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Fifty-eight percent of US households are 鈥渆xtremely concerned鈥� about inflation: While grocery price growth has normalized, the rapid increases over the past few years continue to influence shopping behaviors.

After acknowledging recent missteps, Ulta is launching a curated third-party marketplace and improving personalization in its ecommerce experience. Wolff noted it's a smart retail media move, echoing strategies used by Best Buy and Amazon.

The exceptions are countries with a strong local competitor, like Mercado Libre in Mexico and Brazil. Domestic retailers in smaller markets, like Canada, have been slow to develop ecommerce channels, resulting in Amazon's dominance. Canada鈥檚 lag was acute in the past decade, especially versus the US.

Mobile wallets are the fastest-growing payment method for ecommerce and point-of-sale transactions worldwide, per March 2024 data from Worldpay. Mobile wallets make it easy for consumers to purchase items at events, where carrying physical cards may be inconvenient. They also reduce friction by removing the need to enter pins or sign a receipt.

NBC News now expands: The service is bringing 24/7 free streaming to Mexico, Brazil as digital news consumption soars across Latin America.

Last year, it launched in New Zealand and Brazil. And Revolut applied this year for e-money and remittance licenses in the United Arab Emirates. To support this global expansion, the fintech aims to increase headcount by 40% this year, totaling about 11,500 employees. Why is Revolut targeting India? The fintech wants to capitalize on India鈥檚 quickly growing digital payments market.

The top two reasons shoppers worldwide buy directly from brands are a better price (53%) and free delivery (49%), followed by fast and convenient delivery and free returns (both 36%), according to Wunderman Thompson.

Approximately 1,000 respondents were surveyed in each country: Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, the UK, and the US.

Omnicom, meanwhile, is proving it can generate meaningful growth from tools like Omni AI, particularly in performance-heavy areas like ecommerce and CRM. WPP鈥檚 clean room approach is technically sound, but it risks missing the moment if marketers continue to demand identity-based activation that moves beyond anonymized insights.

Because if you're on a Costco property, you're most likely a Costco shopper, but not the category shopper. Depends on if they're onsite or offsite. But then there are the ones that they're trying to win back, which are the lapsed customers. Then there are the ones that they know have left, recently left, or are in the process of leaving and all the signs are pointing towards that.

Brazil and Mexico were excluded from the pilot to avoid upsetting subscribers in its two biggest Latin American markets. The company quickly reversed course amid a public outcry from subscribers. In true Latin American fashion, users protested the changes on social media. The hashtag #ChauNetflix (鈥淏yeNetflix鈥� in English) trended on Twitter not long after.

Shein stumbles under UK regulators鈥� scrutiny: The ecommerce platform failed to relieve concerns about forced labor in its supply chain as it prepares for a more challenging operating environment.

So Ulta is launching a marketplace for select invited brands and they're also adding some more personalization to its e-commerce business. Ulta's new CEO has acknowledged that the company made several self-inflicted mistakes recently and they lost beauty share last year. She's hoping that these changes will help elevate the guest experience. Sara Lebow:.

Temu and Shein won over cost-conscious shoppers in 2024: But regulatory concerns over tax loopholes, product safety, and labor practices could weigh on growth in 2025.

Unsurprisingly, consumers in Canada (down 44 points) and Mexico (down 32 points) are particularly disgruntled鈥攂ut so too are those in South Korea (down 38 points), France (down 33 points), and Brazil (down 19 points).

And 80% of these users are considered active. 92 million are located in Brazil, and currently there aren鈥檛 any users outside of Latin America鈥攚hich raises questions about Nubank鈥檚 ability to expand beyond the region. And given the challenges of buying or becoming a bank in the US, it likely won鈥檛 enter that market soon.

The rise of shopping apps selling ultralow-cost goods from China is drawing more value-driven US consumers. But are their strategies sustainable over the long term?

The countries surveyed were Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, the UK, and the US.

In countries where adoption is highest (e.g., Brazil, India, China, and South Africa), trust is also highest. More than 90% of respondents said they were comfortable with some AI involvement in managerial decision-making at work, per KPMG. Workers are concerned about generative AI. There is a large gap between awareness of generative AI risks and mitigation.

TikTok aims to generate $20 billion in sales via TikTok Shop, and is expected to launch its own US ecommerce store soon. The platform is also leveraging new search features to become a hub for retail ecommerce. TikTok is also pushing new AI ad tools, and getting involved in a host of new media ventures. Here鈥檚 what the platform has been up to over the past month.

I think the UK is quite interesting because the UK's actually a very mature e-commerce market and in terms of penetration, e-commerce as a percentage of total retail sales, it's actually ahead of the US. But I think as Paul mentioned, it perhaps comes down to scale.

In Threads鈥� first week, 33.5% of app downloads came from India, followed by Brazil (22.5%) and the US (16.1%), according to data.ai.

Peter Newman:. ... to an e-commerce site. So that's where the measurement difficulty comes in. Marcus Johnson:. Yeah, absolutely. Max, what's your take here? Max Willens:. So I feel like e-commerce search was always destined to be more atomized. I mean, even though Amazon does sell something close to everything, people are specialized and our picky about the particular goods that they want.