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In 2024, DOOH advertising will account for two-thirds (67.0%) of total out-of-home (OOH) advertising spend in the UK, compared with about a third in the US (34.8%) and Germany (32.1%), and a fifth in France (21.3%). UK grocery retailers are leveraging existing screens and adding more as they chase in-store retail media revenues.

Australia, France, New Zealand, the UK, Taiwan, and the EU have banned TikTok on government devices. India, once its largest audience, banned the app in 2020 after a dispute with China. Canada’s move to shut down TikTok’s offices pertains to its owner ByteDance’s connection to Beijing and concerns over data security. However, that shutdown makes it tougher for the government to address its concerns.

Its global same-store sales fell 1.5%, a much bigger decline than the 0.6% that analysts surveyed by StreetAccount expected, due to struggles in international markets such as the Middle East, France, and the UK. That was the second-straight quarter the company’s global same-store sales have fallen.

Why it’s worth watching: The DSIT believes the UK can be a market leader in the AI assurance technology sector and can exceed competitors such as the US, France, and Germany, according to a new government-sponsored report on the AI market. AI assurance generates about £1 billion ($1.24 billion) for the UK economy and employs about 12,572 people.

View our forecasts for grocery retail sales in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain.

The survey was conducted in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the UK, and the US.

LVMH beat analysts’ middling expectations in Q4: But the company’s 1% growth suggests the luxury sector may take some time to bounce back.

As a result, more than a third (34%) of ecommerce retailers in the UK, US, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain plan to increase their delivery charges in 2024, per a November 2023 study by ShipEngine and Retail Economics. But consumers don’t want to pay extra for delivery.

. … And an oink oink there: Scientists from universities in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland are using AI to decode pig sounds. Farmers watch their pigs’ behavior to get an idea of their moods, but AI can help them decipher the animals’ actions, according to researcher Elodie Mandel-Briefer.

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.