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Google isn鈥檛 looking so good as it prepares for trial with the DOJ: A historic antitrust challenge comes as Google is under fire for multiple advertising controversies.

The future of ecommerce is grocery. Historically, three categories led the US ecommerce market: apparel and accessories, computer and consumer electronics, and furniture and home furnishings. But in recent years, growth has been fueled by essential goods, including food and beverage items, personal care products, and household supplies. This shift will take grocery to the top of the four major ecommerce categories by 2026.

We expect DNVB ecommerce sales will grow just 1.8% this year, far short of the 10.0% forecast for overall ecommerce growth, because the digital ad-focused playbook no longer works given that venture capital has dried up at the same time that digital ad prices have skyrocketed. Yet there鈥檚 plenty of opportunity for DNVBs such as Warby Parker to adopt traditional retail strategies to fuel growth.

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced it would use the same plug-in standards as OpenAI, meaning plug-ins can work across ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Microsoft is focusing on plug-ins as the future of its OpenAI partnership, and for good reason.

That may be opportunistic as criminals recognize that they can exploit the poor connectivity between retailers鈥� online and offline systems to use counterfeit digital receipts to commit return fraud in stores. Return of shoplifted or stolen merchandise also grew 2.8 percentage points.

On today's episode, we discuss the changing demographics of US physicians, how much money doctors make, and how to address physician burnout. "In Other News," we talk about which chatbots are the best at giving medical advice and why medical credit cards might not be as good as advertised. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Rajiv Leventhal and Lisa Phillips.

The marketplace has been riddled with low-quality and counterfeit goods, turning off some users. Meanwhile, many creators complained that the platform鈥檚 emphasis on ecommerce turned the social app into an 鈥渁d-filled wasteland,鈥� per Business Insider, with Redditors arguing TikTok Shop 鈥渞uined鈥� the app.

鈥淚n theory, the benefit could be that products that don鈥檛 sell at one site could be moved to another, whether for special deals as in flash sale at Zulily or for liquidation to clear out the goods at Overstock,鈥� she wrote.

The National Retail Federation projects online retail sales will rise between 10% to 12% YoY this year, totaling between $1.41 trillion and $1.43 trillion. 鈥淐onsumers are still spending鈥攆or now,鈥� said our analyst Sky Canaves. But 鈥渞etailers are feeling very vulnerable to [economic] forces and trying to take protective measures.鈥�.

For TikTok Shop鈥檚 momentum to continue it will have to ensure that the platform has a broad enough scope that merchants (and consumers) don鈥檛 associate it with the types of counterfeit and low-quality goods that make up a large share of current sales. Go further: Read our TikTok Commerce 2023 report.

Francophones in Canada鈥檚 second-largest province have been slower to adopt digital devices and services compared with the rest of the country. But the latest data reveals the increasingly digital lives of Quebecois in 2023.

Kajabi, which primarily offers online course services for creators, said in March that creators had earned $5 billion in lifetime gross merchandise value (GMV) by selling digital goods. There is a long tail of other revenue streams and smaller creator-focused firms. Affiliate marketing, commerce, and subscriptions are other important income sources for the creator economy.

Key Stat: Even under a heavy tariff scenario, all major digital channels will continue to grow by at least 1.5% YoY in 2025. This report collection can help you:. Develop media strategy and allocate budget for campaigns (agencies and brands). Showcase opportunities to customers (media platforms). Highlights from the 鈥淚mpact on Tariffs鈥� ad spending series.