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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.

TikTok Shop is currently invite-only for US companies, although the feature is available to merchants in the UK as well as seven countries in Southeast Asia. How we got here: TikTok鈥檚 US social commerce initiatives have proceeded in fits and starts, hampered by TikTok Shop鈥檚 poor UK performance.

Amazon, for example, has wielded its power to ramp up the pressure by implementing temporary bans or surcharges on Visa credit cards in certain markets like Australia, Singapore, and the UK. Fintech Disintermediation Is Intensifying Competition. Payment networks face new classes of competitors.

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.

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.

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.

In 2024, 蘑菇AV data partner GWI started offering data on respondents ages 65 and older in seven markets: the US, the UK, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Israel, and Japan. For ease of comparison, our report features data for respondents ages 16 to 64 in all countries. But we have included the data for respondents 65 and older for those seven countries here as a supplement.

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.

By contrast, US retail sales rose 1.3% MoM in October, thanks in part to Amazon, Walmart, and others pushing high-profile promotions as they attempted to pull holiday demand earlier than ever, per the US Commerce Department. On an annualized basis, retail sales jumped 8.3%, outpacing the rate of inflation.

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.

In the two years since our inaugural 鈥淧ower of 础尘补锄辞苍鈥� report, Amazon has remained a retail and tech powerhouse鈥攂ut it hasn鈥檛 been immune to economic uncertainty, shifting consumer behaviors, or increased competition. We examine how Amazon鈥檚 19 business divisions have changed and how these new developments might affect your industry.

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

The UK-based fintech established a presence in India in 2021 but didn鈥檛 get in-principle authorization from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to issue prepaid cards and digital wallets until this year. With the authorization, it will launch its app alongside domestic and multi-currency cards in 2025. The bigger picture: Revolut is rapidly growing its mix of products and services.

Ikea is opening a virtual universe on Roblox where select players (in the UK and Ireland) can get paid for working in the retailer鈥檚 virtual store.

Pinterest allows Amazon to sell inventory via Amazon Ads, further connecting social and retail media. Meta and Amazon are testing Amazon product sales inside Instagram and Facebook. The partnership between X (formerly known as Twitter) and Google demonstrates what happens to platforms struggling to attract sufficient advertisers. Some of these companies appear dominant in their respective markets.

Netflix phases out Basic plan amid ad-supported regrets: The company鈥檚 approach to lifting ad-tier subs puts it far behind Amazon.

Respondents were from United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Thailand.

That鈥檚 less than one-third of US users and one-sixth of UK users. The shift: The entry of global BNPL giants will triple payment value to C$9.05 billion ($6.95 billion) by 2025. Big names like Affirm and Afterpay have started pushing their presence in the market. Among converts are credit card holders, 17% of whom would consider using BNPL instead of their card for a large purchase, per a 2022 J.D.

Twenty-three percent of US and UK consumers said sustainability is a brand bonus when buying, according to an October 2022 survey from Coveo and Arlington Research. This was originally featured in the Retail Daily newsletter. For more retail insights, statistics, and trends, subscribe here.

US, UK, and EU authorities have several enforcement tools at their disposal, including:. Probes and investigations. Usually the first step in initiating other enforcement actions, inquiries alone can motivate businesses to bring internal policy in line with legal expectations.

At least 1,000 respondents were surveyed from each of the following countries: Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and the US. Data is also from the June 2022 Bond report titled "The Loyalty Report" in partnership with Visa. Approximately 17,000 US consumers were surveyed each year of the survey.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the significance of the Amazon-Anthropic deal and what's possible now that ChatGPT can talk to you and see things. "In Other News," we talk about whether Bard AI integrations can help Google catch up to the competition and why one company is producing 10,000 humanoid robots. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Jacob Bourne and Gadjo Sevilla.