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The proliferation of Chinese brands on Amazon created an opening for Shein and others to connect consumers more directly to China-based manufacturers at a lower cost. Lower prices are a powerful and sticky lure. Inflation remains top of mind among price-sensitive US consumers.

Searching on Google or Amazon is far from being intermediated by social search. US adults are still more likely to start on Amazon or a search engine to find products, per Jungle Scout. But many are turning to social media for other types of searches, such as:. Things to do. Over half (55%) of US consumers search for restaurants, per a 2022 survey by Frontier Communications.

Respondents were from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, and US.

Chase is doing it based on what you actually buy across all of the different retailers that you purchase with compared to Amazon who does it based on what you've been purchasing and looking at On Amazon, chase has already executed 30 day ad campaigns for Air Canada, solo Stove, blue Bottle, and Whataburger. So they claim that the brands have seen a lift and have gotten traction with those ads.

TikTok takes No. 3 in Canada. In Canada, TikTok will beat out both Snapchat and Twitter this year, becoming the country鈥檚 third-most used social platform. And just like in Latin America, Facebook and Twitter are losing users in Canada. Meta still accounts for nearly a quarter (23.8%) of digital ad spend in Canada, but that share is dropping as Facebook loses relevance among younger users.

The US retail giant has opened up its third-party marketplace and invited sellers from China, Canada, Japan, the UK, and other countries to join. It now offers around 400 million SKUs from marketplace sellers鈥攗p from about 75 million pre-pandemic.

Another US survey, conducted on behalf of VTEX, finds even more striking results, with 45% of respondents participating in a livestream shopping event hosted on marketplaces like Poshmark or Amazon, and 61% shopping on social platforms such as TikTok Shop or YouTube Shopping.

Netflix began testing its new password restrictions in parts of Latin America in March 2022 and has since expanded them officially to Canada, New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal. Netflix anticipates cancellation backlash in the near term鈥攁s do we鈥攂ut expects numbers to eventually rebound in both memberships and revenues based on its experience in Canada.

Respondents were from United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Thailand.

In Canada, it's in that neighborhood as well. And that has tremendous value for the company and it has a lot of benefits for consumers who are members. So I think a lot of companies are trying to emulate that and create that kind of loyalty through a membership program or rewards program that Amazon has proven is extremely valuable. Bill Fisher (14:38):. Yeah.

US retail marketplace ecommerce sales will grow 11.4% to reach $428.30 billion this year, per our forecast. Because Amazon (73.4%) and eBay (8.2%) will rake in the majority of those sales, smaller marketplaces like Shein, Michaels, and Wayfair are getting creative and taking the battle for sales in-store.

And like Walmart, Loblaw sees an opportunity in audio advertising: The Canadian grocer will bring in-store audio ads to nearly 300 locations thanks to a newly announced partnership with Stingray Advertising.

Netflix phases out Basic plan amid ad-supported regrets: The company鈥檚 approach to lifting ad-tier subs puts it far behind Amazon.

Searching on Google or Amazon is far from being intermediated by social search. US adults are still more likely to start on Amazon or a search engine to find products, per Jungle Scout. But many are turning to social media for other types of searches, such as:. Things to do. Over half (55%) of US consumers search for restaurants, per a 2022 survey by Frontier Communications.

On today's episode, we discuss whether Microsoft鈥檚 AI-powered Bing can take share from Google, if social platforms can compete with Amazon on product search, and what to make of the idea that Apple might release its own search engine. "In Other News," we talk about what watching Peacock in the metaverse looks like and how people feel about all of their subscriptions. Tune in to the discussion with our director of forecasting Peter Newman and analyst Max Willens.

This past Q4, it was up to 14% and the all-important US and Canada that's driving that, it was plus 2% a year ago, plus 12% this year. The price of its ads are helping to boost its revenue as well. What do you guys think of, Daniel, throw this to you first. Meta's AI spending plans, good or bad?

Affirm will need to expand its partnerships with the likes of Amazon and Shopify to the UK to gain a significant footing and capitalize on these growth opportunities.

Amazon launched Rufus, an AI-powered shopping assistant that can answer product questions, provide comparisons, and make recommendations. Zalando launched a fashion assistant powered by ChatGPT that can help customers find products via a conversational interface. Technology firms are also launching genAI tools for retailers.

We're in the US next where Amazon is supercharging its FASST offering. Earlier this year, Amazon launched Fire TV channels, its new hub for free ad supported streaming TV. They had some big names to help them with the launch too. Here's Martha Stewart explaining her involvement. Martha Stewart:. But doesn't stop there.

The news: Stripe introduced Tap to Pay on Android for merchants using Stripe Terminal in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK, and the US, per TechCrunch. The tech lets merchants accept in-person contactless payments with any Android mobile device that has NFC technology. Compatible payment methods include Google Pay and Visa, Mastercard, and American Express cards.

That's the number of Amazon Fresh stores. If you'd said 140, that's the correct answer. There are actually 140 plus, it says in its official PR, across the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. Should I do a tally after each question? Carina Perkins:. Yeah. Bill Fisher:. Let's do it. So after the first round, Carina and Sara, you are both in the lead with one point.

On the list coming in 28th though, which is remarkable, Vancouver in Canada was the highest-ranked North American city in the overall list, at 53rd, which is low. Daniel Konstantinovic (03:22):. Wow. Yeah, that's-. Marcus Johnson (03:23):. Yeah. Why are all most walkable cities in the world in Europe? Why are most of them in Europe?