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72% of adults in North America use their smartphone to research price comparisons while shopping in-store, making it the No. 1 type of research done on mobile devices in-store, per August 2023 1WorldSync data.

In addition, DoorDash鈥檚 self-serve Sponsored Listings have been expanded to Canada and Australia. 鈥淎ds on DoorDash continue to be a [helpful] way for consumers to discover new businesses and products that are relevant to them for every shopping occasion,鈥� said Pickett. This was originally featured in the Retail Daily newsletter. For more retail insights, statistics, and trends, subscribe here.

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.

Walmart expands in-store retail media opportunities: The big-box retailer is giving advertisers more opportunities to reach physical shoppers with digital screens, audio ads, and sampling.

For context, prescription Cialis was first approved in 2003 and is marketed by Eli Lilly鈥攊n 2014, Lilly signed a licensing agreement with Sanofi that permits the latter to pursue regulatory approval of an OTC version in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. What鈥檚 driving the about-face?

Canada has already shown it will take aim at foreign web giants. Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, passed into law in April 2023, requiring foreign streaming services like Netflix and Spotify to invest in Canadian content and adhere to quotas. Both companies have criticized strict quotas, arguing they already invest in Canadian artists and productions. Meta and Google have balked at the law.

They all cover retail and E-commerce. One of them is our vice president of content as well, in her spare time. As well as heading up our retail and E-Commerce desk, she's based in New York City where the green ones live. It's Suzy Davidkhanian. Suzy Davidkhanian:. Thanks for having me. Marcus Johnson:. Do you just refer to all of them as like the colors? Suzy Davidkhanian:. By the color, yeah.

It partnered with OpenAI on a ChatGPT plugin to offer users personalized shopping recommendations.

Some 94% of consumers across the US, UK, and Canada prefer contextual ads over identity-based ads based on browsing history, per GumGum survey data. Almost 80% are more likely to engage with ads that match the content they are viewing, per the survey.

Ecommerce Spending Drives Credit Card Fraud Losses. How we got here: Heavy credit card usage in two areas is attractive to fraudsters, driving these cards to comprise about two-thirds of annual fraud losses for over a decade:. Ecommerce. Digital credit card spending more than tripled from 2015 to 2022, while in-store rose just 47%.

The regulator has reported the website to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Competition Bureau Canada, and the Ontario Provincial Police, per The New York Times. Unlike the satirical website for the fake Flat Earth Credit Union, Ottawa CU doesn't appear to be geared toward entertainment. What鈥檚 going on?

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

igh delivery costs are the No. 1 aspect of online shopping that frustrates adults worldwide, according to H1 2024 data from DHL.

The first game, 鈥淭he Six,鈥� turns passive ad breaks into bite-sized trivia experiences, and is now available to advertisers in the US and Canada. GameBreaks appears in the first ad slot of commercial breaks and allows for brand customization, from theming to question content.

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.

For a deeper dive into the varied adoption rate of AI in banking chatbots in the US, Canada, and the UK, read our report on 鈥淎I in Banking Chatbots.鈥�.

However, tightening marketing budgets鈥攑articularly among tariff-impacted international ecommerce firms鈥攎ay slow growth. Brands are likely to reallocate spend within digital, favoring lower-funnel formats with clearer ROI over upper-funnel channels.

The news: Fiserv will acquire Canada-based earned wage access (EWA) provider Payfare, per a press release. The two companies previously competed for similar business: Payfare had been managing DoorDash鈥檚 debit card issuing platform for gig workers, but Fiserv won the DoorDash platform agreement in October.

Royal Bank of Canada has agreed to buy HSBC鈥檚 Canadian arm in a move to strengthen its domestic dominance.

Why it鈥檚 worth watching: While online payments have always been Stripe鈥檚 bread and butter, the firm has been expanding in-store to capture a broader merchant base and mitigate normalizing ecommerce growth: Worldwide ecommerce growth is expected to grow 8.9% year over year (YoY) in 2023, down from 26.7% in 2020, per our Worldwide Retail Ecommerce Sales forecast.

This increase is proposed for multiple markets, primarily starting with the US and Canada. Zoom out: Netflix isn鈥檛 alone in this approach; over the past year, the cost of major ad-free streaming platforms has surged by approximately 25% in an effort to improve the bottom line. Disney recently raised prices for Disney+ and Hulu.

By the end of 2024, Sephora will operate over 1,000 shop-in-shop locations at Kohl鈥檚 stores across the US. But if Sephora wants to launch a free-standing small-format store, a college campus would be a great place to start. 85% of Gen Z teens prefer to shop for beauty products in-store, according to Piper Sandler鈥檚 spring 2024 Taking Stock with Teens survey.

Airbnb鈥檚 partnership with Klarna will let users in the US and Canada pay for bookings in four interest-free installments over six weeks. For bookings over $500, guests in the US can apply to pay monthly. More markets will be added throughout the year. Why it could work: Airbnb is widening the payment options it offers to attract more users and increase spending on the platform.

Thanks to its growing retail media business, Walmart keeps its top spot on our 鈥淯nofficial Most interesting Retailers List鈥� for April 2024. Meanwhile, newcomer Home Depot and returning member TikTok Shop make the list for equipping advertisers with more data.