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After just three years, the brand is already pulling in $212 million in annual revenues鈥攄espite having a grand total of 10 products in its lineup and no physical retail presence. Its upcoming launch in Sephora鈥檚 US, Canada, and UK stores could supercharge that growth by boosting brand awareness and enabling more shoppers to get their hands on Rhode鈥檚 viral lip tints.

The ecommerce boom in Canada means many product categories now sell a significant percentage online. This includes grocery, which we forecast for the first time this year.

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.

The situation: Even as grocery prices have normalized over the past year鈥攑rices were up just 1.1% YoY in October鈥�58% of US households in November were 鈥渆xtremely concerned鈥� about inflation, per 84.51掳, a retail data company under The Kroger Co.

The US does $2.18 trillion in cross-border trade (both imports and exports) with its top three biggest partners鈥擬exico, Canada, and China鈥攁ccording to the US Census Bureau.

Amazon can stake a claim as one of Canada鈥檚 top mass merchants, even without having physical stores. It has reached this milestone after more than three years of accelerated retail ecommerce in the country.

Spinning off the coffee unit from KDP鈥檚 other beverage businesses like Snapple and Canada Dry is also meant to sharpen focus, giving each segment more room to compete in its own market. The context: KDP is far from alone in turning to consolidation as a fix in a tough macro backdrop shaped by new duties and tighter US consumer wallets.

After three years of wild fluctuations in retail and ecommerce sales growth, a sense of stability and normalcy is slowly emerging. A healthy if unspectacular rebound for ecommerce is in the cards, and most national markets are heading in the right direction.

Sales from markets outside the US鈥攊ncluding key Amazon markets like the UK, Canada, Germany, Mexico, and India鈥攚ill increase 11.6% from 2022 to $4.90 billion. To view the full forecast for US Amazon Prime Day sales, click here. Prime Day will surpass $8 billion in US ecommerce sales over the two-day period.

Retailers face more potential supply-chain shocks as Canadian dockworkers go on strike: That鈥檚 in addition to the still unresolved tensions between the International Longshoremen鈥檚 Association and East and Gulf Coast ports.

The news: Walgreens Boots Alliance will be spun out into five standalone companies following its official sale to private equity firm Sycamore Partners. The final word: Walgreens tried to become a vertically integrated healthcare conglomerate, but it picked the wrong markets to invest in. Its rival CVS bought a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and a health insurer, both of which have contributed tremendous value to the parent company. However, Walgreens could find newfound success in retail pharmacy by positioning itself as a neighborhood drugstore destination that isn鈥檛 affiliated with unpopular PBMs and insurers while leaning into its pharmacists as highly trusted and accessible healthcare professionals.

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