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Latin America social network shifts to aid Instagram, TikTok, and Snap: Video-centric platforms are winning young users.

Confidence hit a seven-month low in early February, as shoppers across the political spectrum brace for higher prices, per the University of Michigan. Year-ahead inflation expectations spiked from 3.3% in January to 4.3% in February鈥攖he highest level since November 2023.

Navigating US sanctions and a Chinese antitrust investigation could derail Nvidia鈥檚 supply chain, delay cutting-edge hardware, and challenge its dominance in a global market.

惭别虫颈肠辞鈥檚 ecommerce market is dominated by players like Mercado Libre, Amazon, Walmart, and Liverpool, offering TikTok Shop plenty of competition in a high-growth growth market. Sources. Associated Press. CNBC. The Economist. The Information. MediaPost. NPR. Politico. South China Morning Post. Wall Street Journal.

Our annual report on ecommerce in Canada highlights our most recent forecasts for all flavors of retail, including brick-and-mortar, digital buying, and mobile commerce.

Dig deeper: To learn more about how tariffs will roil the retail landscape, read our Retail & Ecommerce Briefing鈥檚 analysts鈥� take.

Most of the growth is tied to ever-rising retail ecommerce. Retail media鈥檚 valuable first-party data is now being used for ads targeted in-store and in nonendemic channels like CTV. Google, Meta, and Amazon still dominate the ad spending landscape. The triopoly鈥檚 share in Canada is among the highest in the world.

The payments provider maintained impressive POS growth given heightened competition in the space

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Stablecoin-based card issuer Rain also raised $24.5 million in a new funding round and announced a partnership with Visa, working with the network to build its issuance footprint in Europe and expand it in the US and Latin America. The bigger picture: Trump鈥檚 return to the White House has created a new buzz around crypto and stablecoins specifically.