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The Weekly Listen: FTC wants to break up Facebook, Big Tech's data probe, and Discovery+ Dec 18, 2020 Download Share eMarketer principal analysts Mark Dolliver, Sara M. Watson, and Debra Aho Williamson, junior analyst Blake Droesch, and vice president of content studio at Insider Intelligence Paul Verna discuss whether the FTC will break up Facebook, a new Discovery+ streaming service, whether Facebook ads are reaching saturation, how customer service changed in 2020, the FTC wanting Big Tech to explain what they do with data, what most people dream about, and more.

Latin America will be the fastest-growing retail ecommerce market this year Download Share The pandemic has had a profound impact on Latin America’s retail industry. Mandated stay-at-home orders in several countries forced retailers to close physical stores, wreaking havoc on many companies’ bottom lines. Still, retailers’ and consumers’ warm embrace of ecommerce has been a silver lining. Retail ecommerce sales will grow 36.7% this year to $84.95 billion, nearly three times more than the 12.5% growth we estimated in our Q4 2019 forecast—and almost double the 19.4% growth in our May...

China’s retail market will not overtake the US market in 2020 after all. Here’s why. Download China’s retail market will not overtake the US market in 2020 after all. Here’s why. Share Take heart, US retail salespeople: Despite premature calls to the contrary, it turns out the US will remain the most lucrative retail market in the world this year and for some years to come. For a while, though, we saw things differently. Back in Q2, during the height of the coronavirus-driven economic collapse in the US, it became clear that China’s economy would likely come through its recessionary...

Facebook’s US net ad revenues will be nearly $3 billion less than pre-pandemic estimates Download Share Facebook, including Instagram, will net $33.48 billion in US ad revenues this year, up 12.4% year-over-year, per our latest forecast. That’s more than a $2.00 billion jump from our June estimate of $31.70 billion but lower than the $36.25 billion we had expected pre-pandemic.