Audio
| Aug 14, 2024
We start with our vice president of content who heads up our retail and E-commerce team based out of New York City. Ladies and gentlemen, of course, Suzy Davidkhanian. Suzy Davidkhanian:. Hi. You forgot to mention proud Canadian. Marcus Johnson:. That wasn't by accident. We're also joined by one of our senior analysts who is on that retail and E-commerce team based in the UK on the South Coast.
Audio
| Nov 9, 2023
The ad went viral because it ran when the skies were choked with smoke from the fires in Canada. OOH formats are in a new normal. Although down from its peak, billboards’ share of total OOH in Q1 2023 was still nearly 9 percentage points greater than it was in Q1 2020.
Report
| Aug 3, 2023
It also built out payments products for shoppers, expanding its partnership with Affirm to offer BNPL in Canada and adding more cashierless checkouts to stores. And it rolled out palm-scanning payment tech at more Whole Foods stores. Amazon also announced a raft of payment promotions during Cyber Weekend to encourage spending on its platform. Amazon is expanding its payment offering on all fronts.
Article
| Dec 28, 2022
That’s lower than its share in other countries such as Canada (41.3%), Germany (43.2%), and the US (38.8%)—reflecting the UK’s relatively competitive ecommerce market. But it’s the biggest share of any UK retailer by a significant margin. It will continue gaining share in 2023 and 2024, although those gains will be incremental. Amazon Prime membership is still growing.
Report
| Dec 21, 2023
In the realm of traditional UK retail payment methods, debit cards dominate. The opportunity: Debit cards captured £400.68 billion ($493.73 billion) of retail payment value in 2021. This represents two-thirds of every pound spent at retail—and triple the amount generated by credit cards and eight times that of cash. The shift: Cash’s loss is debit’s gain.
Report
| Feb 17, 2023
Audio
| Apr 19, 2024
Airbnb’s partnership with Klarna will let users in the US and Canada pay for bookings in four interest-free installments over six weeks. For bookings over $500, guests in the US can apply to pay monthly. More markets will be added throughout the year. Why it could work: Airbnb is widening the payment options it offers to attract more users and increase spending on the platform.
Article
| May 22, 2023
She explains that in one instance, British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton and American John Hopfield were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for their work on AI in the 70s and 80s. That showed us a new way to use computers through artificial neural networks. Ms.
Audio
| Oct 17, 2024
For more retail insights, statistics, and trends, subscribe here.
Article
| Feb 26, 2024
I will also say, Jasmine, to your point about social network usage and linear TV viewership, that next year is also the year that retail media ad spending will drastically surpass linear TV ad spending. And then those numbers are just going to keep diverging in favor of retail media. Suzy Davidkhanian (18:22):.
Audio
| Dec 17, 2024
You mentioned state to state and you talked about Canada as well. Paul, tell us about what's gone on in Canada since GDPR came into being? Paul Briggs:. Sure, yeah. Soon after GDPR became a topic on organization's minds five years ago, privacy reform in Canada has been shot to the top of the legislative agenda. Sad to say that that privacy reform has not been enacted as of this year, 2023.
Audio
| May 19, 2023
Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Canada complete the top 10. So you probably would've noticed that nine out of 10 of those countries are Northern European countries. As of 2022, coffee was the second most imported commodity in the world beat only by oil, and it's the second most popular beverage on the planet behind only water. Is water popular? Feel like it's essential. Jasmine Enberg:.
Audio
| Apr 12, 2023
So in Canada, RBC, the Royal Bank of Canada was a big presenting sponsor, Toyota was another, so big national advertisers. There's a lucrative aspect to being a presenting sponsor, so they're in front of everybody for a couple of weeks.
Audio
| Aug 26, 2024
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how Costco is getting on and the vision for the wholesale retailer in a crowded marketplace. Then, for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the two things Costco can take to the next level and two things it could do to get the naysayers to come back. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analyst Zak Stambor.
Audio
| Oct 18, 2023
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss what's fueling the non-endemic retail media fire, how to do non-endemic advertising the wrong way, and how success is measured. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analyst Sarah Marzano.
Audio
| May 15, 2024
Other car markets approaching the threshold include Canada, Australia, and Spain. If the US continues its aggressive shift to EVs, approximately a quarter of new car sales could be EVs by 2025, beating forecasts by two years. In context, EV sales in the EU and the UK are surging and on track to overtake gas and diesel vehicles by 2025.
Article
| Jan 3, 2023
This was originally featured in the Retail Daily newsletter. For more retail insights, statistics, and trends, subscribe here.
Article
| Feb 17, 2023
At $22.25 billion, digital advertising is advancing unabated in Latin America this year. Double-digit gains in video and retail media ad spending, as well as improving economic conditions in Brazil and Mexico, will help take the regional market to new heights. Here are the latest trends you need to know.
Report
| Jul 23, 2024
Despite having 32.6 million fewer paying members than regions like the US and Canada in 2022, average revenues per Netflix membership (ARM) grew fastest in Latin America, at 9.7% YoY, according to the company. Though, it’s important to note that Latin America’s ARM in 2022 was roughly half that of the US and Canada, at $8.48. Pay TV will give way to streaming as cord-cutting accelerates.
Report
| Mar 30, 2023
In today’s episode, host Bill Fisher is joined by researcher Man-Chung Cheung and analysts Sarah Marzano and Carina Perkins to discuss the in-store retail experience. What’s next for Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, what lessons can be learned from Asia-Pacific, and how is Tesco helping marketers get in on the in-store act?
Audio
| Apr 29, 2024
Audio
| Jun 26, 2024
Gen Zers’ habits diverge from other generations’ in the early stages of the customer journey. Our inaugural survey of banking consumers in Canada spotlights the differences to help banks drive conversions.
Report
| Jan 25, 2024
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how younger Gen Z consumers are most likely to discover grocery products, whether this new wave of celebrity-backed brands is different from previous ones, and what social media's role in all of this is. Then, for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the four elements a celebrity- or creator-led consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand needs to succeed. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Blake Droesch and Carina Perkins.
Audio
| Sep 20, 2023
And we're going to start in Canada, Paul, where it's against the law to play too many non-Canadian artists on the radio. Did you know that one? Paul Briggs:. Right. It's part of the CanCon rules, which is Canadian Content, which is really a policy that goes back decades to really protect local artists so that they get their fair share of airtime, if you will, on the radio and on television.
Audio
| Mar 28, 2024