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Scroll, pause, tap, buy. On social platforms, the path from seeing to purchasing has never been shorter, and it is increasingly driven by visuals rather than words. In 2024 and 2025, feeds have shifted again, with short video, creator-led product demos, and AI-assisted imagery becoming the default language of discovery. For brands and retailers, this is not just a creative challenge, it is a measurable commercial one, because visual trends now shape what people trust, what they remember, and what they ultimately put in their carts. From “pretty” to persuasive in seconds Attention is the scarcest currency, and visual trends are built to spend it fast. Data points to how narrow the window has become: according to Meta, 60% of time spent on Facebook and Instagram is now video, and Reels is...