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The company is expanding to Brazil this month after launching in France, Germany, and Italy in late March. Our take: The move to restructure reflects ByteDance鈥檚 growing dissatisfaction with TikTok Shop鈥檚 US performance鈥攄iscontent that is not really warranted given how quickly it has made inroads with shoppers, particularly in areas like beauty and apparel.

Regulators in Italy, meanwhile, have launched a greenwashing investigation into Shein鈥檚 environmental claims. European retailers are also defending their turf. Ecommerce giants in Western Europe have begun shifting their strategies to compete with Shein, Temu, and AliExpress:.

The company didn鈥檛 clarify if this test鈥攚hich took place in Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain鈥攚ill now be conducted in other regions. Google鈥檚 Search and News products refer consumers to publisher websites more than 24 billion times per month around the world. What鈥檚 next?

The company also reported expanded adoption of Unified ID 2.0 across Japan, Italy, and the UK, and additional publisher integrations via OpenPath, including Warner Bros. Discovery and The Guardian. By the numbers:. Revenues: $616 million, up 25% YoY (vs. $575 million expected). Customer retention: Held above 95% for the 11th straight year.

While the increase in ad spend was heavily concentrated on the UK and France, the platforms also boosted spend in Germany, Spain, and Italy. Zooming out: The brands have been facing instability as the tariff war ramps up, with President Donald Trump imposing rates as high as 145% on Chinese imports and China retaliating with a 125% tariff on American goods.

The news: Amazon launched its first brick-and-mortar store in Italy, Amazon Parafarmacia & Beauty, offering beauty and personal care products from brands like Eucerin, La Roche-Posay, and CeraVe. The store is divided into two main areas:. The Main Gallery showcases beauty, personal care, and dermatologist-recommended products from trusted brands.

Searches for the Four Seasons Hotel In Italy where season two was filmed spiked 300% after the show launched, Hotels.com told CNN. And so far, searches are up 40% for the Thailand resort. Our take: Offering more exclusive and luxury-filled experiences can help Amex attract new young cardholders.

Max鈥檚 global expansion includes launches in the UK and Ireland (Q2 2026) and Germany and Italy (Q1 2026). Live sports and CNN content will remain free for standard and premium subscribers on Max, though they will be removed from the ad-supported tier on March 30.

The UK, France, Germany, and Italy are lagging on ecommerce growth. Online sales growth is accelerating in France and Germany, which saw tepid growth last year after an unprecedented dip in 2022. In contrast, online sales growth will decelerate in the UK, which saw a stronger bounce back last year, and in Italy.

The survey was conducted in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates (UAE), the UK, and the US, with approximately 1,000 respondents per country.

Amazon made some key developments in February: opening a brick-and-mortar beauty store in Italy and testing links to products not available on its platform in a play for ad dollars. 鈥淸Amazon is in some cases] making it clear they want that ad revenue more than they want to sell that product,鈥� said our analyst Arielle Feger.

Italian and Irish authorities started an inquiry into its data storage practices, and Italy removed it from its local App Store and Play Store. In addition, OpenAI and Microsoft said that DeepSeek used OpenAI鈥檚 models and APIs for training, which violates OpenAI鈥檚 terms of service. International risks: DeepSeek鈥檚 security concerns will challenge its adoption.

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