Around the World: Economic effects on retail and ecommerce. Around the World: The international forecasts of past (2023), present (now), and future (2024). Around the World: 2024 global predictions ('Shark Tank'-style)—Retail media rivals, metaverse shopping experiences, and more. Sources. Atlantico. Banco Central do Brasil (BCB). Banco de é澱 (Banxico). Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
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| Feb 9, 2024
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| Dec 13, 2024
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| Dec 13, 2024
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| Dec 13, 2024
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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.
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| Jul 3, 2024
As Chinese ecommerce players make further inroads in Latin America, local companies are finding new ways to innovate and keep pace with consumers’ fast-evolving shopping habits. Several have already done so, but others will need to keep up. Mercado Libre launched its “Clips” functionality this past summer to compete directly with TikTok’s ecommerce ambitions in Latin America.
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| Jan 4, 2024
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| Nov 26, 2024
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| Jun 21, 2023
Source: ĢAV Forecast
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Source: ĢAV Forecast
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| Jan 11, 2024
Source: International Post Corporation
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| Feb 2, 2024
Source: Macarta
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| May 3, 2023
Source: Macarta
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| Apr 28, 2023
Source: DataHawk
"It really symbolizes a new chapter for Walmart's ecommerce business," said Droesch, highlighting how the retailer continues to innovate and expand its digital presence. 6. Misfits Market.
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| Aug 4, 2025
Amazon can stake a claim as one of Canada’s 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.
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| Mar 27, 2023
In Latin America, video is the cornerstone of digital ad spending, particularly in Mexico where it was 48.9% of overall digital ad spending. Retail media growth: Retail media is a desirable platform for advertisers due to its direct access to consumers, first-party data and omnichannel reach.
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| Apr 16, 2025
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.
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| Aug 11, 2023
But not all RMNs can deliver the massive shopper audiences and innovative advertising solutions needed to unlock the format’s full potential. Millions of engaged shoppers flock to ecommerce sites every month. User traffic is key when deciding where to invest.
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| Jun 20, 2023
And this week he said that he would set tariffs between 25% and 100% on goods imported from Mexico—the US’ largest trading partner—if it didn’t close the border. The additional costs associated with the proposed tariffs would be too large for many US retailers to absorb.
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| Nov 6, 2024
Shoppers are less willing to wait when everyday goods are locked up. For example, 53% of shoppers will wait for assistance if bath and body products are locked up and 56% will wait for makeup and cosmetics, compared with 74% for consumer electronics. Our take: Retailers’ efforts to rein in retail theft may have an outsize effect on their short- and long-term business.
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| Nov 6, 2024
Such rapid adoption of ecommerce has profoundly reshaped shopping behaviors among regional consumers—most notably where and how they research products they are interested in purchasing online. How does this affect marketers? Consumers are relying more heavily on retailers’ digital properties for product research.
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| Dec 4, 2023
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| Jul 26, 2023
Our latest analysis of 12 companies in Latin America unpacks key trends in the region’s retail ecommerce during H1 2023. This will provide retail and marketing professionals with insights into the current landscape, company developments, and what trends to look out for in 2024.
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| Nov 1, 2023
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| Dec 12, 2024
Source: ĢAV; ESW
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Source: ĢAV; ESW