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While few retailers have reported sustained success with selling products on Facebook, social commerce is set to take off over the next five years as consumers and retailers become accustomed to buying from social media storefronts, according to a report by consulting firm Booz & Co. The report, “Turning ‘Like’ to ‘Buy’: Social Media Emerges as a Commerce Channel,” estimates that social commerce sales will reach $5 billion worldwide this year, with $1 billion coming from the United States. By 2015, social commerce sales will total $30 billion, with $14 billion coming from the United States. The report defines social commerce as a channel in which consumers make purchases within a social network’s platform, rather than at a retailer’s e-commerce site.

