livestream shopping

Comcast separates NBCUniversal and Sky from its broadband and wireless business; Omnicom is all in on M&A; and startup Whatnot bets on livestreamed shopping.

Former Meta employee files a complaint regarding the company’s illegal business practices; virtual AI salespeople are hosting 24/7 livestreams; and Google SPN advertisers will now receive a list of URLs where their ads appeared.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Live Shopping ROI … Or RIP? Amazon, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube have all tried their darndest to make livestream shopping happen in the US. But Americans just aren’t into it, Wired reports, and Chinese influencers and companies aren’t having much success exporting their […]

Social media has been a petri dish for live video shopping in China. But in the US, although social shopping is starting to pick up, it hasn’t gained much traction yet. Still, companies like the ecommerce startup CommentSold are betting that live shopping is finally about to take off — with the right tech and the right training in place, that is.

Every major social network is trying to make livestream video shopping happen. And don’t count out the Amazon-owned game-streaming platform Twitch, which hosted its third “Pog Picks” live shopping event the days before Thanksgiving.

Everyone knows retail media is hot right now. But more and more retail ad dollars are also being sponged up by social media. Social networks like TikTok can drive incremental sales … when used correctly, said Jacques Hagopian, SVP of marketing for Procter & Gamble’s North American business, during a panel at the ANA Masters of Marketing summit this week in Orlando.

Roku is bullish on shoppable video. The idea of television commerce isn’t new, of course. QVC, HSN and infomercials, anyone? But the technology exists today to breathe new life into the opportunity, says Peter Hamilton, Roku’s head of television commerce, on this week’s episode of AdExchanger Talks.

Livestream shopping is nowhere near as popular in the US as it is in China. In the US, live commerce is less than one percent of US ecommerce, whereas in China, it’s expected to make up nearly a quarter of the ecommerce market by 2023. Livestream shopping could work for platforms and brands in the US – but only if it’s done in the right place.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Oh, Snap Snap warned investors this week that it will miss its one-month-old revenue target, tumbling shares by more than 40% in what may be a harbinger for the industry, CNBC reports.  “Since we issued guidance on April 21, 2022, the macroeconomic environment has […]

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