Social Media Platforms Are Banking on Live Stream as the Future of Shopping

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Social media platforms are banking on live stream as the future of shopping. It has taken off in some parts of the world, while not so much in others. Technology reporter christina crittle joins us to talk about where it is thriving and where it's not. We're goin to the squing shot give way to win this beautiful as a free give wi a just the wone wo. Thri spades out.

US stocks rallied after the latest US inflation report showed price rises slowed in July, Disney beat analyst expectations and added 15mn subscribers to its Disney+ streaming service, and social media companies want livestreams to be the future of shopping.

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