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In New York, BoF and Shopify Host Forum on Retail’s New Paradigm

Industry leaders gathered to discuss the challenges and opportunities native-app commerce represents as retail shifts to in-app purchases, before calling for closer ties within the American fashion community to navigate disruption and support young talent.
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While barriers to entry in retail have never been lower, thanks to online e-commerce solutions and the digital reach of social media, the retail channels consumers are coalescing around are consolidating, as native-app commerce replaces mobile commerce and shifting retail power dynamics dramatically.

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