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Google Local Search, SOCi Chat, Walmart, World’s Top Retailers Lead This Week In Local – July 8

Google Local Search, SOCi Chat, Walmart, World's Top Retailers Lead This Week In Local - July 8 Localogy

The past week in Local news was highlighted with the news of Google local search enhancements, the new SOCi Chat, Walmart’s immersive shopping play and the top retailers in the world.

In case you missed it, here are the top four biggest stories from Localogy Insider.

  • Google announced a series of updates for the Chrome mobile app, including local search enhancements.
  • The new SOCi Chat lets multi-location businesses offer their users streamlined ways to ask questions and interact.
  • The Walmart virtual showroom lets users outfit rooms with various items. We examine this in light of Walmart’s broader immersive shopping play.
  • If we were to ask you to name the top retailers in the world, what would you guess? We have the list, with surprising and unsurprising results.

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