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Reports that Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok are abandoning some of their shopping features are not a reflection of the platforms鈥� overall commerce ambitions. But as social commerce buyer growth slows, brands should focus more on reengaging existing customers and less on direct buying capabilities like native checkout.

Next is our Senior Retail Analyst covering Latin America, Matteo Ceurvels. Hello, Matteo. Matteo Ceurvels:. Hello, Bill. Great to be back on the show. Bill Fisher:. Great to have you. And finally, we have our Principal Analyst for Canada, Paul Briggs. Hi there, Paul. Paul Briggs:. Hey, Bill. It's great to be back on the podcast. Bill Fisher:.

Retailers and Ecommerce Firms. Forget about native checkout. It鈥檚 a need-to-have for Meta, but it鈥檚 only a nice-to-have for brands. Focus on creating a seamless path to purchase from sponsored, paid, and organic shopping content on Facebook and Instagram. Invest in augmented reality (AR) developer tools to create custom content for Meta鈥檚 platforms.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss what the verdict is on Netflix's sports streaming experimentation and how small and mid-sized advertisers are spending more on CTV ads. Tune in to the conversation with Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Senior Analyst Ross Benes and Vice President Paul Verna. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.

We start with our Vice President of Content and the person who heads up our retail and e-Commerce desk, based in New York, it's Suzy Davidkhanian. Suzy Davidkhanian:. Hello. Thanks for having me back. Marcus Johnson:. Hello there. Of course, of course. We're also joined by one of our Senior Analysts on that very retail team, he is also based in New York and his name is Blake Droesch. Blake Droesch:.

Outbound US travel was very strong, and travel in and out of both Asia-Pacific and Latin America recovered sharply during the quarter, Visa CFO Vasant Prabhu said on the firm鈥檚 earnings call. Stronger travel fueled a 44% YoY and 38% YoY increase in cross-border volume for Mastercard and Visa, respectively. Foreign exchange fees.

Despite a tightening ad market, the Super Bowl powers on: Fox has sold out spots for Sunday鈥檚 game, with prices stabilizing after last year鈥檚 jump.

Those two leaders, along with China and a handful of major markets in Western Europe and Latin America, prop up the worldwide sub OTT penetration rate. By contrast, many large countries like Japan, Indonesia, and India fall far below the worldwide average. Most sub OTT viewers are in Asia-Pacific.

A young and ecommerce-savvy user base in the UK is helping propel TikTok鈥檚 aims. More than two-thirds of the platform鈥檚 user base in the UK is under the age of 35. Given a broader population that is comfortable with digital shopping鈥攐nly China has a greater proportion of total retail sales online鈥攊t鈥檚 clear why the country is a rich testing ground for TikTok.

Dorsey said Block was eyeing regions where the population with internet access will grow the fastest鈥攊ncluding Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Oceania. Artificial intelligence. Block plans to introduce machine learning across all its products and services, according to Dorsey, to improve efficiency and create new features for customers.

In today鈥檚 episode, host Bill Fisher is joined by Paul Briggs, Man-Chung Cheung, and Carina Perkins to discuss the longevity of subscription services and loyalty programs from both a client and corporate perspective. How many subscriptions can people afford, and how much can companies afford to give away as part of their loyalty programs?

Peter Newman:. ... to an e-commerce site. So that's where the measurement difficulty comes in. Marcus Johnson:. Yeah, absolutely. Max, what's your take here? Max Willens:. So I feel like e-commerce search was always destined to be more atomized. I mean, even though Amazon does sell something close to everything, people are specialized and our picky about the particular goods that they want.

Search giant and AI leader Baidu is working on reimagining its services with genAI, from search and document creation to digital avatars for livestream shopping. Currently, Baidu鈥檚 AI chatbot Ernie generates 18% of the company鈥檚 search results. India鈥檚 genAI sector is also gaining momentum.

It was a website that has a retail e-commerce store online who sells like accessories and jewelries and stuff.

The rise of shopping apps selling ultralow-cost goods from China is drawing more value-driven US consumers. But are their strategies sustainable over the long term?

iOS 18 to feature RCS, at long last: Apple's update will boosts cross-platform messaging鈥攁nd benefit marketers with richer customer interactions.

Generative AI (genAI) has come to work. 鈥淗alf the people who are using genAI are in what we consider prime working years,鈥� said our analyst Max Willens on a recent webinar. 鈥淭his diffuse adoption of a technology, especially one as momentous as this one, really doesn鈥檛 have much precedent.鈥�

On today's podcast episode, we discuss how shopping will get even more social, how brands will be fighting their way into your messaging apps, and more. Tune in to the conversation with Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Vice President and Principal Analyst Jasmine Enberg and Senior Analyst Minda Smiley. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.

The annual charges increased across all six cards, but Amex is hoping the enhanced rewards will offset the added consumer costs