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Even relative to a neighboring country like Canada, it's like an hour more per day spending time with TV in the US than it would be in Canada. And that gap, especially if you compare that US number of TV consumption to other regions, that gap gets even larger. So it's a finding that we see every year. It speaks to the variety of content that's available to US consumers. And you know what?

59% of US shoppers are most influenced by honest creator reviews that showcase the pros and cons of a product, according to a September 2024 survey by Bazaarvoice and Savanta.

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.

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

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.

The Canada-based checkout platform boasts a customer base of 90,000 brands across 170 countries. It should help PayPal bring in greater payments volume, which will in turn boost revenues: PayPal鈥檚 total revenues increased 6% YoY in Q3 2024 to $7.8 billion.

Retail media鈥檚 positive hype is real. We expect it will disrupt the digital advertising landscape worldwide. In Canada, a handful of players鈥攍ed by Amazon, Walmart, and Loblaw鈥攈ave turned it into the fastest-growing ad segment in the country, and at scale.

Digital ad spending growth in Canada continues apace, driven in large part by key industries tied most closely to the digital economy. Our rankings show that retail and CPG lead the way, while sectors like travel and automotive are still recovering from hard times during the pandemic.

Canada is behind other Western economies in digital payments adoption, but new technologies are finding footing against cards. Diving into usage among different demographic groups foretells how adoption will progress.

And it made a deal to issue a new co-brand credit card program with Porter Airlines and the Bank of Montreal in Canada. The payment network also pushed crypto payments, remittances, and consumer bill payments during the quarter to boost network volume, Miebach said. The bigger picture: Mastercard鈥檚 volume could suffer if the Capital One-Discover merger goes through.