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Respondents were located in Australia, the UK, and the US, and currently work in-house for companies with at least 100 employees.

Germany and the UK, meanwhile, will both continue to see sustained growth. The UK is adding users fastest, but Germany is keeping pace. The pattern of hypergrowth was universal across the main Western European markets through the pandemic years. From this year onward, each of France, Italy, and Spain will begin to add users at a rate below that of the UK and Germany.

However, the way shoppers interact with stores has shifted over the past few years, forcing retailers to experiment with new formats. Listen to the full episode to hear 蘑菇AV analysts Carina Perkins and Zak Stambor explore the reasons that retailers are launching new store formats, what those layouts look like in the US vs. the UK, which formats are working, and which aren鈥檛.

In the UK, alternative and homeopathic therapies have grown 14.7% in value since the pandemic. Sales growth in CPG products with energy claims is up 16% from a year ago in the US, reaching $16 billion. What it means for brands and marketers: They have consumers鈥� interest and attention.

The integration will affect multiple regions, including the US, UK, Germany, and Austria, where Freevee content will migrate to Prime Video's "Watch for Free" section. According to Amazon's official statement, this restructuring aims to enhance user experience by offering a unified streaming destination.

Why it鈥檚 worth watching: While online payments have always been Stripe鈥檚 bread and butter, the firm has been expanding in-store to capture a broader merchant base and mitigate normalizing ecommerce growth: Worldwide ecommerce growth is expected to grow 8.9% year over year (YoY) in 2023, down from 26.7% in 2020, per our Worldwide Retail Ecommerce Sales forecast.

Computer and consumer electronics must mount a Prime Day comeback for Amazon to recharge its ecommerce growth. Amazon鈥檚 recent slowdown in ecommerce growth can be attributed largely to soft demand in one of its most critical categories鈥攃omputer and consumer electronics. Computer and consumer electronics is vital to the health of Amazon鈥檚 ecommerce business.

ByteDance is dead set on building up TikTok Shop in the US: Its aggressive moves to build a robust shopping service could lead to a $500 million loss this year.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss how Walmart plans to use AI to enhance the customer shopping experience, Instacart pushing smart carts into in-store retail media, why consumers are dissatisfied with their in-store shopping experience, how best to reduce clothing returns, the rise鈥攁nd potential fall鈥攐f the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analysts Blake Droesch and Carina Perkins.

Deciding how to target customers when they engage in an array of digital channels both online and in-store is the essence of an omnichannel strategy. It鈥檚 no easy task, but, luckily, omnichannel connections, in-store retail media opportunities, and experiential and experimental tools can help advertisers build a more robust customer profile and target shoppers where they are.

You can hang out tomorrow with host Sarah Libo on the Reimagining Retail Show as she speaks with analysts Carina Perkins and Blake Droesch, all about the differences between UK and US grocery.

But retailers should be careful about ad overload, considering a majority of consumers can have negative reactions to ads. 70% of UK adults think digital ads are annoying and unpleasant, per an October 2023 study from Picnic and YouGov. And 66% said annoying or intrusive ads led to them trusting the brand less. Increase the engagement.

The service may incentivize more shoppers to pay with the BNPL provider, and it may also bring Klarna key data benefits

In September 2023, Alibaba-owned retail site Taobao launched AI shopping assistant Wenwen to improve customers鈥� shopping experience. It also rolled out other AI tools to help merchants generate images and text, analyze market data, and enhance customer service.

The big takeaway: As TikTok prepares a large-scale ecommerce push in North America, it is competing with Temu, Shein, as well as Amazon. That鈥檚 forcing it to look for ways to stand out in an environment where Temu also offers a full-custody model and Shein is waiving commissions on a selective basis. However, in the push to grow its merchant base, it may be entering a race to the bottom.

Gen Z will let bots do their shopping. AI shopping agents will gain traction among younger demographics through initial deployment in ecommerce platforms, digital assistants, and browser extensions. AI agents will exacerbate genAI鈥檚 risks.

In September, Amazon announced that Prime Video will have ads by default beginning in early 2024 in the US, UK, Germany, and Canada. The move could shake up the market. We don鈥檛 forecast Amazon鈥檚 CTV ad revenues. But Amazon estimated that ads on Prime Video will reach more than 115 million US viewers per month, according to a pitch deck obtained by Insider.

While US regulators work to find their crypto footing, regulators in the EU, Singapore, and the UK are opening doors to crypto innovation by providing the clarity payment participants need to invest and innovate. The lack of clarity in the US impedes crypto payment adoption there鈥攁nd risks it being left behind. Incumbents could dominate crypto payments鈥� future.

What retail and ecommerce categories are most exposed to current and proposed tariffs? Most retail sectors will be affected by increased tariffs, but some are more exposed than others, including the following:. Apparel and fashion. In 2024, the EU exported over 鈧�5.0 billion ($5.41 billion) worth of apparel and accessories to the US.

Next year, ecommerce will make up 75% of total US resale volume and reach $90 billion, according to our forecast. US resale is also growing faster than overall retail sales, and retailers want in on the market. Whether you鈥檙e launching a resale program or examining the opportunity, here are five charts to help.

And we have been on a podcast before as co-guests, and finally another senior analyst, but covering retail and e-commerce for the UK and Western Europe, just to mix things up, it's Carina Perkins. Hey, Carina. Carina Perkins (01:54):. Hi, Bill. How you doing? Bill Fisher (01:55):. I'm good, and we've definitely been on a podcast together, many podcasts. Carina Perkins (01:55):. Many of podcasts.

Difficulties integrating media networks and tech stacks create issues for the majority of commerce media decision-makers across the US and the UK, according to an August 2023 study from Forrester and Pubmatic. But as DSPs and SSPs stake their claim on a share of retail media spend, partnerships with RMNs could result in more streamlined ad buying.