walmart shoppers and 20% of Target shoppers.
  • Improving the in-store experience represented the largest gap (21 points) between Walmart and Target shoppers, with nearly 1 in 3 Walmart shoppers (28%) making this request, compared to 7% of Target shoppers.

Inflation in Mass, Food, Dollar Retail Channels Up 2x vs. Online, Numerator Reports

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

The report quantifies how pricespaid by consumers have changed across categories (Grocery, Health & Beauty, Baby, Household Goods, Pet) and channels (Online, Mass, Food, Dollar, Club).

Key Points: 
  • The report quantifies how pricespaid by consumers have changed across categories (Grocery, Health & Beauty, Baby, Household Goods, Pet) and channels (Online, Mass, Food, Dollar, Club).
  • Grocery price increases are concentrated in Mass, Food, and Dollar channels.
  • Price increases were most significant in Mass (+8.0%), Food (+7.7%) and Dollar (+7.7%) channels, compared to Club (+4.9%) and Online (+3.8%).
  • Expected inflation impact varies by category:
    Care Commodities are the least vulnerable to customer attrition due to inflation.

MagicDoge Set To Unify E-Commerce

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Monday, November 1, 2021

Figure 1: The Magician Is Here With MagicDOGE!

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  • Figure 1: The Magician Is Here With MagicDOGE!
  • The minimum token balance to be eligible for the user to receive the BNB distribution is 30 billion MagicDOGE.
  • MagicDOGE is due to be listed on their first Centralized Exchange (CEX), P2PB2B on November 1st, 2021.
  • The project has a great vision to unify centralized e-commerce with a decentralized payment system, with a team that has the knowledge, drive, and aptitude to deliver what they promised.

Coveo Acquires Qubit

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Friday, October 15, 2021

MONTREAL and NEW YORK and LONDON, Oct. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coveo, a Relevance Platform and applied AI leader that transforms digital experiences with AI-powered search, recommendations, and personalization, today announced the acquisition of Qubit, a leader in AI-powered personalization technology for merchandising teams, based in London, UK, further accelerating Coveo’s geographic expansion into the UK and European markets.

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  • Adding Qubits capabilities to the Coveo Relevance Cloud platform helps us accelerate the delivery of new incremental innovations to further personalize digital commerce experiences, said Louis Ttu, Coveo Chairman and CEO.
  • Approximately 90 Qubit employees will be joining Coveo, bringing the total number of Coveo employees to more than 750 located around the world.
  • Coveo has been named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Insight Engines and named a leader in The Forrester Wave: Cognitive Search.
  • Coveo and Qubit are a trademark of Coveo Solutions, Inc.

Qubit Survey Finds More Than 85% of Consumers Plan to Keep Shopping Online, Despite Stores Reopening

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

"To deliver a better customer journey online, brands must optimize product discovery. They should also enable better mobile navigation and purchasing options across the site, as well as provide more unique and personalized shopping experiences -- not just for the most loyal customers but also for first time visitors," advised O'Connor.

Key Points: 
  • According to Qubit's survey, conducted in July 2021, the vast majority (85.9%) of consumers plan to continue shopping the same or more online, even though most stores are open globally.
  • Furthermore, the survey reveals that the 2021 holiday season could be the biggest yet for online shopping.
  • Additional survey findings from Qubit include:
    70.7% of U.S. and U.K. shoppers said they have increased their online shopping frequency as compared to before the pandemic.
  • Nearly half of respondents also plan to continue shopping online for Groceries, Home & Garden, and Beauty (49.3%, 48.9%, and 47%, respectively).