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"I am so excited about this, because in Canada, Walmarts are anchor stores at the mall, but in the US, they aren't," said our analyst Suzy Davidkhanian. "It'll be interesting to see if Walmart decides that the entire composition of the mall, including how we define traffic drivers and anchor stores, will change.". 1. Nike.

Already this year, Liberate Brands鈥攖he parent of Billabong, Quiksilver, and Volcom鈥攆iled for bankruptcy and announced plans to close its 120 US and Canadian stores. Crafting retailer Joann also filed for bankruptcy, although it aims to keep its roughly 800 stores open. Retailers are always experimenting with adjusting their store mix.

It even helped translate a primary research survey into Canadian French for respondents based in Quebec or French Canada, an example of AI helping us do things that were previously difficult or impossible to do. Takeaways for marketers. Start out by defining your unique requirement.

The ecommerce boom in Canada means many product categories now sell a significant percentage online. This includes grocery, which we forecast for the first time this year.

The US and Canada have very high rates of internet penetration and smartphone adoption, and gaming has been mainstream for a very long time. Thanks to this, 56.4% of the total population of North America will be digital gamers this year. The next closest region will be Western Europe at 44.4%. Almost half of all gamers will be in the US, China, and India.

And it made a deal to issue a new co-brand credit card program with Porter Airlines and the Bank of Montreal in Canada. The payment network also pushed crypto payments, remittances, and consumer bill payments during the quarter to boost network volume, Miebach said. The bigger picture: Mastercard鈥檚 volume could suffer if the Capital One-Discover merger goes through.

Even without the uncertain outlook for US electric vehicles, proposed tariffs on imports and materials from China, Canada, and Mexico could cause auto prices to rise significantly, complicating an already challenging environment for auto sales. We expect US automotive total media ad spend to hit $31.77 billion this year, up from $29.48 billion in 2024.