Inditex-owned Zara will soon begin hosting “Zara Streaming” live-shopping shows for customers in the US, the UK, Canada, and select European markets, following success with the format in China. The retailer plans to host the live shows exclusively on its app and website in an attempt to exert maximum control over aesthetics, as well as drive more shoppers to its owned channels.
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| Sep 18, 2024
Users of the app are less supportive of a ban than non-users (19% vs. 60%). 88% of survey respondents say they have little or no confidence that Chinese social media companies will follow their privacy policies regarding personal information, per Pew. Our take: Americans are increasingly skeptical of Chinese social media companies and their respective technologies.
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| Apr 4, 2023
Respondents were based in the US, the UK, Australia, and Canada.
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| Jul 26, 2024
"The act takes a zero tolerance approach to protecting children by making sure the buck stops with social media platforms for content they host."
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| Jan 29, 2024
And there is a mechanism in Canada called the Canada Investment Act, where if there's a violation of national security or consumer privacy, there's a mechanism within that act to shut down an operation. That may be where it heads in Canada, but there's lots of steps in between now and then. Bill Fisher:. Interesting. Man-Chung Cheung:.
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Source: Sapio Research; Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
She explains that in one instance, British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton and American John Hopfield were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for their work on AI in the 70s and 80s. That showed us a new way to use computers through artificial neural networks. Ms.
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| Oct 17, 2024
The UK market is an interesting market, because it may augur what's going to happen in markets like the US and Canada, because gambling was legalized much earlier, mid-'90s, I think it was. Much smaller market, obviously, the UK, in terms of population size and so on.
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| Jun 27, 2023
More than four in 10 B2B marketers in North America and Europe plan to increase social media content (46%) and video (41%) distribution this year, according to April 2024 data by 10Fold and Sapio Research.
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| Aug 21, 2024
Some 28.9% of US social users ages 15 to 26 said they engaged in online communities, including groups, per our June 2023 “Gen Z Social Media” survey. Yes, but: Marketplace and Groups are two undermonetized spaces on Facebook, meaning Meta makes less money there than on the main feed, for example.
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| Aug 6, 2024
Social media/messaging users. Digital audio listeners. Voice assistant/search users. Executive Summary. Mobile media consumption exceeded time spent with PC/laptop/tablet for the first time this year. Near-ubiquitous use of social media, messaging apps, and video on smartphones has tipped the scale in favor of mobile.
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| Oct 30, 2023
These are the findings from a survey of 9,000 consumers in Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the UK, and the US, conducted in October 2023 by Opinium Research. By the numbers: In this survey, customers’ reasons for choosing their primary banks aligned with our previous findings.
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| Aug 21, 2024
It even helped translate a primary research survey into Canadian French for respondents based in Quebec or French Canada, an example of AI helping us do things that were previously difficult or impossible to do. Takeaways for marketers. Start out by defining your unique requirement.
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| Feb 12, 2025
In some markets like Singapore, Canada, and Brazil, over half of all digital shoppers buy cross-border. Factors that drive cross-border growth include limited local product selection, favorable import duties and taxes, global pricing discrepancies, positive trade relations, and/or proximity to a large ecommerce market that can easily serve their needs.
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| Feb 18, 2025
In 2024, ĢAV data partner GWI started offering data on respondents ages 65 and older in seven markets: the US, the UK, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Israel, and Japan. For ease of comparison, our report features data for respondents ages 16 to 64 in all countries. But we have included the data for respondents 65 and older for those seven countries here as a supplement.
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| Oct 30, 2024
It also shuttered its business in Australia to focus on its home market and Canada. The total restructure—which could cost $39 million—aims to create a “nimbler team,” CEO Max Levchin said during the Q3 earnings call. Why this tie-up matters: Affirm is targeting profitability by the end of fiscal 2023. Working with Worldpay can help it reach that goal.
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| Jun 1, 2023
Among marketing and ecommerce executives in the US and Canada, the percentage of those advertising on TikTok rose 25 points year over year to 68%, per a November 2022 study by Smartly.io and WBR Insights. But only 3% of respondents said it offered the best ROAS. More than one-third selected Instagram, and nearly half chose YouTube. With Shorts, advertisers can tap new ways of working with creators.
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| Apr 28, 2023
However, France will still lag Canada (11:31) and the US (12:37). Digital became the majority share of time spent in 2022, and that share is growing. Digital media accounts for more than half of total media time in France. This balance is common in the countries where we track this measure, apart from Germany, where traditional media still dominates. However, France is still some way behind the UK.
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| Jul 18, 2024
These include employment status, utilities and subscription payments, social media activity, and browsing behavior. Intergenerational data. Identifying older customers with dependents to whom they’re planning to pass on wealth (and how much) can help banks identify mass affluent individuals before they inherit. Predictive analytics.
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| Aug 30, 2024
Among the companies featured in thredUP’s Recommerce 100 ranking of retailers based on the number of secondhand items they have listed, 72 were launched in either 2022 or 2023, including Canada Goose, J.Crew, and Kate Spade. Only seven were launched before 2021.
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| Apr 5, 2023
In 2024, ĢAV data partner GWI started offering data on respondents ages 65 and older in seven markets: the US, the UK, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Israel, and Japan. For ease of comparison, our report features data for respondents ages 16 to 64 in all countries. But we have included the data for respondents 65 and older for those seven countries here as a supplement.
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| Oct 30, 2024
The possibility of scoring a Saint Laurent handbag or Burberry rain boots at a fraction of the original price is particularly appealing for luxury-loving Gen Z and millennial consumers—and fueling social media buzz as shoppers post about their finds. Videos tagged #MarshallsFinds generated 1.3 billion views on TikTok, while T.J.
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| May 23, 2024
The Home Depot and Lowe's have noted that many of the building materials and home improvement goods they sell are sourced from the US and Canada. However, they are still affected by ongoing weakness in the housing market and consumer hesitation to spend on major home projects.
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| Jun 20, 2025
Key Stat: By 2026, 40.8% of US adults will use a dedicated genAI platform at least once per month—but a higher share of the population will be using genAI that’s integrated into other digital touchpoints like social media, smartphones and other devices, ecommerce platforms, and gaming. Executive Summary. AI is becoming an active participant in online social media interactions in 2024.
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| Aug 8, 2024