Article: Highly penetrated Nordic region still has much potential for subscription OTT user growth.

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Nordic countries still top the list in penetration. Norway continues to lead the way, with 57.2% of internet users in the country active on the platform, while Denmark and Sweden follow. Modest Growth in Core Markets.

Retailers across Western Europe are pioneering the use of AI to boost digital sales, and new options for delivery and returns are emerging. Yet Europe’s main markets have been slow to embrace social commerce.

Even before the pandemic, the direct-to-consumer (D2C) space was heating up in Western Europe. But the side effects of stay-at-home orders helped accelerate D2C’s popularity, and the landscape looks to be permanently altered.

TikTok’s growth in 2020 has been, in a word, extraordinary. While the pandemic helped stoke user gains for all the major social platforms, it lit a particularly large fire under TikTok.

Norway and Other Nordics. TikTok is proving highly popular in Norway. The number of users will grow by 248.7% in 2020 to just more than 1 million, making it the fastest-growing of all the countries we forecast. By the end of 2024, nearly one in three internet users (31.3%) in the country will use TikTok.

The expense management fintech raised $150 million and will now target larger employers to fuel growth as the wider market heats up.

The news: Houston- and Stockholm-based Majority has raised $19 million in its seed funding round led by Valar Ventures with participation from Avid Ventures, Heartcore Capital, and several Nordic fintech founders, TechCrunch reports.

He brings 12 years of experience to video, having previously served as managing director, Nordic, at YuMe, Nordic sales manager at Smartclip and sales manager at Bonnier.