The official website for the new anime adaptation of Suzuhito Yasuda‘s Yozakura Quartet manga, Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~, began streaming the second promotional video for the anime on Thursday. The video features the anime’s “Sakura no Ato (all quartets lead to the?)” (After the Cherry Blosoms (all quartets lead to the?)) theme song by UNISON SQUARE GARDENand introduces V. Lila F. (voiced by Ai Kayano), the new character in the Yozakura Quartet anime.
Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~‘s staff is different from the 2008 anime series, but the same as the Yozakura Quartet ~Hoshi no Umi~ and Yozakura Quartet…
Mastercard is launching a new generative AI shopping tool called “Shopping Muse” that is designed to help users get personalized product recommendations. The tool is powered by Dynamic Yield, a personalization company that was acquired by Mastercard in April 2022. Mastercard says the idea behind Shopping Muse is to “revolutionize how customers search for and discover products in a retailer’s digital catalog.”
The tool can take users’ colloquial language and turn it into tailored product recommendations. Shopping Muse is able to understand modern trends and phrases like “cottagecore” or “beach formal.” You can ask the tool questions like “What should…
While you might still be recovering from last year’s holiday season, like it or not, the 2024 Black Friday deals event will be here before you know it. It’s my job to start preparing now so I can help you find all the best offers, which is why I’ve created this guide with everything you need to know about this year’s sales, such as the date, when sales start, and what deals you can expect.
According to Adobe Analytics, last year’s Black Friday sale was bigger than ever despite economic uncertainty, with over 222.1 Billion dollars spent, a 4.9% increase…
Businesses and consumers adapt as retail axis shifts online
It’s no secret that 2020 has pulled commerce forward by 10 years. In 2021, we can expect a new normal—especially when it comes to the way we shop.
Introducing the Future of Commerce 2021, Shopify’s first annual report* that marries global merchant and consumer data to predict how the commerce landscape will shift in the coming year and how small and independent businesses are creating a new retail reality. By examining perspectives of both seller and buyer, we aim to capture the full picture of the industry to make predictions that…
Three in 10 consumers reportedly shopped online for the first time.
E-commerce shopping activities have surged significantly, with 74% of consumers making online purchases more frequently, driven by movement restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes Study.
Since many have turned to the internet to shop, 52% of consumers have reportedly visited physical stores less frequently.
Home delivery frequency has been heard as well, with 71% using it more often and 25% trying it out for the first time.
The study also revealed that 31% of Singaporeans had shopped online for the first time…
According to a recent study on generational trends in consumer behavior by Jungle Scout, a platform for e-commerce sellers, Gen Z consumers have continued to buy online via varying social media platforms despite the rise in inflation. The study included a survey of more than 1,000 consumers in the US, which found that 32 percent of Gen Z customers shop online at least once daily.
Forty-three percent of Gen Z say they open TikTok first to start their search for products online, which is higher than search engines such as Google. Compared to last year, across all generations, the number…
Doors reopened at the Platypus shoe store in the Melbourne Central shopping center last week, but it wasn’t the first time staff had returned to work since it closed in late March.
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Australia Post says online shopping has increased by 80 per cent compared to last year
Footwear retailer Accent Group operated ‘dark stores’, fulfilling online orders while shops were closed to customers
“One in three of the consumers we surveyed said that they would continue this behavior,” says Monica Wegner from Boston Consulting Group
Staff had been working behind closed doors to fulfill online orders using the…
In the year to come, we will look back at 2020 as the moment that changed everything. Nowhere else has unprecedented and unprecedented growth occurred as in the digital and e-commerce sectors, which have boomed amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Amid slowing economic activity, COVID-19 has led to a surge in e-commerce and accelerated digital transformation.
As lockdowns became the new normal, businesses and consumers increasingly “went digital”, providing and purchasing more goods and services online, raising e-commerce’s share of global retail trade from 14% in 2019 to about 17% in 2020.
These and other findings are showcased in a new…