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Social Commerce Market size is set to grow by USD 8.88 trillion from 2024-2028, Personalized shopping experience and diverse product portfolios on social commerce platforms to boost the market growth, Technavio

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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The global social commerce market  size is estimated to grow by USD 8.88 trillion from 2024-2028, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of almost 41.53%  during the forecast period.  Personalized shopping experience and diverse product portfolios on social commerce platforms is driving market growth, with a trend towards technological advances in social media. However, efforts required for customer engagement and retention  poses a challenge. Key market players include Advance, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Automattic Inc., ByteDance Ltd., Charlton Media Group, Etsy Inc., Eventbrite Inc., Fashnear Technologies Pvt. Ltd., iQIYI Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Microsoft Corp., One97 Communications Ltd., PayPal Holdings Inc., PDD Holdings, Renren Inc., Shopify Inc., SINA Corp., Tencent Holdings Ltd., Twitter Inc., and Verizon Communications Inc..

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Forecast period

2024-2028

Base Year

2023

Historic Data

2018 – 2022

Segment Covered

Device (Laptops and PCs, Mobiles, Tablets, and Others), Business Segment (Business to consumer, Business to business, and Consumer to consumer), and Geography (APAC, North America, Europe, South America, and Middle East and Africa)

Region Covered

APAC, North America, Europe, South America, and Middle East and Africa

Key companies profiled

Advance, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Automattic Inc., ByteDance Ltd., Charlton Media Group, Etsy Inc., Eventbrite Inc., Fashnear Technologies Pvt. Ltd., iQIYI Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Microsoft Corp., One97 Communications Ltd., PayPal Holdings Inc., PDD Holdings, Renren Inc., Shopify Inc., SINA Corp., Tencent Holdings Ltd., Twitter Inc., and Verizon Communications Inc.

Key Market Trends Fueling Growth

Social media platforms have evolved from simple interaction tools to dynamic marketplaces, with innovations like chatbots driving the global social commerce market. Snapchat, for instance, is a user-friendly social media platform that facilitates shopping and information sharing. Chatbots, which use artificial intelligence for conversational interactions, engage audiences in self-initiated tasks, making marketing more effective and efficient. These technological advancements will continue to shape the social commerce landscape during the forecast period. 

Social Commerce is a trending business strategy that combines social media and e-commerce. It’s all about making the shopping process more engaging and convenient for customers. One key trend is the importance of secure payment methods and user data protection. Changing consumer preferences prioritize user experience, and user-generated content and product recommendations are becoming essential. Social influence also plays a significant role, with brands and sellers leveraging social media platforms for brand awareness and customer engagement. Multichannel retailing is another trend, with businesses using the latest technology like artificial intelligence and augmented reality to enhance product discovery and checkout. Consumer behavior and preferences continue to shape this market, with millennials leading the way in content shopping, sharing, and messaging features. Small businesses are also jumping on board to increase conversion rates and reach new customers in virtual environments. 

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Market Challenges

In the social commerce market, customer engagement is a significant challenge for vendors. Unlike traditional retail stores where sales associates assist customers in making purchases and influence buying decisions, social commerce platforms give consumers full control over their purchases. If a vendor’s webpage or mobile application fails to captivate and engage customers, they may explore other shopping sites or visit physical stores, limiting growth opportunities for the vendor during the forecast period. Therefore, creating an appealing and interactive online shopping experience is crucial for retaining customers and driving sales in the social commerce industry.Social Commerce Market: A New Frontier for Businesses The Social Commerce market is revolutionizing the way businesses connect with customers. In this virtual environment, shopping is no longer a solitary activity. Instead, it’s a social experience. Customers discover products through content shopping on social media platforms. Interested buyers engage with brands and sellers, share their finds, and make purchases directly. Messaging features facilitate immediate communication, providing excellent customer service. Millennials and younger generations are driving this trend. Brands and small businesses, as well as individuals, are leveraging social media to increase brand awareness. Consumer preference for personalized shopping experiences is met through mobile technology and modern technologies like Video Commerce and livestream shopping. However, challenges persist. Security concerns, regulatory compliance, privacy issues, and cyberattacks are major concerns. Brands must collect data responsibly and ensure information exchange is secure. Marketing tools like influencer collaborations, shoppable posts, and personalized customer interactions are essential to stand out in this competitive landscape. In the Social Commerce market, the internet-savvy population is the new consumer base. Large players and smaller niche providers must adapt to this modern shopping experience to stay relevant.

