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France’s government device ban applies to the recreational use of all entertainment apps, while Japan is mulling a ban on any social app that spreads disinformation. Experts in Australia say that TikTok should not be the only focus of government agency bans. Complicated or multiplatform bans may be more difficult to enforce, however. Billions of ad dollars are at stake.

Over the past few years, Walmart has opened its marketplace to international merchants from China, Canada, Japan, and the UK, according to our US Retail Ecommerce Marketplaces Forecast 2023 report. Now, the marketplace offers around 400 million SKUs from marketplace sellers, up from 75 million pre-pandemic, per our report.

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—up from about 75 million pre-pandemic.

Amazon will host its 10th Prime Day event sometime in July in 24 countries, including Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the US, and UK. While the retailer shared scant details on the sale, it noted that last year’s event was its biggest-ever Prime Day. Why it matters: Exclusive sales events enable retailers to provide a lucrative perk to their best customers that also boosts traffic and sales.

However, a large share (38%) of chronic condition patients are more likely to turn to online influencers and social media for medical information, per a joint survey by Hall & Partners and Think Next. 10,500 adults from China, Germany, Japan, the UK, and the US were surveyed online in 2022. Drilling down on patients: Age is a determining factor for most patient engagement on social media platforms.

By 2024, India will overtake Japan to become the third-largest retail market. Brick-and-mortar still rules India’s retail sector. Only 7.9% of total retail sales in 2023 will come from digital. But ecommerce is growing much faster than physical store sales and will account for 10.0% of the total by 2027. In addition, mcommerce will account for 86.0% of online sales in 2027.

Methodology: Data is from the January 2024 Marigold report titled "2024 Global Consumer Trends Index" in conjunction with Econsultancy. 10,394 adults ages 18+ in Australia, the Benelux region, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US were surveyed during September-November 2023.

Both surveys were conducted during March 8-24, 2023 in Australia, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, the UK, and the US. Twilio is a provider of communication and authentication technology for software apps.

More than 12,000 consumers were surveyed in 13 countries: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, South Korea, the UK, and the US. Responses from Nigeria were not included in the final results due to methodology. Factors affecting erosion of trust:. Economic fears, beginning with inflation, cost, and lack of affordability.

Respondents were from: UK, US, France, Spain, China, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, India, Poland, UAE, Netherlands, Germany, South Africa, and Thailand.

State-level bans in the US are gaining steam; bans remain on the table in Japan, the UK, Germany, and France. Focusing on Southeast Asia should soften the blow somewhat should more bans go into effect. That said, the US accounted for over half of TikTok’s 2022 ad revenues, so a US ban would still be catastrophic.

In Asia, Japan and Singapore—often considered digital leaders—also passed the threshold, but years after China and South Korea. And of all the countries in this group, it’s Indonesia whose ecommerce sales would surge fastest after 2020, surpassing 30% penetration by 2023. There will be a lull until 2025.

Japan, Verizon Media, Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, Criteo, Apple Search Ads, Pinterest, Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram. Except where noted, analysis is based on Skai advertisers with 15 consecutive months of performance data. Some additional outliers have been excluded. Ad spending and pricing have been translated to USD at the time the spending was incurred.

Let's compare a couple of markets, let's say Japan and Indonesia. So, we are looking at a couple of factors, like demographics. For example, in Japan, those in the population that are under 15, the ratio is 11.6%. Versus in Indonesia, that ratio is actually around a quarter, 25%. So, there's a huge difference there in terms of younger portion of the population.

As part of its new image, Coach has partnered with rapper Lil Nas X, actress Camila Mendes, and Japanese model Koki, as well as expanding its sustainability efforts with its Coachtopia line of recycled and restored products.

It’s looking at adding a second chip factory in Japan and its first plant in Europe. Liu said that Taiwan investments will create some 10,000 high-tech jobs and 23,500 construction positions, and that semiconductors will only become more critical in the tech supply chain over the next 10 years.

But Chrisa last thing for you, since you said you went to Japan. Yeah. Did you ever see the lettuce vending machines in Japan? Carissa Flinders (04:40):. I did not, but they do have a lot of beer and alcohol vending machines on the street, which I did take advantage of. Dangerous, dangerous. But yeah, that was a little bit dangerous.