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Amazon is expanding its logistics network to include over 300 sea routes. The company claims this will facilitate hassle-free transportation from customs to final delivery for UK small and medium-sized enterprises selling to consumers across Europe.

Our first-ever worldwide forecast for retail media ad spending shows enduring momentum and lots of good news for Amazon and other ecommerce platforms around the world.

厂丑别颈苍鈥檚 UK revenues soar while the wait for IPO drags on: The fast-fashion retailer鈥檚 success has come at the expense of companies like Boohoo and Asos.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss why a surprising amount of people think Meta's Orion smart glasses are the future of computing, whether people will turn to Amazon for live news, what's happening to the middle of the market, why screensaver ads can have a significant impact, who was the richest American in history, and more. Tune in to the discussion with host Marcus Johnson, director of reports editing Rahul Chadha, and analysts Bill Fisher and Max Willens.

Consumers鈥� adoption of AI banking chatbots varies by country. Though the US and UK promote their tech-friendly banking environments, the geographically concentrated, Big-Six-focused Canadian market has taken the lead in embracing this much-hyped tech.

UK consumers see economic storm clouds ahead: That鈥檚 driving them to splurge on small luxuries such as high-end perfumes and cosmetics.

Recovering value: Amazon now offers US third-party sellers who use Fulfillment by Amazon an option for managing returns called Grade and Resell. The retailer inspects and resells returned items to enable sellers to recover value on returned inventory. Why is this happening?

It will go live in the UK before expanding to other regions. The service will offer consumers more protection through a formal dispute resolution process and biometric verification. It will also let consumers monitor payments more easily and set up different payment permissions.

UK retail sales are performing better than expected, with consumers still spending despite high inflation鈥攂ut ecommerce will lose further share this year as shoppers continue returning to stores and cut nonessential spending.

OTT video viewing is about to get a boost in the UK, as traditional TV viewing gets a broadband delivery option next year.