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Being responsive to customer feedback can be an easy way for brands to improve customer satisfaction, a a top priority for 40% of local brands (11-50 locations), 41% of regional brands (51-100 locations), and 44% of big brands (101+ locations) in Canada, the UK, and the US, according to a December 2023 survey from BrightLocal conducted by Sapio Research.

Canadian PFM fintech Hardbacon has closed its doors, and recently acquired US neobank PrizePool is turning off its consumer app. How we got here: This trend is ongoing, but reached an inflection point when Mint shut down its app, citing an inability to make enough money, per The Cut. Many factors are creating a challenging environment for these apps:.

Ocado Group has worked with several large grocery chains, including Kroger in the US and Sobeys in Canada. However, both of those companies slowed their warehouse expansions after their initial results failed to meet expectations. Transcend’s entrance into the market should increase the pressure on Ocado to deliver strong results.

In December, the company will add support for English dialects in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the UK. Apple committed to launching Apple Intelligence in Chinese, French, Japanese, and Spanish in 2025, but China and the EU will not get AI features, due to pending regulatory approvals.

Smartphone ownership is nearly universal in Canada, but time spent with mobile media in the country trails many other similar countries. Average daily time spent on mobile devices in Canada is 33 minutes lower than in the US, for instance. Western Europe doesn’t fit predictable patterns of media consumption.

The survey was conducted in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, the Nordics, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the UK, and the US.

So in Canada, RBC, the Royal Bank of Canada was a big presenting sponsor, Toyota was another, so big national advertisers. There's a lucrative aspect to being a presenting sponsor, so they're in front of everybody for a couple of weeks.

Canada will have 13.4 million podcast listeners in 2023, 6.8% more than last year. That total equates to just over a third of the population. Growth in Canada is slowing as well, given the maturation of the medium, but listenership will grow by an additional 2 million over the next four years. China will have the most podcast listeners in the world by 2025 and outstrip every region by 2027.

What happened: Earlier this year, a Canadian court ruled against Air Canada after its chatbot gave incorrect information about a funeral policy. The airline's defense that the chatbot was a separate legal entity was dismissed.

The US and Canada have very high rates of internet penetration and smartphone adoption, and gaming is objectively popular. Other regions seem less engaged with digital gaming by comparison, but it’s partly an illusion. Among internet users, the range between the most and least penetrated regions will be just 12.8 percentage points.

But I mean, the Canadian equivalent was that they had to have all the merchandise. I mean, this is before click and collect, but they had to have all the merchandise in the store. The storefront was just like, imagine a jewelry case, and that was it. You went and talked to someone, and you were like, "These are the three things I want."

Respondents were located in the Canada, France, Germany, the UK, and the US at companies with over $500 million in revenues.

These are the findings from a survey of 9,000 consumers in Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the UK, and the US, conducted in October 2023 by Opinium Research. By the numbers: In this survey, customers’ reasons for choosing their primary banks aligned with our previous findings.

So that is when the, and forgive me for the redundant title, it's not mine but it's the Associated Bill Posters Association of the US and Canada, but it is now the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. That was formed in 1891, believe it or not. Marcus Johnson:. Wow. Paul Verna:. Billboard advertising though, or outdoor advertising actually goes back to ancient times.

Brazil will also be home to the world’s third-most-penetrated cross-border buyer market this year, behind only Singapore and Canada, per our forecast. Listen Next. Around the World: Economic effects on retail and ecommerce. Around the World: The international forecasts of past (2023), present (now), and future (2024).