Category Archives: Social Media and Retailing

Retail conversations are increasingly two-way interactions; many blogs have a great impact on given retailers’ performance (and blog messages are not typically controlled by the retailers).

How Many Facebook Users Are There? And Where Are They?

Click on the chart to go to http://www.internetworldstats.com/facebook.htm and get regular updates on the number of Facebook users around the world. Only about 20 percent are from the United States.

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ReDigi: A Used Digital Music Store

What do you think of this new concept for music sharing? Would you buy or sell with ReDigi? Is it ethical?

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ModiFace: A Creator of Mobile/Tablet Beauty and Fashion Apps

As ModiFace notes at its Web site: “With 30 unique beauty/fashion iPhone, iPad, and Android apps, and over 5,000,000 total downloads with more than 1,000,000 monthly active users, ModiFace is the definitive leader in mobile virtual makeover apps. Need an … Continue reading

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