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And then finally, if you live in Scotland and somebody knocks on the door and asks to use the bathroom, by law, you cannot deny them. This derives from old Scottish common law regarding hospitality. It's technically still enforceable, but I don't know about you, Carina, if you head up to Scotland any time soon, I'm not going to be trying that one. Carina Perkins:. Probably not. Bill Fisher:. No.

A Kantar study found that 26% of UK Gen Z users use the platform in a similar manner. Another report found that music content is less popular on Instagram in Japan compared with TikTok and YouTube Shorts鈥攁 gap Instagram is likely eager to address. Zooming out: TikTok recently shuttered its TikTok Music service to focus on streaming service integrations.

Our take: Alphabet鈥檚 performance highlights Google鈥檚 continued dominance in Search and digital advertising, even as legal and competitive pressures mount across markets, including the US, UK, and EU. 鈥淕oogle's results this quarter show that it can perform even in the midst of serious regulatory threats to its ads business,鈥� said 蘑菇AV senior analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf.

And I expect that large e-commerce players like Amazon will continue to get away with murder in how they can treat their workforce and get away with, I wouldn't call it tax fraud, but they have a huge advantage over brick and mortars. They have for years.

Additional scrutiny in Japan and the UK adds pressure to its business model. Apple鈥檚 efforts to appease regulators include revamping some of its operations in the EU and opening up its devices to third-party marketplaces. Despite Apple鈥檚 reported adjustments for compliance, the EU remains dissatisfied, spotlighting the need for Big Tech to rethink app ecosystem dynamics.

conducted by YouGov. 12,217 adults ages 18+ were surveyed in Argentina, Denmark, France, Japan, the UK, and the US. The online surveys were conducted during March 28-April 30, 2024, with approximately 2,000 respondents per country. Samples were nationally representative for age, gender, region, and political leaning.

And junk food bans in the UK foreshadowed in Singapore. The new Labour Government in the UK has confirmed it will go ahead with a plan to ban advertising for foods and drinks high in fat, sugar and salt, dubbed HFSS. This is something that Singapore has had in place, for sugary drinks at least, since 2020. Man-Chung, any learnings for the UK on this one? Man-Chung Cheung (07:31):.

Digital became the majority medium in France in 2022 and in the UK in 2019. Click here to view our forecasts for average time spent with media in France and average time spent with media in the UK. An older population and a traditionalist mindset are behind this trend.

Methodology: Data is from the February 2024 Forrester Consulting "2024 State Of B2B Ecommerce Report" commissioned by Zoovu. 413 B2B decision-makers worldwide were surveyed during May 2023-January 2024.

I basically am going to take a very lawyerly position here and just say that this technology hasn't really found a new home yet because all the places that Amazon is licensing this tech to are so atypical as shopping settings that it's not really typical of any other environment.

He's our senior analyst who covers retail in eCommerce based in New York City. Terrible start. What do we have in store for you? We've got three segments, of course, a story of the week, a game, and then we end with some random trivia. Let's start with the story of the week,. Marcus Johnson (03:04):. Navigating Google's new AI search overviews, Carolyn Mims. Nice.

Our Christmica gift shopping as we call it in my mix household. So as I was shelling out dollars upon dollars, it occurred to me or I decided to ask ChatGPT the question of who in the world or where in the world do they spend the most on Christmas gifts? I did ask for Christmas.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss why shopping on Amazon is changing, the proposal of ad-free TikTok and Instagram subscriptions, how much Amazon's AI chatbot shopping assistant can move the needle for customers, whether Toys-R-Us can make a successful comeback, the share of women in leadership roles and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analysts Blake Droesch and Paul Verna.

In fact, over half (53%) are worried about competition from third-party grocery shopping apps, according to June 2024 data from Deloitte. June 13, 2025. Cannes trivia: What year did the first Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity take place? A) 1922 B) 1954 C) 1984 D) 1999.

We start with our principal analyst covering the UK based in a charming little seaside town on the south coast of England. It's Bill Fisher. Bill Fisher:. Hi Marcus. Hello everybody. Marcus Johnson:. Hello there. We're also joined by principal analyst and VP based in California where the beaches just aren't quite as nice as England's. It's Jasmine Enberg. Jasmine Enberg:. Hey Marcus. Hey everyone.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss why Amazon is pulling back from "Just Walk Out" technology, how the Atlantic magazine turned things around, what will ignite TV shopping, whether LinkedIn testing TikTok-like videos is a good move, what science says about how to be happy, and more. Tune into the discussion with vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian, analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf, and vice president of Briefings Stephanie Taglianetti.

Methodology: Data is from the July 2024 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) - Japan report titled "2023 Information and Communications Whitepaper." 1,030 internet users ages 20-69 in Japan and 2,080 internet users ages 20-69 in China, Germany, the UK, and the US (520 each) were surveyed online between January-February 2024.

Ford will make the biggest cuts this go-round with 4,000 layoffs in Europe and the UK over the next three years. It blamed competition from China and slow demand for EVs. GM will lay off around 1,000 employees, about half of whom are based at its tech center in Michigan. That鈥檚 on top of 2,700 layoffs and 5,000 buyouts earlier this year.

The functionality will first be made available to viewers in the US and the UK. Once videos are published, any tagged piece of content will show up above the caption. Users who click that link will be taken to another page with details about the title as well as a list of other TikTok videos featuring the same IMDb tag.

But it gives people hope that there's a continued opportunity to grow their e-commerce presences. Marcus Johnson:. So consumers will be spending this year 83% of their dollars in store versus nearly 17% online to your point. In China, nearly half of shopping is done online compared to that 17% in the US. The UK 30% is done online.

Thirty-one percent of Gen Zers surveyed by Censuswide and Tink in the UK鈥攚here open banking rules are already in effect鈥攕aid their bank was at risk of losing them as a customer if it didn鈥檛 upgrade its digital tools and services. Gen Zers said competitors could win their business by offering tailored support for meeting financial goals (49%) or tools to manage spending (48%).

UK regulators forced the company to back off its planned 2024 launch for the post-cookie solution Privacy Sandbox. Several countries in Asia, including South Korea and Japan, also introduced measures to reduce Google and others鈥� ability to stop competitors from breaking into markets.