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Mercado Libre is beating Amazon at its own game in Latin America: The former is expected to represent more than half of all retail media ad spending in the region, while the latter continues to lose share to local players in Brazil and Mexico.

But parent company Google donated to Trump鈥檚 inauguration, scaled back its diversity hiring practices, removed cultural holidays from its calendar, followed the president鈥檚 order to rename the Gulf of Mexico, and has taken other steps to appease the Republican leadership.

Could tariffs trigger a trade war with Canada and Mexico? Yes. Canada has already retaliated with tariffs on $21 billion of US goods, as well as duties on US-made vehicles. Mexico is considering similar measures. How US Brands Can Adapt to Tariffs. What are retailers doing to mitigate the impact of tariffs?

Clover launched in three new markets鈥擝razil, Mexico, and Australia鈥攊n 2024, which helped propel this growth. This European push will further support payment volume and revenue growth. The bigger picture: Clover also rolled out new products last year, which it can now market across Europe.

The slide accelerated after February 1, when the administration imposed tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China. Although some levies were later delayed, uncertainty only deepened as officials layered on additional duties. The fallout was swift: Consumer sentiment sank to its second鈥憀owest reading on record in April.

Well, one thing I think just talking about, I guess the Canada and Mexico piece is that a lot of retailers were in the process of nearshoring their supply chains in part to get around tariffs on China. But if imports from Mexico are now going to be taxed, what does that mean for those plants? Does it just become a sunk cost for these companies?

The news: Ninety-four percent of marketers and agency execs are concerned about the impact of President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, and the EU, per IAB research鈥攊ncluding 57% who are 鈥渆xtremely concerned鈥� about the impact of tariffs. Almost half (45%) of advertisers are planning on reducing overall ad spend.

After a month of delays, Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada before adding last-minute exemptions to goods that fall under USCMA (about half of all imports from Mexico and 38% from Canada) until April 2. The administration also added another 10% tariff on Chinese imports. China and Canada have since announced retaliatory tariffs.

Best Buy is bracing for potential price hikes due to tariffs on China and Mexico, with CFO Matt Bilunas calling consumer reaction the 鈥済iant wild card.鈥� He added: 鈥淎 lot of price increases are potentially coming throughout the year, and consumer confidence is showing signs of weakness.鈥�.

This report analyzes how digital adoption and evolving consumer habits are reshaping South Korea鈥檚 retail, media, and payments landscape.

Social network user growth will be slow on a worldwide level, but 2025鈥檚 meager 2.9% increase will still equate to more than 115 million new users. Facebook remains in the lead in most countries and regions, even though its share of internet users is declining.