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Amazon isn’t the end all, be all. The Gen Z behavior: Nearly half (47%) of Gen Z shoppers say they’re actively trying to shop less on Amazon, per Mintel data. In addition, 60% of Gen Z shoppers agree that Amazon is too powerful and 39% are tired of hearing about it.

Amazon is producing a host of Canadian original titles. In an April 2022 event, the company announced the release of 10 Canadian shows across a range of genres. Most of the shows were set to premiere in 2022. Crave, the domestic OTT service from Bell Media, will have an audience of 6.8 million this year.

According to a January survey from Coveo, 37% of adults in the US and the UK, they research products on a retailer's website, then go buy them in store. But 36% do the exact opposite. They consider items in store and then go buy them online.

And back with us from the UK is Senior Analyst Carina Perkins. Hey Carina. Carina Perkins (01:00):. Hi, Sara. Good to be on as always. Sara Lebow (01:02):. Good to have you. Okay, let's get into AI. Back in December, US digital retailers said generative AI would affect their business this year more than any other trend. That's according to data from Bolt Inc.

And then finally, if you live in Scotland and somebody knocks on the door and asks to use the bathroom, by law, you cannot deny them. This derives from old Scottish common law regarding hospitality. It's technically still enforceable, but I don't know about you, Carina, if you head up to Scotland any time soon, I'm not going to be trying that one. Carina Perkins:. Probably not. Bill Fisher:. No.

There's been a real slowdown in the main markets that we've talked about in the US and the UK. They are expanding into other markets, and they're having a lot of success there, but it's a different thing to go into a new market and say, "Here is a huge personal music library."

And it also depends on where in the world you are, because there's this other study that just came out, The Clinician of the Future from Elsevier, and it shows that Chinese doctors are really all set to use AI, whereas doctors in the UK and the U.S. are far less ready to trust it.

They've got Amazon way out in front here because most households in the US are Amazon Prime households, and so you just get this service. But far more people watch Netflix, and we've got Hulu and Disney plus pretty close to Amazon also. Zach Goldner:. In terms of Disney, just wait until ESPN has its standalone broadcasting channel that can go out to everyone in the US.

Thirty-eight percent of patients with chronic conditions in the US, UK, China, Germany, and Japan do not use their doctor as a default source for medical advice, per the Hall & Partners/Think Next survey. They’re more likely to seek information from social media and influencers. Doctors should consider building their social media presence.

Amazon has a really kind of funny commercial or ad with Randall Park where the pitches spend less on your kids. And it really focuses on how if you just buy everything on Amazon, you can save a lot of money. Walmart is doing something similar where it's saying it's letting parents shop for the 2023 school year at 2022 prices.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the ongoing antitrust trial between Google and the Department of Justice, why Google should be looking over its shoulder at Amazon, and what to make of YouTube's most recent performance. "In Other News," we talk about why Google Maps is becoming more like Search and the most important thing going on in affiliate marketing. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Max Willens.

US and UK inflation both fell a point, but the UK fell from closer to 9% to closer to 8%. The US fell from 4% to 3%, that's May to June. Most of the major economies are lower than the UK. Germany, 6.4%. India, about 5%. France, 4.5%. Japan, just over 3%. Carina, in the UK.

It’s the largest ecommerce company in the world, but it hasn’t learned to leverage the retail media ad opportunity as well as Amazon has. Alibaba fell behind Amazon in ad revenues in 2022 and is set to fall behind ByteDance by 2025. Google and Meta are the only $100 billion ad companies, and that will remain the case for a long time.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss whether Amazon's online sales business glass is half full (or half empty), if you should advertise on Amazon without selling there, and how much offering primary care to Prime members can move the needle. "In Other News," we talk about Bed Bath & Beyond's marketing, its comeback, and why Pinterest beat everyone's expectations. Tune in to the discussion with our director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman and analyst Zak Stambor.

In the UK, the eurozone, and Turkey, the ad spending outcomes for 2022 were not quite as bad as they appear, thanks to the weakness of the local currency against the dollar:. In the UK, 2022 total ad spending declined by 4.9% in US dollars, but in pounds sterling, spending increased by £3.33 billion.

Marcus Johnson (01:41):. 15% of British people said they could definitely or probably qualify for that event, 13% for archery, 10% for badminton. What's going on there? 6% think they would make the 100-meter sprint. That sounds like not many people. 6% of the population in England, or the UK, is four million people. So four million people were sat at home thinking, "I could run that fast.".

He says it's because he's, "In the UK," but we all know that's nonsense. I'm finished. Marcus Johnson:. Thank goodness. Ross. Ross Benes:.

So you'd mentioned Amazon, I believe they're launching ads as part of a significant trend for 2024, correct? Blake Droesch:.

I think it's about two thirds of retail media, of the retail media industry versus Amazon, it's this year about 12%. But in Mexico this year, so 2024 is the first year that Mercado Libre is going to overtake Amazon in Mexico.

So there's some pretty significant numbers, even if they aren't as high as Amazon or Google quite yet. Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf (05:45):. Yeah.