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JUNE 24, 2019

Luxury brands are increasingly using chat app WeChat in China to reach customers and sell big-ticket items, according to a report by TechCrunch. Brands like Bulgari, Cartier and Louis Vuitton are on the platform and connecting with millions of customers. Part of the appeal is that customers can create relationships with brands.

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The Financial Brand

JANUARY 9, 2019

The top 100 banks using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube ranked by their overall social media community through the fourth quarter of 2018. The post Top 100 Banks Using Social Media for the Fourth Quarter of 2018 appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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The Financial Brand

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The top 100 banks using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube ranked by their overall social media community through the third quarter of 2018. The post Top 100 Banks Using Social Media in Q3 2018 appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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The Financial Brand

JANUARY 9, 2019

The top 100 banks using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube ranked by their overall social media community through the fourth quarter of 2018. The post Top 100 Credit Unions Using Social Media for the Fourth Quarter of 2018 appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

19) a partner program aimed at making it easier for brands to use and pay for augmented reality (AR) lenses. Snap ‘s lenses enable brands to superimpose content directly onto users’ faces and/or around them, resulting in branded content getting mapped into personal content, noted the report. and followed by the U.K.,

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Two famous North American-based quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands are preparing to duke it out in China for chicken-meal supremacy, the most recent sign of how Western brands are trying to increase their footholds in that massive country. The news comes as more Western brands – including those based in the U.S. –

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Instagram, the photo-sharing social media network operator owned by Facebook, has surpassed Snapchat as the most frequented social media platform among teenagers. While Nike remained the number one retail brand among teenagers, Vans saw a “staggering gain,” and there was a “rebalancing toward Adidas.”

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The Financial Brand

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The top 100 banks using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube ranked by their overall social media community through the third quarter of 2018. The post Top 100 Credit Unions Using Social Media in Q3 2018 appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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APRIL 9, 2019

CNBC is reporting that despite a year of scandals for social media giant Facebook, advertisers are still flocking to the company, and user base and ad revenues continue to grow. 2018 was a tough year for Facebook. percent in 2018, and is predicted to reach 22.9 billion, according to eMarketer. percent in 2017 to 21.8

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JULY 13, 2018

Celebrity brand endorsement is nothing new. In their hundreds of years of existence, the celebrity endorsement has become an increasingly prominent part of branding — so prominent, in fact, that by the end of the 20th century, they weren’t just endorsing products. 1 on its list of the top 10 emerging restaurant brands of 2018.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

But over the course of 2018 — and literally dozens of conversations with the ambitious entrepreneurs who have successfully launched matchmaking platforms — we did hear an awful lot of good ideas on how to make the right match, how to get to scale — and how to make money while doing it. percent, plus $.30 30 per transaction.

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APRIL 14, 2019

Facebook and its social media properties Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger all experienced outages over the weekend, with users around the world reporting problems. Facebook said its total ad revenue grew 38 percent in 2018 to $55 billion, while net digital ad revenue in the whole country grew 36 percent to $23.66

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

The brand largely focuses on (and sells to) younger shoppers — particularly millennials and Gen Z. The site in total offers 500 brands for consumers to choose from, of which only 19 are its own label (a little over 4 percent). the site added over 1,000 new styles each week in 2017, from emerging, established and owned brands.

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The Financial Brand

JULY 8, 2018

The top 100 banks using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube ranked by their overall social media community through the second quarter of 2018. The post Top 100 Banks Using Social Media in Q2 2018 appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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JULY 9, 2019

Facebook is dangling the promise of more fans and endless money in an effort to lure video creators away from YouTube and other social media sites. The social media site that boasts over 2 billion daily users says it will help creators make more money with direct payments from its users, coupled with advertising earnings, CNBC reports.

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The Financial Brand

JULY 8, 2018

The top 100 banks using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube ranked by their overall social media community through the second quarter of 2018. The post Top 100 Credit Unions Using Social Media in Q2 2018 appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

There’s a fantastic WordPress plugin called Revive Old Posts that will automatically share your older blog content to your social media channels. August: Tell Your Brand’s Story. Your brand’s story should be woven into all the content you create. May: Automate Shares of Older Content.

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DECEMBER 24, 2019

58 percent of sales growth from 2018 occurred online. Recent social media sales i nnovations and a robust economy further the dominance of online shopping. Millennials’ buying habits have increased both Black Friday and online sales, and they continue to shape branding and in-person consumer engagement trends.

