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Just Walk Out鈥攚hich Amazon continues to use in Amazon Go stores, Amazon Fresh in the UK, and third-party retailers鈥攔elies on shelf sensors, which are expensive to operate, wrote Grabango CEO Will Glaser in a blog post earlier this month.

German grocery retailer Lidl launched a TikTok Shop pop-up in the UK, marking one of the first major grocery retailers to experiment with TikTok鈥檚 ecommerce capabilities.

It became available in the UK in 2021. Operations under pressure: This move comes as TikTok Shop is feeling the heat from ByteDance after failing to meet its 2024 sales goals, with staff facing new pressures to improve performance, per a Business Insider report.

Tubi recently launched in the UK, entering a competitive market dominated by Amazon and Netflix. Tubi continues to be a crucial growth driver for Fox; despite flat overall ad revenues, its most recent earnings report noted that gains from Fox Sports and Tubi offset losses at Fox Network.

While shipments to Europe rose 28% in the same period, proposed de minimis clampdowns in the EU and the UK could severely crimp Shein鈥檚 ability to rely on those markets for growth. But it may not have to: The company is confident it can handle the US de minimis crackdown, a source told the FT, even as it raises prices by as much as 377%.

Amazon commands an almost 80% share of the retail media market in Canada. In many countries鈥攊ncluding the US, the UK, Germany, and France鈥攊ts share is north of 70%. Its share is much lower in Latin America, where Mercado Libre has emerged as a dominant force. The retail media market is starting to fragment outside of Amazon鈥檚 footprint.

Can Tubi break into a tight UK streaming market? The Fox-owned service launched in the UK last week hoping to capitalize on a turn toward cheaper streaming options.

Germany and the UK have almost the same share breakdown of mobile versus nonmobile programmatic ad spending. Mobile adoption in France, which once lagged, has nearly caught up with Germany and the UK. But France鈥檚 programmatic market is still biased toward nonmobile due to consumers鈥� slight preference for desktop ecommerce over mcommerce.

We expect retail sales in India to grow 11% this year: That鈥檚 enough to make it the fastest-growing market in the world, which is one reason Amazon is investing in the region.

Google, Meta, and Amazon dominate the advertising ecosystem in Canada. Each has established a foothold in a media niche鈥攕ocial media for Meta, search (and video) for Google, and retail media for Amazon鈥攁nd built unrivaled leadership positions. The triopoly鈥檚 share of ad spend in Canada in 2025 will be 75.6%. This is compared with 62.5% in the US and 65.2% in the UK.

The attack also impacted UK grocers Morrisons and Sainsbury鈥檚. Some of Ahold Delhaize鈥檚 US ecommerce and pharmacy operations were forced offline due to a cybersecurity issue, resulting in empty shelves at some stores and dragging down delivery partner Instacart鈥檚 Q4 sales outlook.

Direct-to-consumer models, online marketplaces like Amazon, and traditional, wholesale retail offer opportunities. To compete, retailers should evaluate where they can best position their products, particularly in categories where Amazon is less dominant. Expanding into international markets.

Amazon will get a growth boost from its OTT video service. Amazon will benefit from a new kind of growth model in 2024, thanks to its ad-supported video-on-demand initiative with Prime Video. By the end of the year, Amazon will have transitioned most of its OTT viewers to an ad-supported subscription tier in the US, Canada, Germany, the UK, France, Mexico, and several other major markets.

And 61% of marketers in India had used genAI to create visual content鈥攆ar exceeding other countries in the survey, including the UK (48%), the US (44%), and Japan (27%)鈥攁ccording to a May 2024 survey by Adobe. Amazon Ads has made its AI-powered image generation tool available to advertisers in India in a beta test. The tool allows users to easily generate assets for ads and enhance A/B testing.

Sales in the EU and UK were up 63% and 38% YoY in May, respectively, per Consumer Edge data shared with CNBC鈥攁lthough that could soon change as lawmakers in both markets look to impose restrictions on low-value parcels. Shein recovers: While Temu beats a hasty US retreat, Shein is staying firmly put.

The British drama continued its momentum with another 42 million views in its second week, outperforming all other English-language shows on the platform. In the UK, "Adolescence" became the first streaming title to lead the country鈥檚 official weekly TV ratings, drawing 6.45 million viewers with its debut episode鈥攂eating long-running broadcast hits like 鈥淭he Apprentice.鈥�.

This rapid delivery infrastructure doesn鈥檛 exist for social apps in the US and the UK. Sweet streams: For livestream shopping to catch on in the US and the UK, brands and platforms need to pay attention to what motivates shoppers. Exclusive discounts would be a big draw in the UK, said Perkins, along with games, quizzes, and giveaways.

Amazon Prime Day 2023 will drive a surge of activity for Amazon, competing retailers, and brands looking to generate a sales boost before the back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons.

This is in contrast to retail ecommerce sales, where Canada鈥檚 lagging position against the US and UK is less pronounced and the gap has closed over the past decade. View the forecasts for click-and-collect penetration in Canada, the US, and the UK. Grocery is fueling greater click-and-collect adoption. Grocery likely accounts for the majority of click-and-collect sales.

Inflation in the UK is easing but remains near a 40-year high. That鈥檚 tamping down consumer spending across all categories鈥攚ith total retail sales set to grow by just 1.7% in 2023, versus a pre-pandemic growth rate of around 4%.

The top online categories mirror what鈥檚 happening in the US and UK. But there are a few differences. In the US, apparel and accessories is No. 1. In the UK, the textiles, clothing, and footwear category is well down the list at just 12.2% share of sales. Amazon鈥檚 dominance remains unchallenged. More than 40% of Canada鈥檚 retail ecommerce market will be captured by Amazon in 2023.

The beauty brand No7, owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance, is a household name in the UK. Boots鈥� home market has pursued widespread distribution in the US through Walmart, Target, Ulta Beauty, and Amazon, and expanded its brand marketing by partnering with American actress Elizabeth Banks since 2023 to launch new products and build awareness in the US.

Chinese electronics brand Anker raised prices on 127 Amazon-listed products, with an average increase of 18%, per Mashable. Sexual wellness brand Dame added a $5 鈥淭rump Tariff Surcharge鈥� to all products made in China, noting that the fee doesn鈥檛 even fully cover the added cost.