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With so much first-party shopper data and ad experience, Prime Video has the potential to target specific and effective ads, maximizing return on ad spend for advertisers. Prime Video ads will start out in the US, the UK, Germany, and Canada in early 2024, then expand to France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Australia later in the year, according to a company statement.

Retail ecommerce has entered a new era of slow and steady growth in most countries. This status quo replaces the previous era of spectacular growth and jarring declines.

CVS won鈥檛 offer shots in Massachusetts, Nevada, and New Mexico, and will restrict them to prescriptions in 13 others. Walgreens is requiring prescriptions in 16 states, per NYT. On Friday, New Mexico issued an order to expand COVID-19 vaccinations despite Kennedy鈥檚 narrowed guidance, following CVS鈥� announcement that it could not offer the vaccines, per the Sante Fe New Mexican.

The service may incentivize more shoppers to pay with the BNPL provider, and it may also bring Klarna key data benefits

Less than 1% of its inventory is sourced from China, while roughly 5% comes from Mexico, making it less exposed to the first batch of tariffs President Donald Trump has threatened to impose. Our take: Levi鈥檚 is right to be cautious about the year ahead, given the enormous amount of uncertainty surrounding tariffs and their potential impact on consumer spending.

Computer and consumer electronics must mount a Prime Day comeback for Amazon to recharge its ecommerce growth. Amazon鈥檚 recent slowdown in ecommerce growth can be attributed largely to soft demand in one of its most critical categories鈥攃omputer and consumer electronics. Computer and consumer electronics is vital to the health of Amazon鈥檚 ecommerce business.

The combination of those two factors resulted in 18.9% of new car shoppers taking on a monthly payment north of $1,000 in Q4, an all-time high. Consumers feel squeezed: Those rising costs contribute to a challenging environment since a car is a necessary expense for many consumers.

The company plans to roll out marketplaces in Mexico, Germany, Spain, France, and Italy. The context: Shein has a dominant (40%) share of the US fast-fashion market thanks to its vast assortment of low-priced apparel that appeals to Gen Z and millennial shoppers, per Bloomberg. Despite its success, the company has significant challenges.

Streamlining operations: Chipotle estimates that the Trump administration鈥檚 tariffs on Mexico could add a 60 basis point increase to its cost of sales if they take effect. To offset rising costs, the company is streamlining operations with new kitchen technology, including:. A produce slicer to speed up prep time. More efficient planchas, rice cookers, and fryers to improve productivity.

Section 122 (Trade Act of 1974): Allows the president to impose up to 15% tariffs for six months on countries with significant trade imbalances, such as China, Vietnam, or Mexico. Congressional approval is required to extend the duties. This could serve as a quick replacement should the 10% near-universal duties be overturned.

Retaliatory tariffs from Canada, Mexico, and China, which are vital to manufacturing, could further inflate costs. Automakers warn tariffs could add $12,000 to new car prices, per Motor Finance, a setback for EVs whose high up-front cost is a leading barrier to adoption for 50% of consumers, per Capgemini. What鈥檚 at stake?

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

India and Mexico will see the fastest B2B digital ad spending growth by far. B2B digital ad spending is still nascent in many emerging markets, which leaves enormous headroom for growth. India and Mexico will see superlative growth rates over the next several years鈥攂ut from very small bases.

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.

Go further: Read our Chinese Ecommerce in the US report.

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.

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.

In Q3, retailers struggled with shopping trends upended by extreme summer weather along with a threat of incoming tariffs. Here鈥檚 how they addressed these challenges in their Q3 earnings calls and what it could mean for the industry heading into 2025.

Our Christmica gift shopping as we call it in my mix household. So as I was shelling out dollars upon dollars, it occurred to me or I decided to ask ChatGPT the question of who in the world or where in the world do they spend the most on Christmas gifts? I did ask for Christmas.

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.

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.

Search giant and AI leader Baidu is working on reimagining its services with genAI, from search and document creation to digital avatars for livestream shopping. Currently, Baidu鈥檚 AI chatbot Ernie generates 18% of the company鈥檚 search results. India鈥檚 genAI sector is also gaining momentum.

Roku is making gains outside the US, too; in Mexico, it was the top selling smart TV operating system for the second quarter in a row.

Why it matters: With numerous brands already running RCS campaigns globally, especially in Android-dominant markets like India, Brazil, and Mexico, the US should see a surge in RCS adoption following the iOS update. This shift will not only improve communication but offer marketers a powerful tool to enhance customer interactions and achieve better outcomes.

Google is also bringing its state-issued ID capabilities to Iowa, New Mexico, and Ohio. And it鈥檚 expanding its network of places that will accept the digital IDs. It鈥檚 also integrating more transit cards. In the US, users can add select prepaid commuter benefit cards to the wallet. This feature is also coming to Germany and Hong Kong.