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McDonald鈥檚 value focus paid off in Q3: But challenges remain as the company needs to dig out from the recent E. coli outbreak.

The opportunity: The survey also found 55% say they base their grocery shopping decisions on promotions and discounts鈥攗p 5% from last year. That finding echoes another survey, by Civicscience, which found 60% of consumers are looking for items on sale while grocery shopping and 48% are purchasing store brands.

Initiate pre-holiday deals to attract early shoppers. Understand holiday shopping behaviors. More like this:. Holiday season ecommerce spending hasn鈥檛 gotten much earlier, study shows. Deep discounting, mcommerce remain keys to holiday season success. 5 key stats on holiday retail: Shoppers start early, spend on mobile, and rely on buy now, pay later.

TikTok employs 6,000 content moderators in Europe: The platform disclosed it has 150 million users in the region in a regulatory filing.

The retailer plans to expand its physical footprint by opening 500 to 600 shops across Asia, Latin America, and Europe in the next few years. On Monday it teased a potential collaboration with Beyonc茅 in an Instagram post featuring the caption 鈥淚NTRODUCING: A New Chapter.鈥�

Zoom鈥檚 and Beyond Presence's AI avatars promise hands-free attendance, though the potential for deepfake misuse looms large.

Luxury ecommerce is a tough place to play: That鈥檚 why Cartier owner Richemont is selling Yoox Net-A-Porter to Mytheresa鈥攐ne of the few platforms that has found sustained success.

France鈥檚 relative digital immaturity is shifting, with digital advertising growth leaving traditional channels behind. Retail media is leading the way, and Amazon is benefiting the most, with the creation of the new triopoly.

It鈥檚 launching in seven European markets this year, with a full European rollout expected by spring of 2025. Why it matters: Merchant Information can help banks improve the customer experience: Almost half (45%) of British adults want their banks to provide information on their individual transactions, per Tink research.

The buy gives Mastercard access to Minna鈥檚 relationships across Europe as it pilots a similar subscription service

Klarna the business chimera: In the high-flying days of zero interest rates, Klarna鈥檚 growth strategy included dabbling in all things related to ecommerce鈥攊ncluding its checkout business. On top of being a bank and a BNPL provider:. It launched a standalone open banking brand, Kosma. It bought and operated social shopping platform Hero for $160 million. It bought price-comparison site PriceRunner.

Really, I mean this is the forefront, at least in my opinion, of consumer-facing generative AI tools within e-commerce. I mean, really what it does is it puts the technology front and center and is asking shoppers to interact with the tool in order to really guide their shopping experience from the get-go. (05:17):.

The high price of producing plant proteins is often passed onto shoppers鈥攚ho have sharpened their focus on value over the past few years and may not see enough value to justify the cost of meat alternatives.

The news: The European Commission asked TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube on Wednesday for details about their content recommendations systems as it continues to enforce the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Mo毛t Hennessy -owner LVMH buys a stake in French Bloom: The investment represents the first move by Champagne鈥檚 biggest producer into nonalcoholic beverages.

A2A payments accounted for 18% of Europe鈥檚 ecommerce transaction value in 2023, per Worldpay鈥檚 2024 Global Payments report. In the US, they made up just 5% of ecommerce transactions.

I know borders are a big thing in the US election conversation, so my fact is about borders in Europe though. So in Switzerland and Italy, and it's in the news because of glacial melt, so there's an area close to the Matterhorn, which is one of Europe's tallest mountains.