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Bazaarvoice acquires social commerce solutions provider Curalate

Bazaarvoice, a provider of product reviews and user-generated content (UGC) solutions, has acquired visual commerce solutions firm Curalate. The company said the move will help it to create a “powerful offering to lead the growing visual commerce trend” as social shopping becomes an increasingly important factor of e-commerce. According to...

Retail

Baukjen introduces social commerce

London-based womenswear brand Baukjen is launching social commerce. The premium brand has teamed up with digital commerce company Curalate for the new feature which will allow consumers to explore shoppable customer-generated content on Baukjen’s website homepage and in a dedicated ‘Shop their style’ section. Instagram posts tagged ‘BaukjenStyle...

Retail

Shoppers increasingly using social media for inspiration, Instagram driving the trend

The influence of social media on buying habits continues to grow, with new research revealing that UK shoppers are 79 percent more likely to discover new products on social media than they were just two years ago. Instagram is driving that, with a 64 percent increase in consumers using the Facebook-owned social media platform to find...

Fashion

River Island rolls out tech to make Instagram feed shoppable

River Island is rolling out new technology to power discovery-driven purchasing. The high street retailer teamed up with social commerce specialist Curalate to “to align social shopping experiences on and away from its website.” A new Like2Buy feature makes River Island’s Instagram feed shoppable, while harnessing user generated content tagged...

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QVC UK introduces social commerce for 'discovery-led' shopping

Shopping network QVC is embracing the power of social media by introducing social commerce to “create a discovery-lead shopping experience.” QVC has partnered with social commerce specialists Curalate, whose technology makes visual content on social media shoppable. Customers will also be able to discover products from intelligent, shoppable...

Fashion

Harvey Nichols trials Like2Buy on Instagram

Harvey Nichols has joined the likes of Ted Baker, US retailer Nordstrom and Forever 21 by offering a shoppable Instagram feed, by trailing Curalate’s like2b.uy platform. With more than 167,000 followers on Instagram, the department store is looking to cash in by directing shoppers who receive inspiration from its Instagram feed to product pages...

Design

Nordstrom to allow customers to shop on Instagram

American retailer Nordstrom is partnering with Curalate to launch Like2Buy, a platform that enables a “seamless shoppingexperience” for customers through Instagram. Like2Buy helps bridge the gap between Instagram and Nordstrom’s e-commerce, allowing customers to purchase items featured in photos posted on Nordstrom’s Instagram feed by simply...