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But that means then US brands are going to be inherently more expensive and consumers in Mexico, consumers in the rest of Latin America, they have options. China's still an option. Europe is still an option, and then you're going to be coming into this, what do you, the consumer, value more? Your quality, your value, or the like?

"Nobody knows what's going to happen and when," said our analyst Rachel Wolff on a recent 鈥淏ehind the Numbers鈥� podcast, about the potential impact of tariffs. "Everybody's just waiting until the last possible minute to figure out, will these actually go into effect?" Retailers are bracing for disruptions as President Donald Trump鈥檚 on-again, off-again tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, China, and the EU loom.

Best Buy faces stiff headwinds: The consumer electronics giant warned of higher prices due to President Trump鈥檚 new tariffs, which will likely crimp demand.

Prosus to buy Just Eat Takeaway for $4.3 billion: The firm plans to reuse the playbook that drove growth at its Brazilian food delivery company iFood.

For now, consumers鈥� pessimism may actually be driving retail sales, as shoppers rush to stockpile goods and purchase big-ticket items like cars and televisions before new tariffs go into effect. But growing unhappiness with how retailers (or their founders) are handling DEI and other issues could quickly bring this spending to a halt, as shoppers increasingly seek to vote with their wallets.

Our expanded retail and ecommerce forecast coverage now includes country-level breakouts for 66 nations around the world. North America, China, and Western Europe continue to drive global outcomes, but a total of 53 countries will have at least $1 billion in ecommerce sales.

Toys are a discretionary purchase that shoppers can easily put off. That helps explain why Hasbro expects toy industry sales to be 鈥渞elatively flat.鈥�. Looking ahead: While Hasbro鈥檚 Q4 results beat analysts鈥� expectations, its revenues still fell 15% YoY.

Tariffs could make US-made vehicles more expensive than imports: US automakers鈥� supply chains depend on cross-border trade, and there鈥檚 no simple way to untangle those relationships.

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