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Segment Overview 

This social commerce market report extensively covers market segmentation by

Device 1.1 Laptops and PCs1.2 Mobiles1.3 Tablets1.4 OthersBusiness Segment2.1 Business to consumer2.2 Business to business2.3 Consumer to consumerGeography 3.1 APAC3.2 North America3.3 Europe3.4 South America3.5 Middle East and Africa

1.1 Laptops and PCs-  The social commerce market is a significant business sector where companies sell products directly to consumers through social media platforms. Brands engage with customers by sharing product information, promotions, and user-generated content. This approach offers convenience, personalization, and real-time interaction, leading to increased sales and customer loyalty. Social media’s vast user base allows businesses to reach a broader audience and target specific demographics effectively. By leveraging social media’s unique features, companies can build strong online communities and foster long-term relationships with their customers.

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The global e-commerce market continues its robust growth, driven by technological advancements and increasing consumer preference for online shopping. Southeast Asia’s e-commerce logistics market is also on an upward trajectory, fueled by rising internet penetration and digital payments. These trends underscore the growing significance of digital retail and logistics across key regions.

Research Analysis

The Social Commerce Market is revolutionizing the shopping experience by merging virtual environments with the customers’ favorite social media platforms. In this innovative shopping process, product discovery happens through content shopping and interested buyers can engage directly with brands and sellers. Social media platforms have transformed into marketplaces, allowing users to make purchases without leaving the app. Messaging features facilitate seamless communication between buyers and sellers. Millennials, small businesses, individuals, and even large players are leveraging modern technologies to reach an internet-savvy population. Brands and sellers increase brand awareness through influencer collaborations and shoppable posts. Consumer purchase behavior is influenced by personalized shopping recommendations and changing preferences. Electronics, home decor, and various niche products can be discovered and purchased in these virtual marketplaces. However, privacy concerns and regulatory compliance are crucial considerations for both buyers and sellers. Secure payment methods and user data protection are essential to ensure a safe shopping experience. User-generated content and product recommendations contribute to the overall user experience. The market caters to both large players and smaller niche providers, offering a diverse range of products and services. As the market continues to evolve, it’s essential to adapt to the latest consumer preferences and technologies to stay competitive.

Market Research Overview

The Social Commerce Market is revolutionizing the shopping experience by merging virtual environments and social media platforms. Customers can discover products through content shopping and sharing, leading to interested buyers engaging with brands and sellers. The shopping process is streamlined with checkout features, messaging, and secure payments. Millennials and younger generations are driving this trend, seeking immediate communication and personalized customer experiences. Modern technologies like Video Commerce, livestream shopping, and shoppable posts are transforming consumer purchase behavior in sectors like personal and beauty, electronics, home decor, and more. Brands and small businesses benefit from increased brand awareness and consumer preference. However, concerns around cyberattacks, data collection, privacy, and regulatory compliance persist. Businesses must adopt secure payment methods, user data protection, and changing consumer preferences to ensure a positive buyer experience. Marketing tools like personalized shopping, social influence, and user-generated content are essential for engagement and conversion rates. The future of retail lies in multichannel retailing, leveraging the latest technology, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality to enhance consumer experiences.

Table of Contents:

1 Executive Summary
2 Market Landscape
3 Market Sizing
4 Historic Market Size
5 Five Forces Analysis
6 Market Segmentation

DeviceLaptops And PCsMobilesTabletsOthersBusiness SegmentBusiness To ConsumerBusiness To BusinessConsumer To ConsumerGeographyAPACNorth AmericaEuropeSouth AmericaMiddle East And Africa

7 Customer Landscape
8 Geographic Landscape
9 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends
10 Company Landscape
11 Company Analysis
12 Appendix

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The Next Frontier: Consciousness & UAP: $100,000 Research Prize Winner Announced

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The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) has announced the winner of the 2026 Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize, a $100,000 award that will fund a study of consciousness-associated Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP, formerly known as UFOs).

