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The Verge also reported that some Sony Bravia OLED TVs now cost about $500 more in the US than in Canada after currency adjustment. Chinese electronics brand Anker raised prices on 127 Amazon-listed products, with an average increase of 18%, per Mashable.

Launched in Q2 2009 as Mercado Libre Publicidad, then rebranded to Mercado Ads in September 2020, the regional ecommerce giant managed to gain a significant edge over Amazon in Latin America through years of multibillion-dollar investments into fortifying its retail flywheel. (That flywheel comprises ecommerce, logistics, financial services, media, and advertising.).

The retailer鈥檚 emphasis on chasing trends allows it to both stay relevant with shoppers and minimize excess inventory. Just 5% to 6% of Abercrombie鈥檚 US inventory comes from China, with negligible imports from Mexico and none from Canada, limiting the direct impact of tariffs.

In Canada, it's nine in 10 people in the population,鈥� our analyst Bill Fisher said on an episode of 鈥淏ehind the Numbers.鈥� 鈥淭his is a really, really valuable piece of advertising real estate.鈥�.

Toys are a discretionary purchase that shoppers can easily put off. That helps explain why Hasbro expects toy industry sales to be 鈥渞elatively flat.鈥�. Looking ahead: While Hasbro鈥檚 Q4 results beat analysts鈥� expectations, its revenues still fell 15% YoY.

As a result, more than a third (34%) of ecommerce retailers in the UK, US, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain plan to increase their delivery charges in 2024, per a November 2023 study by ShipEngine and Retail Economics. But consumers don鈥檛 want to pay extra for delivery.

Dig deeper: To learn more about how tariffs will roil the retail landscape, read our Retail & Ecommerce Briefing鈥檚 analysts鈥� take.

Though the bank hasn鈥檛 disclosed concrete plans for its Canadian expansion, Santander has been operating in Canada via its car financing business (Carfinco) for over a decade, which could serve as a springboard for broader services. And the bank鈥檚 successful expansion in other North American countries may signal an up-and-coming challenger for Canada鈥檚 Big Six.