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While Shopify鈥檚 growth has slowed, and is expected to slow in Q1, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that we expect its US retail ecommerce GMV this year to be roughly double what it was in 2020.

And in June it launched more than 100 new tools that push it deeper into business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce, offline and local retail, and social commerce. The big takeaway: Shopify CEO and founder Tobi L眉tke has long said that he is 鈥渢rying to arm the rebels鈥� with the tools they need to challenge Amazon鈥檚 ecommerce empire.

The news: Domino鈥檚 Pizza aims to drive additional revenues by listing its menus on Uber Eats and Postmates apps across 28 markets, including the US, UK, and Canada, per The Wall Street Journal. The pizza company鈥檚 CEO Russell Weiner told the Journal that he hopes the broader exposure will help it generate $1 billion in incremental revenues.

The trend: As TikTok faces bans in Western areas like Europe, Canada, and the United States, its growth prospects continue to look strong in its home region, where nearly 60% of the world鈥檚 social network users are based. In Asia-Pacific, TikTok will be the fastest-growing social platform this year.

In our first edition of the Global Digital Index, created in partnership with the RLC Global Forum, we explore retail and ecommerce in the Gulf States of the Middle East.

This third annual study ranks the seven largest Canadian banks (by domestic asset size) based on their support for 42 emerging mobile banking features, weighted by consumer demand for each feature.

We break down consumer demand for emerging mobile banking features and bank performance by category to identify the most important tools Canadian banks should prioritize.

Royal Bank of Canada, Citi, UBS, and Wells Fargo round out the top five. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley ranked at middle of the pack. Both banks received low scores on transparency as they are less than forthcoming about their AI governance rules.

Direct-to-consumer ARPU: $11.99 for US and Canada; $4.05 for other markets. Global D2C ARPU for the quarter increased by 1% YoY to $7.84 but was lower than last quarter鈥檚 $8.00. Overall financials: Total revenues declined 4% to $9.62 billion as theatrical revenues plunged 40%, and adjusted EBITDA for Warner Bros. Discovery鈥檚 entire business dropped 19% to $2.41 billion.