Trump hikes tariffs on China, pauses higher reciprocal tariffs on others: We expect US retail sales growth to slow due to the broader impact of his trade policies.
The news: Meta and Apple have become the first companies fined for violating the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), with Meta receiving a €200 million (USD $216 million) fine and Apple receiving a €500 million ($541 million) fine.
Most of the growth is tied to ever-rising retail ecommerce. Retail media’s valuable first-party data is now being used for ads targeted in-store and in nonendemic channels like CTV. Google, Meta, and Amazon still dominate the ad spending landscape. The triopoly’s share in Canada is among the highest in the world.