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Viewership in Canada is changing, as more eyeballs turn to connected TV and digital video for long-form content.

A major dockworkers strike seems increasingly likely: The disruption will begin October 1, just as several retailers begin launching holiday promotions.

Mexico, Indonesia, and Canada will be among the fastest growing and most eager adopters. Canada will be the lone advanced economy to crack the top 10 list for digital sales growth. Canada will also be the only advanced economy to make the top list for fastest growth in overall retail sales. For more on Canada鈥檚 standout year, see our report, 鈥淐补苍补诲补 Ecommerce Forecast 2023.鈥�.

Amazon Prime Day 2023 will drive a surge of activity for Amazon, competing retailers, and brands looking to generate a sales boost before the back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons.

Lactalis will acquire the US business and Sodiaal will buy the Canadian unit. The deal, which includes two manufacturing facilities in the US and one in Canada, is expected to close next year. Why is this happening? While General Mills鈥� North American yogurt business contributed about $1.5 billion to its fiscal 2024 net sales, that unit is neither high growth nor high margin.

Roblox wants to be an ecommerce platform: After a pilottesting physical goods sales with Walmart and E.l.f. Beauty, the gaming platform sees big potential in online sales.

Streaming music, podcasts, and radio apps have changed the complexion of audio listenership in Canada. Over the past decade, digital audio has grown to a level that now rivals the traditionally strong radio listener base.

FreedomPay will become Toast鈥檚 preferred payments gateway partner for some large restaurant brands in the US and Canada, according to a press release. A separate tie-in with Marriott International will make Toast鈥檚 technology available to food outlets within Marriott鈥檚 Select service hotels in the US and Canada, per another release. Why it matters:.

Excluding currency and fuel effects, January comparable sales for Canada, other international, and ecommerce were up 12.3%, 10%, and 15.2%, respectively鈥攐utpacing total Costco comp sales growth of 9.8%. BJ鈥檚 is riding momentum from store openings and membership perks. In fiscal Q3, net sales and membership fee income rose 3.4% and 8.4%, respectively.

Likewise, Prada Group CEO Andrea Guerra noted that China is again 鈥渁n engine of growth,鈥� a sentiment echoed by Brunello Cucinelli and Canada Goose. Luxury brands are also getting a boost from Chinese tourists; Guiony said 鈥渙ffshore鈥� sales from Chinese consumers in places like Hong Kong and Macau are growing faster than those from the mainland.

Becoming Amazon鈥檚 strategic payments partner in the US, Canada, and Europe can help Stripe bolster its processing business.

Heavy media consumption in Canada across digital and traditional channels has led to a range of effective ad formats for brands.

However, the company faces a clear challenge from Amazon, which recently expanded the reach of its Buy with Prime service, which allows retailers to leverage Amazon鈥檚 fulfillment and payments services.

In terms of list, let's put Canada Goose at eight and Wayfair at seven. So we've got number eight, Canada Goose number seven, Wayfair number six, Amazon number five, Warby Parker, number four, Kroger. Number three, Gatorade. Number two, best Buy. And number one, the uncontested Walmart. Okay. Thank you all for being on another retailer ranking podcast. Thank you, Zach. Zak Stambor (25:05):.

Canada Goose. Canada Goose opened three new brick-and-mortars this month, adding to its plans to double its physical footprint by 2028. Many luxury brands are honing in on their D2C strategy with mixed results, Canaves said, but Canada Goose has seen signs of success, reporting a 22% increase in revenue for Q4 ending March 2024. 鈥淐补苍补诲补 Goose also announced a new creative director,鈥� Canaves said.

GenAI is on the agenda for most retailers in 2024: Walmart, Target, Canadian Tire, and others are turning to the tech to boost customer and employee satisfaction.

Canadian grocer Loblaw is adding digital screens to over 500 stores to give brands the opportunity to target in-store shoppers. Vibenomics and Stingray Advertising are combining their networks to offer in-store audio advertising across 25,000 grocery, convenience, home improvement, and drug stores.

The news: Domino鈥檚 Pizza aims to drive additional revenues by listing its menus on Uber Eats and Postmates apps across 28 markets, including the US, UK, and Canada, per The Wall Street Journal. The pizza company鈥檚 CEO Russell Weiner told the Journal that he hopes the broader exposure will help it generate $1 billion in incremental revenues.

Among the companies featured in thredUP鈥檚 Recommerce 100 ranking of retailers based on the number of secondhand items they have listed, 72 were launched in either 2022 or 2023, including Canada Goose, J.Crew, and Kate Spade. Only seven were launched before 2021.