Facebook adds dedicated shopping section in e-commerce push
- The new section, Facebook Shop, lets people browse product catalogues from businesses and buy items on the social network
- It is part of Facebook’s broader push to capitalise on the increase in online shopping amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Facebook is adding a new shopping section to its main app, part of a broader push to capitalise on the increase in online retail in the midst of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The new section, Facebook Shop, was to start rolling out across the US on Tuesday. It lets people browse product catalogues from businesses and buy items on the social network.
Businesses could already add shopping catalogues to their Facebook pages, but there was no dedicated section inside the Facebook app for browsing e-commerce selections from multiple retailers or merchants.
Facebook also said Instagram’s Checkout feature, which lets users pay for items directly inside the app, will soon be available to all US businesses, a broad expansion after keeping the feature exclusive to certain partners for almost 18 months.