Around the World: 2024 global predictions ('Shark Tank'-style)—Retail media rivals, metaverse shopping experiences, and more

eMarketer principal analyst Matteo Ceurvels predicts retail media to be the next battleground between Amazon and Mercado Libre in Mexico. Mercado Libre overtook Amazon's share of retail ecommerce sales in Mexico for the first time in 2020. While they've been neck and neck ever since, he believes “Amazon will finally meet its match in an area which it's historically dominated globally: retail media.”

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Podcast: Around the World with … Predictions for 2022

On today’s episode, we go around the world to look at what our analysts will be paying close attention to heading into 2022. Tune in to the discussion as eMarketer principal analyst Bill Fisher hosts senior researcher Man-Chung Cheung, senior analyst Matteo Ceurvels, and principal analysts at Insider Intelligence Karin von Abrams and Paul Briggs.

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Podcast: The car buying customer journey is changing, unattended retail, and eBay's latest move

On today's episode, we discuss how the pandemic changed the car buying customer journey and what BMW's digital experience is trying to achieve. We then talk about why online-only brands might need to do more to earn customers' trust, whether people want more—or less—human interaction when shopping, and what eBay's latest move says about the future of the retailer. Tune in to the discussion with general manager at Autogermana Andrés Fuse, eMarketer senior analyst Matteo Ceurvels, and analyst at Insider Intelligence Blake Droesch.

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Podcast: Buying electronics differently, ESPN+'s rights deals, and is YouTube ‘underwhelming’?

On today's episode, we discuss how the pandemic changed how we buy electronics and how omnichannel marketing and operations are evolving. We then talk about whether YouTube is living up to its potential, ESPN+'s sports rights strategy, and whether DAZN can shake up sports TV. Tune in to the discussion with head of ecommerce at Samsung Electronics Argentina Guido Shama, eMarketer senior analyst Matteo Ceurvels, and director of forecasting at Insider Intelligence Oscar Orozco.

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Podcast: Las nuevas tendencias de eCommerce para un mundo que se transforma, por Matteo Ceurvels

Para nuestro invitado, Matteo Ceurvels, el comercio digital no desplaza al comercio físico, sino que lo está reinventando para que tenga más puntos de contacto con el consumidor. Las empresas que puedan encontrar ese balance y brindarle al usuario una experiencia sin fricciones van a ver el fruto de sus esfuerzos.

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Podcast: Launching ecommerce during the pandemic, the fitting-room dilemma, and rental services

On today's episode, we discuss what it's like to launch an ecommerce business unit during the pandemic and how customers are changing. We then talk about livestream ecommerce's US entry point, how to solve the fitting-room dilemma, and how seriously we should take retailer rental services. Tune in to the discussion with ecommerce general manager for the Americas region at Tekmovil Cristian Serrano and eMarketer senior analyst Matteo Ceurvels and analyst at Insider Intelligence Blake Droesch.

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Podcast: The next major challenge for grocery, marketers' social strategies, and Reels gets ads

On today's episode, we discuss mobile devices' role in online grocery, how consumers' physical and digital shopping worlds are colliding, and the next major challenge for grocers. We then talk about marketers' social strategies, why Facebook is risking scrutiny to launch an Instagram for kids, and what to make of Reels getting ads. Tune in to the discussion with vice president of marketing Camilo Reina Ramirez and marketing director Lina Toledo of Grupo Éxito and eMarketer senior analysts at Insider Intelligence Matteo Ceurvels and Jasmine Enberg.

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Podcast: Around the World with ... Sustainable Shopping: Recommerce and local buying trends

On today's episode, we discuss sustainable shopping: the "circular economy" leading to the popularity of recommerce, social media playing a role in secondhand selling, and how smaller retailers can benefit from the pandemic-fueled local shopping trend. Tune in to the discussion as eMarketer principal analyst Bill Fisher hosts principal analyst Karin von Abrams and research director at Insider Intelligence Matteo Ceurvels.

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Podcast: How Fashion Brands Navigate The Pandemic, Walmart+ vs. Amazon Prime and Package Theft

On today's episode, we discuss the pandemic challenges that fashion brands are facing, how female digital buyers have changed, and how social media strategies are evolving. We then talk about how engagement with brick-and-mortar retail is changing, how Walmart+ stacks up against Amazon Prime, how significant a problem porch piracy is, and whether in-garage delivery is the solution. Tune in to the discussion with director of marketing and ecommerce at Cloe Raquel Garduño Arroyo, eMarketer director of research Matteo Ceurvels, and analyst at Insider Intelligence Daniel Keyes.

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Podcast: Around the World with Holiday Shopping - Thanksgiving Weekend, Singles' Day, and the Buen Fin

eMarketer senior analyst Bill Fisher hosts senior forecasting analyst Cindy Liu, research analyst Man-Chung Cheung, researcher Xiaodi Xu, and research analyst at Insider Intelligence Matteo Ceurvels to discuss holiday shopping around the world. They talk about the origins of Thanksgiving weekend shopping, why China's Singles' Day is the largest shopping holiday in the world, and how the Buen Fin in Mexico is adapting in 2020.

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