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Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

'ShoppingMate' is a Shopping Community to Connect Consumers Together

— August 5, 2017 — Business
The 'ShoppingMate' app is positioned as being a shopping community that will enable consumers to meet, chat and discuss all things retail to find deals, get advice and much more.

Shopping is much better with friends, but busy schedules can leave individuals without someone to go with or even someone to ask for advice when it comes to a potential purchase. 'ShoppingMate' lets users interact on all things retail to get advice, suggestions and beyond to help enhance their shopping endeavors like never before.

The 'ShoppingMate' shopping community app also comes as an efficient tool for friends to use in order to pick spots to hit up for shopping when they're looking for make some new purchases.
Trend Themes
1. Social Shopping Communities - There is an opportunity for retailers to create social shopping apps that enhance the shopping experience through virtual communities that allow users to interact, chat and share tips on all things retail.
2. Personalized Shopping Assistance - There is an opportunity to develop AI-powered shopping apps that offer personalized shopping assistance to consumers, providing them with recommendations, and helping them make informed choices.
3. Group Shopping - There is an opportunity to develop social shopping apps that make it easy for groups of friends to plan shopping trips together, share recommendations, and make informed decisions on the go.
Industry Implications
1. Retail - The retail industry can use social shopping communities to create a more personalized and engaging shopping experience for their customers and help increase brand loyalty.
2. Technology - The technology industry can develop more advanced AI-powered shopping apps that offer personalized shopping assistance, making the overall shopping experience more efficient and user-friendly.
3. Social Media - The social media industry can capitalize on the trend of social shopping communities by investing in apps that allow users to interact, share, and chat on all things retail, thereby enhancing the overall social media experience.
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