It is hard for someone to argue against e-commerce and online shopping being the way of the future. Global e-commerce retail sales are expected to double from 2017 through 2021 to $4.5 trillion.
If you have purchased anything from an online store lately that wasn't Amazon or Walmart or any other major retailer (except some major retailers), chances are you were using a Shopify e-commerce store. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, just a boring thing.
Most communications departments can attest to the reality that they are stretched for resources and team members wear multiple hats - the result being that social media is often placed at the bottom of the priority list.
Eager to one-up Snapchat, Instagram appears to be preparing to expand its collection of shutter modes beyond options like Boomerang and Superzoom. Buried within Instagram’s Android Application Package (APK) is an icon for a Portrait shutter for the Stories camera. This could potentially let people shoot stylized portraits with bokeh effect-blurred backgrounds or other lighting…