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LVMH beat analysts’ middling expectations in Q4: But the company’s 1% growth suggests the luxury sector may take some time to bounce back.

Ooh, maybe France. Marcus Johnson (02:12):. Bang. Yes. France has the highest number of three star Michelin restaurants. At least three star ones, 30 of those. Followed by Japan with 20, Spain with 15 notes Kayla Zoo of Visual Capitalist, but the city with the most Michelin star restaurants, one, two, or three is Tokyo with nearly 200. Daniel Konstantinovic (02:33):.

Roughly 2 in 5 (38%) of consumers across nine countries—including the US, France, and Australia—have either already used genAI in the course of their shopping journeys or plan to use it to shop Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and other sales, per Boston Consulting Group’s 2024 Black Friday Survey.

It initially included France but that ended after immediate pushback from regulators. Google said it’s conducting the experiment because regulators and publishers have asked for more information on how Search affects users’ interactions with news content.

Australia, France, New Zealand, the UK, Taiwan, and the EU have banned TikTok on government devices. India, once its largest audience, banned the app in 2020 after a dispute with China. Canada’s move to shut down TikTok’s offices pertains to its owner ByteDance’s connection to Beijing and concerns over data security. However, that shutdown makes it tougher for the government to address its concerns.

Why it’s worth watching: The DSIT believes the UK can be a market leader in the AI assurance technology sector and can exceed competitors such as the US, France, and Germany, according to a new government-sponsored report on the AI market. AI assurance generates about £1 billion ($1.24 billion) for the UK economy and employs about 12,572 people.

Its global same-store sales fell 1.5%, a much bigger decline than the 0.6% that analysts surveyed by StreetAccount expected, due to struggles in international markets such as the Middle East, France, and the UK. That was the second-straight quarter the company’s global same-store sales have fallen.

The survey was conducted in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the UK, and the US.

It's only a couple of geographies including the US and I believe, France where you're starting to see just a minor uptick in adoption from, I believe it was like 32% to 33% in the US and a similar climb in France. And then secondly, it's the weird time periods that could be factoring for this. So Salesforce fielded this in January of 2023, January of 2024, March, and then August also in 2024.

At which time, retail media will account for almost a quarter of its digital ad market—a figure far greater than those from more digitally advanced economies like the UK and France—and only 3.6 percentage points behind the US’ 28.5% share. Retail media is gunning for a larger share of TV advertising budgets in Brazil and Mexico.

. … And an oink oink there: Scientists from universities in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland are using AI to decode pig sounds. Farmers watch their pigs’ behavior to get an idea of their moods, but AI can help them decipher the animals’ actions, according to researcher Elodie Mandel-Briefer.

France (Contentsquare, Botify, Mirakl) and the UK (Shell, Thought Machine, Lead Forensics) also have a strong presence in the global B2B digital ad ecosystem, with shares of both countries hovering around 6.3% to 7.3%. Notably, Spain’s share remains lower, fluctuating between 2.3% and 2.7% of total digital ad spending from 2020 through 2026.