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In the UK, Fenwick has just launched ads for the first time in its 140-year history, which I thought was really interesting.

And then you got Amazon, very ad dependent service, very ad dependent company at this point. They flip the switch made ads the default for Prime video. Now 80% of Prime video users are ad supported. So streaming services all offer a hybrid at this point for the paid streaming services do except for Apple TV plus.

Anyone who's a science person or medical anything, this Cleveland Clinic, National Institute of Health, the British Heart Foundation, everyone. Paul Verna:. I've heard that stat before and all I can say is that's not how I want to get to the moon. I'll just take a space suit and a nice little rocket, but not stretching myself out that way. Marcus Johnson:. It's too many miles.

You think about the types of companies that would most logically stand into help with distribution and tech, and those are companies like Apple and Amazon. And Apple and Amazon, colossus as they are, are not going to say, "Oh sure, we'll come in for 15%." They're going to want the whole pie, and that's probably not something ESPN is too interested in.

This data is UK specific, but I'd imagine we're seeing something similar in the US. Consumers feel grocery stores are charging more money for less. The story uses the term, greedflation to describe grocery stores' continued profits amid a cost of living crisis in the UK. So Andrew, your review of this story in 60 seconds is? Andrew Lipsman:.

British newspaper The Guardian was reminding us of that. So it seems like the industry had called for a bit of slowdown. People are calling for a bit of slowdown. Any chance of that at all, or is it just full throttle at this point and that's really just PR speak for the companies and something that's going to be ignored for the masses? Jacob Bourne:.

Today's news story is a March 3rd Bloomberg story titled Amazon is Closing Its Cashier-Less Stores in NYC, San Francisco and Seattle. The move marks the latest round of post pandemic cost cutting for Amazon, which has struggled to break into physical retail according to Amazon. Suzy, your review of this story in 60 seconds is? Suzy Davidkhanian:.

Major retail partners like Amazon are also embracing the tech. And in-store penetration is on the rise thanks to physical and virtual card growth. New entrants could improve accessibility. Apple and Walmart will reportedly enter the space this year. BNPL Threatens Credit Cards.

On the flip side of this, though, England, Scotland, and Wales have their own football and rugby teams, but in the Olympics they compete as Great Britain, correct? Marcus Johnson (31:51):. Yes. Yeah, I don't know why. We share a team when we're doing the Olympics, but we can't stand each other the rest of the time, pretty much, which includes when we play soccer. [inaudible 00:32:04].

England [inaudible] Spain. Bring it on, Oscar. Oscar Orozco:. It's Spain versus England on Sunday at 6:00 in the morning here on the Eastern Coast. So please watch. Please support the game. Marcus Johnson:. Support England. Don't support the game. Oscar Orozco:. We'll see about that. We'll see about that. But because it's a dinner party, I mean, I want to throw a couple facts in there.

New York City recently announced a lawsuit against the social media giants, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, blaming their, quote, unquote, addictive and dangerous platforms for fueling a childhood mental health crisis that is disrupting learning and draining hospital resources, notes a recent article from British newspaper, The Guardian.

We're also joined by one of our principal analysts who covers everything UK. He is the host of the Around the World Show. We have him on the Behind the Numbers network, and he also guest hosted for me recently, so thank you for that, Bill. Based on the south coast of England, ladies and gentlemen, it's Bill Fisher. Bill Fisher:. Hey, Marcus. Marcus Johnson:. Hello, there. Bill Fisher:.

So, Amazon for example, in about two weeks, three weeks, is going to make me give them even more money every month because I don't want to look at ads while I watch their increasingly subpar streaming video content. Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf:. Woo, shots fired. Marcus Johnson:. Sorry, Amazon. I got you. Max Willens:. But my spinoff streaming content review podcast is coming in Q2 of 2024.

This is just an energy drink that basically they developed and released and it just became massively popular overnight and to the point where it's been banned in schools in Australia, people were spending 20 pounds for a six-pack of it in the UK.

Amazon 20%, Microsoft and Apple 5% a piece. So that's the landscape. But the Google and Amazon gap, it's about 30% difference now, 20 for Amazon, 50 for Google. But in two years, that gap goes from a 30% gap to a 20% gap. Google share is falling, Amazon's going up. Microsoft and Apple are also slightly increasing their share as well.

England actually has a chance because Argentina can't participate in this one. Oscar Orozco (24:52):. It could be. Paul Verna (24:53):. Copa America starts June 20th and carried on Fox Sports and I believe Univision in the us. Very. Marcus Johnson (25:02):. Nice, very nice. Get your England jerseys out folks. Don't bother. We're going to lose. Alright folks, very nice. Good game.

England actually has a chance because Argentina can't participate in this one. Oscar Orozco (24:52):. It could be. Paul Verna (24:53):. Copa America starts June 20th and carried on Fox Sports and I believe Univision in the us. Very. Marcus Johnson (25:02):. Nice, very nice. Get your England jerseys out folks. Don't bother. We're going to lose. Alright folks, very nice. Good game.

Number one, Amazon, which announced a spring sale Prime Day type event. That's something that we predicted on this podcast last year. So, pretty excited that that prediction came true. Amazon also has a new feature that uses AI to generate product listings from existing URLs. You just put a URL for a product in and it makes a listing on Amazon.

On today's episode, we discuss what to make of Apple's Vision Pro, the company's newly announced mixed reality (MR) goggles; how AI could improve shoppable TV; why retailers and customers aren't on the same page; how ads on the New York subway are changing; how Amazon plans to deliver packages to folks even faster; how long it actually takes to play a baseball game; and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analysts Blake Droesch and Paul Verna.

I have the Amazon Fire TV and it added it right to my Amazon cart. I didn't end up completing the purchase, but actually it is pretty seamless and that's why I think I'm so bullish on it. Marcus Johnson:. Nice, very nice. Stephanie, close this out. Stephanie Taglianetti:. Coming back to Apple, I think we'll see Siri on steroids in iPhone 16.