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Trump is reportedly scaling back tariff plans: While he may not implement a 20% tariff on everything imported into the US, the still-vague plans are already having ripple effects.

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That penetration rate trails only Latin America and Western Europe globally. Consistency of adoption was evident across gender, income, living location, and age, which showed penetration rates above 90% for every cohort. Music/audio penetration was 78.1% in H1 2023. That trails only Latin America and North America.

And then basically too, I mean when you think about Latino as well, that can also, in some instances it's referring to people from Latin America, sometimes include Brazil, where we have that Portuguese aspect as well. But from Latin America, while Hispanic is just more in that Spanish-speaking sense. So these lines get very blurred. Paola Flores-Marquez:.

And 80% of these users are considered active. 92 million are located in Brazil, and currently there aren鈥檛 any users outside of Latin America鈥攚hich raises questions about Nubank鈥檚 ability to expand beyond the region. And given the challenges of buying or becoming a bank in the US, it likely won鈥檛 enter that market soon.

In 2023, it will have more than five times the number of users as second-ranked Latin America鈥攁nd more users than all other regions combined. The top five countries for social media penetration among internet users will be in Asia鈥攖he Philippines, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Conversely, low-internet-penetration countries (including in Latin America and large parts of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Africa) will have online samples that contain proportionally higher levels of young, urban, and educated individuals, reflecting the nature of internet usage in those countries.

Latin America will be the top region for ecommerce growth, but not overall. It will keep up its 2023 momentum, but stronger physical sales in Central and Eastern Europe mean that region will lead the world in total retail sales growth.

Marketers in countries that benefit from maintaining a good relationship with China, including those in Latin America and Southeast Asia, should be less concerned about a potential ban. Data privacy attitudes and policies also matter. EU governments have historically been stricter than the US on data privacy and security.

Bluesky鈥檚 funding round contrasts with Meta: The smaller social platform is gaining ground, but its ad model remains a question.

The retailer plans to expand its physical footprint by opening 500 to 600 shops across Asia, Latin America, and Europe in the next few years. On Monday it teased a potential collaboration with Beyonc茅 in an Instagram post featuring the caption 鈥淚NTRODUCING: A New Chapter.鈥�

Europe and Latin America will have the next-highest penetration rates. Smartphone usage is highest in North America. 蘑菇AV 77% of its population will use a smartphone in 2023鈥攎ore than 10 percentage points higher than Europe. North America鈥檚 penetration rate will reach just over 80% by 2027. Mobile usage among children is also one of the highest. Canada ranks just behind Germany and Argentina.

After making various tie-ups and investments in Southeast Asia, the company is now focused on Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Our take: Adding diversified payment methods should also help Adyen鈥檚 terminal gain traction.