eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Ansira's Megan Parks DuBose, head of strategy, and Kevin Hill, vice president of local marketing activation. They shared a blueprint for brands and their sales partners to help ensure recovery at the local level, from stores and franchisees to dealers, post-COVID-19.

UK consumers’ shopping habits have undergone a change that is unlikely to be reversed. According to our latest forecast, nonecommerce retail sales will drop by 16.0% this year, followed by a recovery in 2021. However, sales will never reach pre-pandemic levels.

In China, out-of-home (OOH) was among the hardest-hit ad formats last year. Though spending on outdoor ads will start returning to normal this year, where and how brands deploy them may be anything but ordinary in a post-pandemic China.

Virgin Money boosts UK SMB lending experience with partnership: The UK bank’s latest fintech team-up demonstrates a focus on pivoting to post-pandemic customer retention.

Among holiday shopping events in China, many outside the country have probably only heard of Singles’ Day. However, 618—which ecommerce giant JD.com launched to commemorate the company’s founding day—is gaining popularity. And given the global interest in a post-pandemic retail rebound, this year’s event was particularly worthy of attention.

Companies that don’t plan ahead for a transition to a carbon-free economy or adapt to a post-pandemic world more concerned with social justice risk diminished returns for their shareholders, as BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink warned in his latest Dear CEO letter: “We focus on sustainability, not because we’re environmentalists but because we are capitalists and fiduciaries to our clients.”.

The pandemic super-charged digital habits in the UK, particularly among higher-income groups. These people are also in a better place financially as pandemic restrictions lift, but there’s pent-up desire to spend across all income brackets.

Last year, there was a huge shakeout in the UK’s retail landscape. Long-established names disappeared, hobbled by pandemic pressures, while a swath of digital-first players gained new customers.

US retail sales growth will stabilize in 2022, but changes wrought by two years of the pandemic will drive growth in online automotive and grocery sales.