The future is… “Social Shopping” : Social Media + Online Shopping
Very nice presentation from Warren Knight about Social Shopping, focused on the UK market, and showing some interesting numbers:
- 23% of Twitter users follow business to find special promotions or sales
- 14% of Twitter users use the stream to find and share products and opinions
- 25% of customers connect with brands of Facebook to receive discounts
- More than 50% of Facebook fans and 67% of Twitter users are more likely to make a purchase from the brands they follow
Warren Knight Social Shopping Social Media + Online Shopping (Slideshare)
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CTO and cofounder of BrainSINS, and data mining expert.









Social media for sure will have big role to play in the online shopping business in the coming years , its all about competition , thanks for sharing the stats .
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