But Mitchell notes that a significant portion of that DAU growth came outside of North America, and those markets bring in less ad revenue per user than the US and Canada. Reality check: The company’s Reality Labs unit, which is responsible for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) hardware and software, brought in Q1 revenue of $695 million, up over 30% from the year prior.

The US, the UK, the EU, and Canada removed major Russian banks from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) on Saturday. Swift’s global messaging system facilitates payments for more than 11,000 financial institutions in over 200 countries and territories.

We also have invested to build out the delivery team in more than 15 major markets across the US and Canada. This means a person in an Article uniform driving an Article truck will show up and deliver your sofa, which means we have the ability to set the terms of how that experience will go versus contracting with a third-party delivery company.

The company’s big announcement was that it secured Friday Night Baseball to show two Major League Baseball games on Friday nights during the regular season for subscribers in the US, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and the UK. However, the MLB is currently in a lockout that could end up canceling the entire season, complicating Apple's aspirations. 2.

Latin America/Canada/Russia: 280 data points from 35 sources. Our complete estimates for social commerce sales in the US and China, as well as social commerce buyers in 13 countries, can be found in this report’s accompanying spreadsheet. The State of Social Commerce in the US and China. There’s no question that social commerce is growing fast in the US.

Francophones in Canada’s second-most-populated province are slower to adopt new technology, but their time with digital media is growing, and it is almost on par with Anglophones in Canada.

Although annual user growth will slow from 5.1% this year to 2.3% in 2026, there will still be more internet users in India in 2026 than in the US, the UK, Germany, and Canada combined (488.2 million vs. 737.5 million in India). Despite its large online population, India has the lowest internet use penetration among the 14 Asia-Pacific countries we track.

Sykes heads Klarna’s partnerships across the US and Canada, working to expand buy now, pay later (BNPL) options. Insider Intelligence: Why are younger generations turning to BNPL services? David Sykes: A lot of these consumers grew up during the [Great Recession] and saw their parents and family members getting in over their heads.

Before StackAdapt, Brian was at Amazon Web Services, where he led its marketing efforts to serve small and medium-sized businesses across the US, Canada, and Latin America. He brings more than 35 years of technology marketing experience and a proven ability to drive technology product and services revenue. Moderator:.

The company pulled out of Canada in 2020 after an investigation into its methods. California and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have both sued the company. The lawsuits resulted in Clearview AI ceasing sales of its database to private US companies.

Canadian-American bobsledder Kallie Humphries’ gold-medal run was the most viewed event at the games, but that’s likely because it came directly after the overlapping Super Bowl, which delivered high ratings for NBCU. More on this: There are any number of theories to explain the low viewership.

The news: Sweden-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Klarna launched its rewards program in nine countries, including the UK and Canada, per a press release. Klarna also brought its Pay Now feature to the same countries, plus Australia. More on this: Klarna’s rewards program, which it launched in Australia and the US in 2020, lets customers earn points when they make on-time payments.

A buy now, pay later (BNPL) offering in Canada, which was unveiled in November 2021 and is in collaboration with Duo Bank of Canada. Walmart’s two stated goals for serving financial services customers are to improve banking accessibility and cut product fragmentation:. The retail giant said that close to one-quarter of adults in the US are either unbanked or underbanked.

“I’m just kind of dumbfounded,” said Samantha Lawler, an astronomer at the University of Regina in Canada. “Really? They did not think of this?”. “If things fail, they fix them and do things better next time,” Lewis said. “This is another example of that”—a policy of adherence to hindsight, not foresight.

Disney+ recorded 42.9 million subscribers in the US and Canada in Q1 2022, or 18% YoY growth. Yet this number doesn’t tell the whole story: Disney notes that subscribers to its streaming bundles are counted as paid subscribers to each service included in the package, regardless of whether they use the services.

Our revised estimates for total ad spending in Canada this year show a big decline, mirroring what’s expected overall for the Canadian economy. Digital will hold its level after years of double-digit growth.

On today's episode, we discuss the most interesting aspects of Amazon's Q1 results, including whether it's losing in groceries, shoppers who may never go back into stores, and how local businesses are fighting back against Amazon in Canada. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer director of forecasting Cindy Liu and analyst at Insider Intelligence Daniel Keyes.

Ecommerce’s share of total retail in Canada is higher than we previously expected, as brick-and-mortar outlets are forced to shutter and online shopping becomes a necessity.