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William Mills

MAY 8, 2018

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2018. William Mills III, Chief Executive Officer of William Mills Agency is live blogging today at FinovateSpring 2018. Insights on social media, financial services and more are shared on their blog , or follow them on Twitter at @beyondthearc. ^SR

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JANUARY 16, 2020

The Base:Line playlist will have about 40 songs with a hip-hop vibe and will be refreshed weekly,” Jeff Marsilio, the NBA’s senior vice president of new media distribution, said in an interview. As Bloomberg put it, the label “connects about 190,000 independent artists to audiences through direct partnerships with brands.”.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In the highly connected digital age, consumers are interacting with a multitude of social media sites as well as apps and connected devices. Simply said, contextual commerce occurs when a consumer sees a product on a smart device or social media feed (and even a recommendation from a friend) and buys the product.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Cashoff enhances customer engagement with its loyalty program offering cash back by big-name brands. Cashoff integrated with global brands. Tinkoff’s data shows that they do and it drives engagement with the mobile banking app and the brand. ^DG. However, they see their main value as helping to improve customer experience. ^SR

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Youth-oriented shoe and apparel brand Vans has found the intersection of both, as seen in its most recent store opening this past week in Los Angeles. The brand is well-known for using its community of skateboarders for design ideas and marketing. The brand has also partnered with Goodwill and Chrysalis to access underserved employees.

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JULY 23, 2018

Pinterest, the social media company, is nearing $1 billion in advertising revenue and is eyeing an initial public offering in the middle of next year. CNBC reported that Pinterest had $500 million in sales last year and is now on pace to nearly double that in 2018.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Coty is not quite a household name — though the cosmetic, skincare, fragrance and hair color products it makes and distributes through the 77 beauty brands it owns are well known all over the world. There are also slightly darker rumors that brands will pay equivalent amounts for negative reviews of competing products.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

The world’s biggest social media platforms are cracking down like never before. Brands will have spent roughly $77 billion on in-app ads when 2019 is over, and it’s estimated that phonies will dip out with $26.5 Each interactive makes the TripAdvisor AI smarter, guarding content integrity and preserving trust in the brand.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

Outlook India recently reported that SMBs in the country are seeking a government initiative to require government departments and large firms to disclose details behind all invoices that are 45 days past due, with community social media platform LocalCircles leading the charge in an effort to improve local SMBs’ cash flow.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Amazon and Italian luxury brand Maison Valentino filed a lawsuit against a retailer Thursday (June 18), alleging the company sold counterfeit goods as the trade in the so-called “gray market” continues to draw attention. HBR called for luxury-goods brands to refocus on controlling their supply chains to fight the problem.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

percent of its total sales during the first half of 2018, which is up from about 5 percent just three years ago. The virtual reality will eventually roll out to Instagram, which is the photo-sharing social media platform owned by Facebook. L’Oreal had previously reported that eCommerce revenue made up about 9.5

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In some cases, retailers are using social media tools such as Instagram to post promotions and product tutorials — or interact openly with consumers about their offerings. The program, which is dubbed CarePass, also includes access to a pharmacy helpline, a discount on CVS branded products and a monthly coupon.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Indeed, that is one of the main ideas behind Instagram ’s recent move to offer three new ways for users of the Facebook-owned photo-sharing social media platform to discover products. Instagram users can also now shop in videos from the brands they follow. Window Shopping. It found that, on average, it takes 22.1

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Walmart , Target , Macy’s , Urban Outfitters , Nordstrom – the stores change, but the general drumbeat has been largely the same in retail in 2018. That inclusivity-based marketing is planned into the fall of 2018, when men will take the center stage as underwear models (but not with the body type of the typical male underwear model).

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JUNE 8, 2018

“The really-growing brands now beating the market are the ones already hooking these teenagers,” Bain Partner Claudia D’Arpizio told CNBC. The change in behavior is due, in part, to social media sites such as Instagram. These platforms bring urgency to fashion and serve as a newsfeed for brands.

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Social Assurance

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

A time for food, in-person or virtual family interactions, and conversations about the latest politically charged social media app. But what is it – and what does this social media site mean for your financial brand? And how should your financial brand prepare? How is it different? What is it?

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MAY 6, 2019

Particularly popular, according to the report, are Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Nike, Fendi and Balenciaga-branded items. And, according to the 2018 Global Brand Counterfeiting Report , luxury fashion brands are a favored target. Global counterfeiting is a big business, worth about $1.2 trillion every year.

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APRIL 22, 2019

That’s reportedly the case when it comes to luxury retail brand Gucci. The change in behavior is due, in part, to social media sites such as Instagram. These platforms bring urgency to fashion and serve as a newsfeed for brands. Millennials could be helping to bring new life to call center commerce.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

But, as it turns out, it surely looks like one – a lesson learned by wellness brand Dirty Lemon in 2015 when they first rolled out their unique take on lemonade via Instagram as a DTC shopping experience. That gave the brand the feel of a secret club, Normandin noted, which sharpened curiosity and enthusiasm for the product.

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