Prime Video users aren’t finishing shows: The streaming service has a messy catalog that is strangely labeled and missing episodes, internal documents show.

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Nearly a third (32%) of US consumers decreased online spending in Q1 2024, according to Jungle Scout’s latest Consumer Trends Report. Here are five insights into how and where consumers shopped over the first quarter of 2024.

Online shopping is all about convenience: UK shoppers want to be in control of when and how their online orders will arrive.

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Amazon will account for 40.4% of US retail ecommerce sales or a total of $491.65 billion this year, according to our February 2024 forecast.

Ahead of his keynote session at this year’s CommerceNext event on June 11-13, Lockton shared how Tractor Supply leverages its physical and digital channels to connect with the retailer’s varied audience and how its retail media enables advertisers to target a hard-to-reach rural audience via digital channels.

US adults ages 18 to 54 spend more time on TikTok than any other popular social platforms, according to our forecast.

Consumers keep splurging on their pets: That’s why Amazon is hosting a pet sale and other companies are rolling out niche offerings ranging from stress-relief chews to an airline for dogs.

Disney to add 24/7 FAST channels to mimic cable experience: The company is tapping into a growing streaming trend that could revitalize struggling shows.

Around $84 billion in digital ad spend was lost to fraud last year, according to Juniper Research. That number will more than double by 2028, reaching $172 billion. Some 22% of US digital media experts consider digital video to be one of the media types most vulnerable to fraud, per a study from Integral Ad Science and YouGov. But connected TV (CTV) has an advantage over other digital ad publishers.

Big Tech throws caution to the wind with massive AI capital expenditures: Tech companies’ multibillion-dollar AI spending spree could face the harsh reality of an overtaxed energy grid.

LVMH reported its weakest quarter since 2021: Even so, organic revenues still rose 3% YoY in Q1.

Adidas is on the right path: After delivering better-than-expected results in Q1, the company raised its full-year guidance.

Advertising industry focuses on sustainability: Client demand and a rising awareness of the environmental footprint of digital activities help drive move.

“Digital advertising was founded upon third-party cookies, which are going away by the end of 2024 if Google sticks to its current timeline,” said our analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf. “That makes first-party data more valuable because there is a direct relationship between the data owner and the person from whom the data originates.”

FAST viewership skyrocketed from 2019 to 2021. Now that these services are relatively mainstream, growth has settled down. But FAST remains one of the top-growing subcategories within the OTT ecosystem.

More eyeballs = more sales: That’s why Amazon launched an “Amazon Live” shopping channel on Prime Video and Freevee and added a mobile integration to buy the featured items.