Commerce
March 3, 2011
By Giselle Tsirulnik
A study by Booz&Co. suggests that luxury brands need to start figuring out ways to turn those “likes” into “buys,” since social media is now emerging as a direct commerce channel.
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Great article and thank you for sharing some of the statistics ….very interesting
Do you have any case studies or stats for the SME industry?