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Lactalis will acquire the US business and Sodiaal will buy the Canadian unit. The deal, which includes two manufacturing facilities in the US and one in Canada, is expected to close next year. Why is this happening? While General Mills’ North American yogurt business contributed about $1.5 billion to its fiscal 2024 net sales, that unit is neither high growth nor high margin.

Roblox wants to be an ecommerce platform: After a pilottesting physical goods sales with Walmart and E.l.f. Beauty, the gaming platform sees big potential in online sales.

On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss why US home improvement company Lowe's didn't work out in Canada, why Canadian athletic apparel retailer lululemon athletica succeeded in the US, and which Canadian brands would prosper in the US if they chose to fly south. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Paul Briggs and vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian.

Keeping tabs on shifting consumer habits is paramount for brands in Canada. In 2023, we expect more changes in how media is consumed and what advertisers can do to tap into these new channels.

For example, Affirm expanded its tie-up with Shopify in the UK and Canada, and Klarna partnered with Worldpay, JPMorgan Payments, and Adobe Commerce. Both firms have also partnered with Apple Pay and Google Pay. But individual partnerships are still important if BNPL players want to reach larger merchants like Stitch Fix.

Becoming Amazon’s strategic payments partner in the US, Canada, and Europe can help Stripe bolster its processing business.

Just a third of adults in Canada will use mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) payments this year, and adoption will barely grow through 2027. Mobile banking apps and digital wallets must rethink their strategies to capture P2P users—making the most of a population that doesn’t yet have strong P2P brand loyalty.

³§³ó´Ç±è±è±ð°ù²õ’ affinity for the brand is extending beyond its distinctive shoes: Apparel sales topped CHF 100 million ($113.6 million) in 2024, although they remain a tiny fraction of overall revenues. Looking ahead: On is the rare brand to be optimistic about its 2025 performance. The company expects sales to grow 27% YoY and is encouraged by a strong start to the year.

Amazon will capture more than half (51.1%) of all retail ecommerce sales in Germany this year, according to our forecast. Canada will have the second-highest share of Amazon ecommerce sales among the countries we track, at 41.5%, followed by the US, UK, Japan, and Mexico.

What happened: Earlier this year, a Canadian court ruled against Air Canada after its chatbot gave incorrect information about a funeral policy. The airline's defense that the chatbot was a separate legal entity was dismissed.

These tariffs—and the potential for additional duties on goods from Mexico, Canada, the EU, and elsewhere—could significantly shift consumer behavior. According to a Numerator survey, only 9.4% of US consumers expect tariffs to have no impact on their shopping habits, while many plan to adjust by hunting for sales or coupons (41.4%), buying fewer imported goods (30.5%), or delaying purchases (22.3%).

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.

Netflix has completely removed the basic membership plans for everyone, including existing members in Canada this month. According to The Verge, users in Canada and the UK began to receive prompts earlier this month stating that July the 13th was the last day that viewers on this plan could continue watching content. Paul, what will this mean for the Netflix subscription landscape in Canada?

Streaming music, podcasts, and radio apps have changed the complexion of audio listenership in Canada. Over the past decade, digital audio has grown to a level that now rivals the traditionally strong radio listener base.