Retail has accounted for more than 20% of the market ever since we began tracking digital ad spending by industry, and the pandemic-driven ecommerce explosion of 2020 has only launched retail to new digital heights.

The UK is something of a global leader when it comes to retail ecommerce. As a proportion of total retail sales, only China will trump the UK in ecommerce sales penetration this year (41.2% versus 30.9%, respectively). The UK’s fulfillment and delivery infrastructure is, as one would expect, quite mature.

In fact, the CMS recently made reimbursement permanent for some mental health audio-only telehealth visits (a previously temporary policy enacted during the pandemic).

This inaugural benchmark evaluates 10 leading digital grocery services, ranked based on consumers’ demand for 30 different features.

At that point, 11 different parent companies will be able to claim more than $10 billion in digital ad revenues. Five years ago, Google, Facebook, and Alibaba were the only companies in the world above that threshold. Finally, Spotify remains the lone non-US and non-Chinese digital ad publisher to crack our global rankings. 

In less than two weeks' time, the coronavirus pandemic completely changed the ways in which millions of UK residents grocery shop and order food. On March 20, Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered cafes, bars and restaurants to close for eat-in customers; three days later, all residents except workers in essential jobs were told to stay home as much as possible, going out only for groceries, medical needs or solo exercise.

The UK digital ad market is thriving. It will grow 11.9% this year, reaching £25.84 billion ($35.54 billion). Video will be a big contributor to this growth, as will social network spending, which is being disrupted by the likes of TikTok.

In April 2016, WeCom launched as WeChat Work in China, to only moderate success. The pandemic has turbocharged its user growth, however. The app’s integration with WeChat and arsenal of business features will make it a valuable asset for marketers even after offices reopen.

We predict reasonable Snapchat user growth of 6.8% in Western Europe this year, resulting in 76.2 million new users on the platform, or nearly 22% of internet users. However, this growth is up only slightly from our November 2019 prediction of 6.3%.

Since early March, the coronavirus crisis has posed an unprecedented threat to the retail industry across Western Europe. In most countries, only retailers that sell food, drugs and other essential items can do so in physical stores.

Mainstream banks are hitting back at the potent threat of neobanks by adopting the digital best practices that the challengers first championed, per The US Digital-Only Banking Revolution report. To the detriment of neobanks, this includes partnering with third-party vendors and making strategic acquisitions to increase their digital account holder volumes.

Only 29% of video marketers expect to use Twitter for video marketing in 2022, per Wyzowl; YouTube (88%), LinkedIn and Instagram (68% apiece), and Facebook (65%) all trounced Twitter in that study. Ads or no ads: If Musk’s bid is successful, it would give someone who has publicly questioned the business’ advertising model control over that model.

For example, nearly 9 in 10 digital gamers play mobile games, which means just over 10% of gamers are strictly committed to desktop or console. Despite the overlap, demographic makeups differ between platforms. Though the stereotypical gamer is a young male, three-quarters of mobile-only gamers are female, according to a June 2021 Comscore study.

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.

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Although 78% of US hospitals and health systems now have “direct-to-consumer video visits,” Kaufman Hall reported that fewer offer online appointment scheduling, text- and audio-based visits, or a virtual waiting room. And only 40% said they were partnering with a third-party vendor to improve consumers’ digital experience.

Both in-store and online sales picked up with overall sales rising 8.5% from 2020, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse. However, with more stores closing due to omicron, even the most enthusiastic shoppers may find it more difficult to shop in-store for a while.