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Why AI Is Social Media Fraud’s New Best Friend

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It can be difficult these days to remember the almost idyllic promise of social media when it first entered the general consumer consciousness. That’s not to tempt one into nostalgia, or to suggest that social media has become marred beyond recognition. Digital Evolution. Fraud Increases. trillion in 2018.

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Transformations In Social Media Commerce And Restaurant Technology 

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Social media platforms are aiming to harness their contextual commerce potential. 2019: The year Instagram rolled out in-app checkout for brands. TikTok , which is mostly a destination for users seeking short-form videos , is now looking to better monetize its service. All this, Today in Data.

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Super Saturday Pulls In Record-Breaking $34.4B In Retail Sales

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21, the last Saturday shopping day before Christmas 2019, has been confirmed as the single biggest retail sales day in U.S. According to retail research firm Customer Growth Partners, consumers on Super Saturday spent a total of $34.4 billion and that exceeded 2019 Black Friday sales by 10 percent.

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2019: Big Payment, Commerce And Tech IPOs Loom On The Horizon

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But relatively high stock prices and access to more capital remain prime temptations, and there is little doubt that 2019 will bring more than few exciting — and telling — IPOs. Among the most anticipated are IPOs that will impact the mobility-as-a-service and ride-hailing ecosystems, social media, and data analytics.

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Privacy And Personalization Clash For Retailers

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Retailers are facing a personalization paradox. Fifty-three percent of consumers want retailers to respect their anonymity in 2020; at the same time 61 percent want more personalization in marketing, messaging and promotions. Other surveys reinforce the need for personalization at retail.

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Lost Pet Posters Get An Upgrade For The Digital Age

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And the idea is to take advantage of the ongoing rise of mobile commerce and social media to create, in essence, digital communities centered around pets — and not just ones that spark to life when little Fido goes missing, or plots an escape from a dog park or a particular section of the beach in the summer. Social Media Aspect.

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Despite Papyrus’ Closing, Stationery Retail Is Not All Doom-And-Gloom

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New evidence of that — part of the broader trend of the existential changes in the world of brick-and-mortar retail, changes that are gaining more focus this month — comes from reports that stationery chain Papyrus is closing up shop. The chain had since expanded to some 260 or so retail locations. Brick-and-Mortar View. percent.

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