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Most companies with pocketbooks deep enough to purchase the browser, like Amazon or Apple, would create their own antitrust concerns, which could influence a judge鈥檚 decision to force a sale. Data syndication is a less flashy but just as significant cudgel.

The functionality will first be made available to viewers in the US and the UK. Once videos are published, any tagged piece of content will show up above the caption. Users who click that link will be taken to another page with details about the title as well as a list of other TikTok videos featuring the same IMDb tag.

Klarna is also seeking in-store partnerships to take advantage of robust BNPL demand in the UK: More than one-third of UK consumers used BNPL to make a purchase in 2022, up from just 12% in 2021. The UK government also reportedly backed down from its proposed BNPL regulations, clearing the growth runway. Why it matters: Leading BNPL firms have struggled to find profitability.

These big tech giants also being investigated, Google by the DOJ for anti-competitive practices like paying Apple to be the default search engine on its iPhones, and Amazon is also being taken to court by the FTC for anti-competitive behavior. Mr. Warzel continues by saying that, "We end up saying the Google search is less useful now, or that shopping on Amazon has gotten worse.

It will also find its way to new stores at Emory University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Virginia, now at over 30 campuses across the US, UK and Australia. Grace notes that earlier this year, Amazon pulled back on using the contactless technology, Just Walk Out, at its grocery stores because it struggled with high costs, privacy concerns and receipt inaccuracies.

Amazon is probably the Amazon of furniture. Zak Stambor:. Right, very true. Sara Lebow:. Amazon is probably the Amazon of most things. Okay, so we have e-commerce, we have big business, both in the UK and in the US. Zak, give us our next big challenger for IKEA. Zak Stambor:. Yeah, resale.

The US triopoly of Google, Meta, and Amazon will take in nearly 58% of worldwide digital ad spending in 2024, which is less than their peak in 2021 but more than in 2023. If China鈥檚 ByteDance and Alibaba are included, over 70% of worldwide digital ad revenues will be accounted for this year. Mercado Libre, TikTok, Reddit, and Amazon will lead in growth.

While marketplaces like Amazon or Mercado Libre remain the most popular search channels for shoppers worldwide, their share is decreasing, per Wunderman Thompson. Meanwhile, the number of people worldwide who browse in-store is rising. In the US, Amazon is also losing search share as consumers increasingly turn to social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, per Jungle Scout.

Click and collect is especially big in the UK, where 62.2% of the population will use the tech by year鈥檚 end, according to our forecast. (It will be 52.7% in the US.) Expect consumers and retailers to embrace click and collect as a form of hybrid shopping even more this year.

Corina, how does this parallel with trends in the UK? Carina Perkins:. Well, similar really. We've seen a bit of a different trend in terms of growth in the UK. We saw toy sales actually dip last year.

Amazon launched Rufus, an AI-powered shopping assistant that can answer product questions, provide comparisons, and make recommendations. Zalando launched a fashion assistant powered by ChatGPT that can help customers find products via a conversational interface. Technology firms are also launching genAI tools for retailers.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss why shopping on Amazon is changing, the proposal of ad-free TikTok and Instagram subscriptions, how much Amazon's AI chatbot shopping assistant can move the needle for customers, whether Toys-R-Us can make a successful comeback, the share of women in leadership roles and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analysts Blake Droesch and Paul Verna.

Respondents were from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, and US.

Outage tracking website Downdetector recorded over 600 reports from the UK and more than 400 from the US early on, with disruptions also affecting users in South Africa and India. Microsoft 365鈥檚 website was also affected. Microsoft鈥檚 Service health website indicated there were no more issues at 2:20pm EST. Related outages?

The recent US-UK trade agreement maintains a 10% tariff and points to a new tariff baseline for many global trade relationships. This shift will squeeze corporate margins and could force brands to rethink global sourcing. In light of the dynamic trade environment, we鈥檝e developed three retail and advertising forecast scenarios for 2025:.

Why it matters: A take-private deal with Sycamore could include a sell off of some pieces of Walgreens鈥� business, such as Boots, the company's UK pharmacy chain that has been in talks to be sold multiple times over the past few years.

After facing limitations on its platform鈥檚 ability to support multiple currencies and languages, Chilly鈥檚, the UK-based water bottle brand, moved to a composable tech stack to support global expansion. After the transition, Chilly鈥檚 grew to reach 36 markets, with an 18% YoY increase in overall conversions (24% for mobile conversions) and a 41% YoY reduction in its cart abandonment rate.

Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and other tech giants are pouring billions into AI startups like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Inflection AI and are rapidly building new data centers. Data center surge: Tech companies鈥� accelerating generative AI (genAI) initiatives are driving an explosion of new data centers to match service and cloud-computing needs.

TikTok has already rolled out full-fledged marketplaces inside its main app in the UK and Saudi Arabia that offer that type of 鈥渇ull-custody鈥� model, and it aims to launch a similar service in North America in the next few months.

Many consumers in Latin America now start on retailers鈥� digital properties to research products, find inspiration, and search for deals鈥攁 shift also seen in countries like the US, the UK, and France. Mainstream search engines鈥� dominance is no more.

According to an October 2024 Pipeline360 and Demand Metric survey, 38% of B2B marketers in the UK and the US rely on SEO and search engine marketing (SEM) for lead generation, ahead of webinars, content syndication, and events. SEO budgets should reflect that up to 90% of search activity still occurs on traditional platforms like Google and Bing.

Another US survey, conducted on behalf of VTEX, finds even more striking results, with 45% of respondents participating in a livestream shopping event hosted on marketplaces like Poshmark or Amazon, and 61% shopping on social platforms such as TikTok Shop or YouTube Shopping.

The US retail giant has opened up its third-party marketplace and invited sellers from China, Canada, Japan, the UK, and other countries to join. It now offers around 400 million SKUs from marketplace sellers鈥攗p from about 75 million pre-pandemic.

Difficulties integrating media networks and tech stacks create issues for the majority of commerce media decision-makers across the US and the UK, according to an August 2023 study from Forrester and Pubmatic. But as DSPs and SSPs stake their claim on a share of retail media spend, partnerships with RMNs could result in more streamlined ad buying.