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US, UK, and EU authorities have several enforcement tools at their disposal, including:. Probes and investigations. Usually the first step in initiating other enforcement actions, inquiries alone can motivate businesses to bring internal policy in line with legal expectations.

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.

The bigger picture: The trend of sudden unexplained account closures isn鈥檛 limited to the US, and has prompted UK lawmakers to propose rules that would require banks to clearly explain any closure鈥攁nd give customers 90 days to challenge a decision through the Financial Ombudsman Service or find a replacement bank.

The news: Apple Pay鈥檚 open-banking integration is now available to all UK users, per a press release. Consumers can view up-to-date balances, spending history, and other details for debit and credit cards connected to the wallet. Supporting banks include Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, RBS, Monzo, and NatWest.

Although Walmart and Aldi are both going after similar types of customers, I think the actual people who shop at each have different mindsets. Aldi, it's a very streamlined, simple to navigate experience. Whereas Walmart, you have 50 different pasta sauce. Sara Lebow:. Aldi is not easy to navigate if you don't have a quarter, because you need a quarter to get the shopping cart UK style.

Zoom out: Google has delayed the end of third-party cookies on Google Chrome multiple times, most recently due to UK regulator scrutiny. But even before this year鈥檚 delay, advertisers were anxious about moving away from cookies after decades of use to a yet-unproven system.

B2B ecommerce is gaining traction as 59% of B2B buyers make purchases through online marketplaces in 2023, per an April 2023 Digital Commerce 360 and Forrester survey. Amazon Business, the leader among US third-party marketplaces, accounted for just 2.1% of the B2B ecommerce market in 2022.

And in the UK I just learned while researching earlier, they have Veganuary, maybe I'm butchering that term, but where you can try being vegan for a month. And I think there's not just an emphasis on resolutions or major life changes around the new year, but some people just want to have a reset after the holidays and take a break from the indulgences.

China鈥檚 influence shakes up online shopping. TikTok, Temu, and Shein have captured widespread consumer attention. Ecommerce players with roots in China have gained ground on established retailers by introducing innovative shopping experiences. App-based, entertaining, and highly deal-driven, the platforms appeal most to Gen Z and budget-conscious shoppers.

Day-to-day: On average, how often are finance professionals in the US and UK using AI? A) 1-2 times a day B) 2-3 times a day C) 3-4 times a day D) Over 4 times a day. Finance professionals in the US and UK use AI an average of 3.7 times a day and 37% of their tasks are driven by AI to some extent, according to a recent report from Emburse. May 6, 2025.

And we define price consciousness or being price conscious as really shopping around more. So Rajiv kind of alluded to a few of these notions, things like convenience, costs, but we already know currently in the present day from some of our 蘑菇AV survey data that consumers do shop around for the best deal.

The bigger picture: Last month, we named RBC as a favorite to buy HSBC鈥檚 Canadian arm after rumors began to swirl that the British bank was seeking a buyer. The deal follows pressure from HSBC鈥檚 biggest shareholder, Chinese insurer Ping An, to break up its business to focus on its more lucrative operations in Asia.

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.

In the UK, certainly we saw that happen. When energy prices spiked, consumers felt horrible and stopped spending money. And that's just an everyday expense that you can't avoid. Marcus Johnson (17:23):. Yeah. And that's certainly a topic of conversation amongst folks, especially back in the UK.

On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss what TikTok's flywheel looks like, its latest efforts to build out its own shopping platform, and what the social network has that Meta doesn't. Then, for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank our top four existing TikTok copycat apps. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sky Canaves and Jasmine Enberg.

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According to an October 2024 Pipeline360 and Demand Metric survey, 38% of B2B marketers in the UK and the US rely on SEO and search engine marketing (SEM) for lead generation, ahead of webinars, content syndication, and events. SEO budgets should reflect that up to 90% of search activity still occurs on traditional platforms like Google and Bing.

In context, EV sales in the EU and the UK are surging and on track to overtake gas and diesel vehicles by 2025. The US government acknowledged the need to quickly ramp up the EV charging infrastructure by committing $5 billion to build 500,000 charging stations. Global sales of passenger EVs were up 61% year over year in Q2.

Yeah, I'm British. I lived in America for 17 years, but I'm back in the UK. I paid for college with websites. I did a physics degree at Cambridge, but I focused specifically on rowing. And I paid for college with websites and a bit of rough labor and stuff during the summers, and it worked out very well and it turned out that I could turn that into my job. (02:37):.