NOVATO, Calif., Nov. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The winning study, selected from more than 80 qualifying proposals, comes from a multidisciplinary team of six. Peter Skafish, PhD, a sociocultural anthropologist and Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Sol Foundation, leads the team as Principal Investigator. Brian Lord, PhD, a cognitive neuroscientist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arizona, serves as Co-Principal Investigator, and David Dominguez Hooper, engineer and Founder and CEO of ELDAEON Inc., is Co-Investigator. Collaborators are Damon Abraham, PhD (experimental psychologist, Entangled Labs); Jacob Haqq-Misra, PhD (astrobiologist, Blue Marble Space); and Garry Nolan, PhD (immunologist, Stanford University School of Medicine). For the first time in the prize’s four-year history, a single team will receive the full $100,000.

“IONS proved itself to be over the horizon of even heterodox thinking in their decision to fund a scientific inquiry not only into UAP but also into one of the most enigmatic questions the phenomena raise: what is their relationship to human consciousness?”–Peter Skafish

The team will organize a group of experienced practitioners to apply meditation and conscious intention to invite contact with UAP at a remote site in the American Southwest. Practitioners’ experiences will be recorded alongside physiological measures and instrumental records of the sky and the physical environment. Using preregistered methodology, the study will analyze the data to test whether deliberate contact practice generates changes in reported experiences and in independently recorded events in the sky and environment. De-identified data and methods will be shared openly, and null results will be released on the same schedule as positive ones.

According to IONS leadership, this year’s prize was created to bring UAP into open, consciousness-inclusive science, and to carry forward a question with profound implications for humanity that its founder, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, pursued for decades: whether consciousness and contact are connected.

“The Sol Foundation couldn’t be more happy to receive the recognition of IONS for our research,” said Peter Skafish. “IONS proved itself to be over the horizon of even heterodox thinking in their decision to fund a scientific inquiry not only into UAP but also into one of the most enigmatic questions the phenomena raise: what is their relationship to human consciousness?”

This year, distinguished external experts, including Daniel P. Sheehan, Jessica Utts, Adam Curry, Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Richard Dolan, and J.J. Hurtak, joined members of the IONS science team on the judging panel, chaired by Arnaud Delorme. The panel’s selection was then ratified by the IONS Board of Directors.

IONS researchers will collaborate with the winning team on the study, which is expected to begin in December and run for one year, with results to be shared in 2028. The winning team was announced on October 30 during a live event, which can be watched here.

More About IONS & the Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize

The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) is a nonprofit scientific research center whose mission is to reveal the interconnected nature of reality through scientific exploration and personal discovery. Founded in 1973 by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, IONS investigates consciousness, interconnectedness, and extended human capacities to help foster a more compassionate and thriving world. The Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize, now in its fourth year, is funded through an endowment created by Linda G. O’Bryant, member of the IONS Board of Directors, and overseen by the Board. To arrange an interview with Peter Skafish or IONS leadership, contact communications@noetic.org. More details about the prize and winners can be found here.

Media Contact

Leslie G. Lovejoy, Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), 1 707-775-3500, communications@noetic.org, www.noetic.org

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Budget 2026 advances national electricity strategy, a downpayment on unlocking $3 trillion in economic growth

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Proposed tax credit extensions and support for industrial electrification and EV charging can help build more clean power and put it to work

OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 5, 2026 /CNW/ — New Economy Canada strongly supports the finalization and funding of Powering Canada Strong in Budget 2026 with a $50 billion commitment, marking an important step toward doubling Canada’s electricity supply by 2050. Budget 2026 puts electrification at the heart of Canada’s economy, ensuring energy security and affordability for businesses and households.  

