In this week's Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Kristina Stidham and Ashley Chiaradio talk about influencer marketing and why it’s essential for brands on social media, as written in a recently published article, “What Every Retailer Should Know About Influencer Marketing,” by Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CEO of Socialbakers. The author shares current influencer marketing data revealed in a recent Socialbakers report, naming Instagram as the prime channel for influencer marketing. Data also reveals that the majority of influencers on Instagram today are micro influencers, as they account for over 75 percent of influencers in North America. However, influencers vary greatly in terms of age, geography and interests, and can be categorized as micro influencers, macro influencers, or celebrities based on their number of followers. For brands that haven’t yet worked with social influencers, it’s definitely time to start thinking about implementing an influencer strategy. To read the rest of the article, “What Every Retailer Should Know About Influencer Marketing,” click here.