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Latin America and Southeast Asia will dominate the top 10 list of countries with the fastest ecommerce growth in 2024. Five hail from Latin America, including three of the top five. And although Southeast Asia has tailed off overall, several of its countries are still booming. The Philippines will lead the world in ecommerce growth every year through 2027, and Malaysia will also hover near the top.

Remittances represent a large share of global payments and will keep growing鈥攁lthough at a flat rate. Traditional money transfer organizations have to fight harder for a share of the prize as digital-only entrants have stepped up the competition.

The latest data and insights on spending, KPIs, and key consumer categories marketers need to compete in Mexico鈥檚 complex digital landscape.

Latin America is also a vulnerable spot for Amazon. Mercado Libre is building momentum in countries like Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. There is far less retail media ad spending in the region than in China鈥攂ut it鈥檚 growing much faster. Retail media is hottest in Latin America, though the outlook is positive everywhere.

Fifty-eight percent of US households are 鈥渆xtremely concerned鈥� about inflation: While grocery price growth has normalized, the rapid increases over the past few years continue to influence shopping behaviors.

As more retailers recognize the value of leveraging their first-party data, the global retail media market will continue to expand and innovate. While the US leads the charge with $45.15 billion in spending this year, according to our forecast, other regions are showing similar patterns. In fact, Latin America is only four to five years behind the US, said our analyst Matteo Ceurvels on our 鈥淏ehind the Numbers: Around the World鈥� podcast.

Digital ad spend will grow the fastest in Latin America this year, with Peru leading the pack, according to our forecast. While Argentina and Chile will also rank high by this measure, none of the three countries will crack the global top 10 for total digital ad spend.

More than 40% of internet users in North America will be monthly podcast listeners by the end of this year, the highest rate of any region. Western Europe and Latin America follow with nearly 30% penetration among their online populations.

Trump is reportedly scaling back tariff plans: While he may not implement a 20% tariff on everything imported into the US, the still-vague plans are already having ripple effects.

The capability should help boost Pix鈥檚 in-store volume, serving as a roadmap for the US鈥檚 FedNow to boost retail adoption

Retail ecommerce sales in Latin America were slower than expected during the first nine months of 2022: We break down why as well as which companies saw declines versus those that fared well.

Latin America sees livestream ecommerce explode: We unpack the opportunity in the region as outlined in our recent deep dive.

Retailers in Latin America will face a slew of macroeconomic challenges this year as rapidly changing market conditions weigh heavily on consumers鈥� minds鈥攁nd wallets.

Latin America social network shifts to aid Instagram, TikTok, and Snap: Video-centric platforms are winning young users.