Ian Bruce, President of New Economy Canada said:

“Today we are celebrating a critical win for Canada. By finalizing and funding Powering Canada Strong, the federal government has made electricity an economic priority.  Budget 2026’s $50B commitment to doubling the grid, including strengthening and extending the clean economy investment tax credits, is a significant step.

Budget 2026 puts an electrified economy at the heart of Canada’s economic strategy. We are glad to see the federal government recognize that building more clean electricity, electrifying more of our economy, and improving energy efficiency are some of the most effective ways to build a competitive, strong economy and ensure energy security for businesses and households alike.

Our economic report shows the opportunity on the table. Doubling electricity supply and doubling the share of energy that homes, businesses and industry meet with electricity could add more than $3 trillion cumulatively to Canada’s economy by 2050. Getting there will take sustained investment and a workforce that can build projects at the pace and scale we need.”

Why this matters:

Affordable, clean electricity can help Canada win investment, strengthen competitiveness, modernize manufacturing and create jobs. As Canada looks for new investors and trading partners in an electrifying global economy, its abundant, affordable and clean electricity is a competitive advantage.Doubling Canada’s electricity supply and putting it to work could unlock $3 trillion of economic opportunity for Canada and 1.6 million jobs.The budget’s extension of investment tax credits will support much-needed investment in generating and transmitting more electricity. And support for industrial electrification and EV charging will help businesses and households make greater use of that power.Every province stands to benefit, with cross-sectoral growth. Growth associated with an electrified economy spans all provinces and beyond electricity generation to services, mining, construction and more. 

New Economy Canada is a non-partisan initiative uniting 70+ companies, labour unions and Indigenous organizations, all committed to accelerating investment in Canada’s clean economy. Our partners employ or represent over 750,000 workers. https://neweconomycanada.ca 

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East Side Games Group to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results

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VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 5, 2026 /CNW/ — East Side Games Group (“ESGG” or the “Company”), Canada’s leading free-to-play mobile game group, will release its third quarter ended September 30th, 2026, after market close on November 12th. Following the release, the Company will host a conference call to review its performance with the investment community at 3:30pm PT (Western Canada), 2:30pm PT, 5:30pm ET on the same day.

Related earnings release materials can be found in the Investors section of ESGG’s website at https://eastsidegamesgroup.com/investors/financial-information/.

Conference Call Details:

Toll Free Dial-In Number:       (+1) 800 717 1738
Local Dial-In Number:            (+1) 289 514 5100
Conference ID:                       53358

A replay will be available by dialing (+1) 888 660-6264 or (+1) 289 819-1325 and entering passcode 53358#.

ABOUT EAST SIDE GAMES GROUP

ESGG is a leader in free-to-play mobile gaming, thrilling players with unforgettable experiences that spark lifelong fandom. Fueled by an entrepreneurial spirit, we are driven by creativity, flawless execution, and a laser-focused growth strategy. We develop and publish both original and licensed IP titles, license our cutting-edge GameKit(s) platforms, and strategically acquire studios or games to expand our family. Headquartered in Vancouver with around 80 talent-dense team members, we operate over a dozen titles under East Side Games (“ESG”) and LDRLY (Technologies) Inc. (“LDRLY”). Together, we’re crafting, launching, and publishing mobile games across our own studios and an extended Game Kit partner network–reaching players on iOS and Android worldwide.

We power our success through in-app purchases (“IAP”)–offering exclusive, game-enhancing virtual items–and in-game advertising. To keep growing, we focus on captivating audiences, keeping them engaged, and unlocking exciting new ways to monetize. We’ll drive this momentum by launching bold new titles, enriching our current lineup, innovating discovery, expanding into fresh markets and exploring new distribution platforms.

Additional information about the Company continues to be available under its legal name, East Side Games Group Inc., at www.sedar.com.

Forward-looking Information

Certain statements in this release are forward-looking statements, which reflect the expectations of management regarding the proposed transactions described herein. Forward-looking statements consist of statements that are not purely historical, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements. No assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if they do occur, what benefits the Company will obtain from them. These forward-looking statements reflect management’s current views and are based on certain expectations, estimates and assumptions which may prove to be incorrect. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including factors beyond the Company’s control. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release.

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