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Key stat: 70% of US consumers feel 鈥渆motionally manipulated鈥� by AI shopping assistants, per Chadix. What retailers may define as personalization, consumers could think of as manipulation, the data shows. 60% of consumers make frequent impulse purchases based on AI suggestions, per Chadix. Key stat: 1 in 3 people who click on an automated message make a purchase, according to Omnisend.

Our own forecast shows X鈥檚 US ad revenues continuing to slide this year, falling 4.2% to $1.05 billion. But political favor may provide a bigger ROI than impressions for some companies looking to make significant moves in the next four years or clear regulatory hurdles. Other major advertisers that are returning to X include Disney, IBM, Comcast, and Warner Bros. Discovery.

Just 4.0% of retail workers were members of a union last year, and the overall share of US workers in unions fell to a record low 9.9%, down a tick from a year earlier, per the US Labor Department.

Consumers take a cautious approach to back-to-school shopping: To drive shoppers to spend, Macy鈥檚 revamped its Epic Threads brand, Kohl鈥檚 added Limited Too, and Old Navy offered cash back.

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LVMH, like other luxury retailers, saw gains in the US鈥攁n encouraging sign for an industry grappling with a global slowdown in demand. Our take: While we expect US luxury sales to accelerate to 3.5% YoY this year, much remains uncertain due to the Trump administration鈥檚 ambiguous economic policies that include widespread tariff threats but few specific details.

Click-and-collect ecommerce grocery sales outpace total ecommerce growth. In 2023, we forecast that total US grocery click-and-collect ecommerce sales will grow 15.1% to reach $56.48 billion, outpacing total retail ecommerce sales growth of 10.5%, said our forecaster Ethan Cramer-Flood.

Brazil鈥檚 ad market grew nearly twice as fast as the US last year: Advertisers seek expansion in high-growth LATAM region.

Go further: Read our US Holiday 2023 Recap and 2024 Preview.

Though we鈥檝e downgraded our retail media forecast, we anticipate the channel will experience double-digit growth through 2027. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 an exaggeration to say that retail media is one of the most important and potentially most transformative ad spending channels in media right now,鈥� said our analyst Max Willens.

Worldwide personal luxury sales will grow from $415.45 billion in 2023 to $499.59 billion in 2027, but growth is slowing, according to our forecast.

The back-to-school season generates revenues brands and retailers count on, as the second-highest shopping volume of the year ahead of holiday. This year, though, back-to-school growth will be harder to come by as spending in key channels slows.

Holiday retail sales will grow by approximately 4.5% in 2023, a slight increase from the previous year鈥檚 3.9% growth, according to our June forecast. While this growth may not seem significant, it would represent the sixth-fastest growth rate in holiday sales in the past 15 years, according to our forecast.

Armed with transparent prices, consumers will likely decide to shop around for the most affordable drug or treatment.

On today's episode, we discuss a part of digital ad spending that will overperform this year, why some countries will see a dip in online shopping, what will happen to time spent on social platforms, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood, analyst Zach Goldner, and director of forecasting Oscar Orozco.

Gen Z embraces messaging, search, and shopping: Social media trend reports shed light on 2024 priorities.

After boosting the D2C model over the last decade, digitally native vertical brands (DNVBs) face a slowing market, with sales growth declining every year through the end of our forecast period in 2028. That means acquiring customers and revenue can鈥檛 solely be done through online channels such as social media, as DNVBs have relied on in the past. Here are three ways DNVBs can continue the momentum of their digital buzz.

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Digital advertising is on shaky ground. Recent changes to our forecasts reflect that uncertainty. We examined what this year will look like for marketers, from retail media鈥檚 rise to social networks鈥� stagnation.

Sales are down 9.0% YoY at furniture and home furnishing stores in the first four months of the year, and down 0.2% at electronics and appliance store sales, per the US Commerce Department. Both Home Depot and Lowe鈥檚 attributed their Q1 sales declines to the limited market for big-ticket items such as household appliances and kitchen fixtures.