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Square, TikTok Team up to Link Online Sellers via Social Media Platform
Square, TikTok Team up to Link Online Sellers via Social Media Platform
September 29, 2021  |  Social Commerce

Global software, payments and hardware platform Square has joined forces with short-form video platform TikTok to offer a new integration to connect online sellers to...

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TikTok Reaches 1B Monthly User Milestone
TikTok Reaches 1B Monthly User Milestone
September 28, 2021  |  Social Commerce

Social video platform TikTok recently passed the 1 billion monthly active user milestone, up 45 percent from the middle of last year, the Bytedance-owned company...

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Shopify Aims to Make Social Media ‘Digital Main Street’
Shopify Aims to Make Social Media ‘Digital Main Street’
September 20, 2021  |  Retail

Shopify’s collaboration with TikTok to add shopping features to the video-sharing app, announced last month, came as no surprise to most industry watchers, tying one...

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Chipotle Parlays Loyalty Into Marketing With ‘Creator Class’
Chipotle Parlays Loyalty Into Marketing With ‘Creator Class’
September 09, 2021  |  Social Commerce

When it comes to social commerce, Chipotle is turning to those who know the space best: influencers. The brand announced on Thursday (Sept. 9) that...

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TikTok Parent ByteDance Curtails FinTech Biz, Spins off Stock Trading Unit
TikTok Parent ByteDance Curtails FinTech Biz, Spins off Stock Trading Unit
September 02, 2021  |  Regulation

TikTok parent ByteDance is curtailing its FinTech operations and selling off its stock brokerage business as Chinese regulators continue to wield power over companies that...

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Shopify Launches TikTok In-App Shopping
Shopify Launches TikTok In-App Shopping
August 24, 2021  |  Social Commerce

Shopify and TikTok on Tuesday (Aug. 24) unveiled TikTok Shopping, bringing organic Shopify product discovery and shopping tabs to TikTok. Shopify customers with TikTok For...

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Commerce Is Fast Becoming The New Battleground For Social Media Giants
Commerce Is Fast Becoming The New Battleground For Social Media Giants
July 30, 2021  |  Social Commerce

Social media firms are placing their bets on the wave of interest in social commerce, in which their respective platforms essentially become storefronts where users...

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Twitter’s Social Commerce Ambitions Highlight Need For Better ID Verification, Biometrics
Twitter’s Social Commerce Ambitions Highlight Need For Better ID Verification, Biometrics
July 28, 2021  |  Identity

Social media use has skyrocketed in recent years, with such sites slowly becoming hubs for businesses, banks and other corporate entities as well as individuals....

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Biden Administration, TikTok Agree To Drop Lawsuit
Biden Administration, TikTok Agree To Drop Lawsuit
July 25, 2021  |  Legal

Under the U.S. President Joe Biden administration, a lawsuit from the President Donald Trump era attempting to ban TikTok from American shores won’t be going...

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