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Trump鈥檚 first days in office exacerbate uncertainty over tariff plans: While Mexico and Canada are firmly in the administration鈥檚 sights, other tariffs are up in the air.

Not its first rodeo: Best Buy aims to learn from its experience operating an online marketplace in the US from 2011 to 2016, as well as its marketplace in Canada. The retailer鈥檚 previous marketplace only drove about 1% of domestic revenues and led to confusion among consumers who bought items from third-party sellers then tried to return that merchandise to the retailer鈥檚 stores.

Wayfair plans to reinvest savings from the restructuring across several key initiatives, including investing in its remaining international markets鈥�Canada, the UK, and Ireland鈥攁nd doubling down on physical retail. Since the retailer opened its first physical store last year outside Chicago, online sales to customers who live near the store have increased.

Tariff threats are also creating ripple effects around the world: They contributed to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau鈥檚 resignation and increased the likelihood that Chinese policymakers will allow the yuan to weaken. Our take: The impacts of Trump鈥檚 tariffs are already being felt鈥攅ven before their shape and structure are known.

Amazon can stake a claim as one of Canada鈥檚 top mass merchants, even without having physical stores. It has reached this milestone after more than three years of accelerated retail ecommerce in the country.

It鈥檚 unclear if this pivot will affect the additional tariffs that Trump threatened to impose on Mexico, Canada, and China to compel stronger responses to migration and drug trafficking.

Retail media鈥檚 positive hype is real. We expect it will disrupt the digital advertising landscape worldwide. In Canada, a handful of players鈥攍ed by Amazon, Walmart, and Loblaw鈥攈ave turned it into the fastest-growing ad segment in the country, and at scale.

On today's episode, we discuss the implications of the Federal Trade Commission thinking Amazon tricked customers into signing up for automatically renewing Prime subscriptions, whether it makes sense for companies to force livestream shopping on Americans, if speciality stores really work, the impact of Facebook and Instagram restricting news access in Canada, whether reduced inflation can save the day, what a real work-life balance looks like, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian, vice president of Briefings Stephanie Taglianetti, and analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf.

That trend hasn鈥檛 gone unnoticed as Kroger, Amazon, Target, and Albertsons have expanded their private label offerings to appeal to value-focused shoppers. Still, the shift isn鈥檛 evenly distributed across categories.

Amazon will capture more than half (51.1%) of all retail ecommerce sales in Germany this year, according to our forecast. Canada will have the second-highest share of Amazon ecommerce sales among the countries we track, at 41.5%, followed by the US, UK, Japan, and Mexico.

Trump risks trade war with planned 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada: Besides triggering retaliatory policies, the move would also lead to higher grocery, energy, and auto prices.

Our first-ever worldwide forecast for retail media ad spending shows enduring momentum and lots of good news for Amazon and other ecommerce platforms around the world.

Retailers face more potential supply-chain shocks as Canadian dockworkers go on strike: That鈥檚 in addition to the still unresolved tensions between the International Longshoremen鈥檚 Association and East and Gulf Coast ports.

Ads managers are the main driver of programmatic direct ad spending, which has become the primary method of programmatic advertising in Canada in social media and connected TV.

Consumers鈥� adoption of AI banking chatbots varies by country. Though the US and UK promote their tech-friendly banking environments, the geographically concentrated, Big-Six-focused Canadian market has taken the lead in embracing this much-hyped tech.

Retail media will make huge gains this year in Canada. Our first-ever forecast for retail media ad spending in Canada and our joint survey of ad buyers (conducted with IAB Canada) highlight the latest developments.

The ecommerce boom in Canada means many product categories now sell a significant percentage online. This includes grocery, which we forecast for the first time this year.