The Western Europe region of the Global Media Intelligence Report includes poll results from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK.

Netherlands. Time spent with social/messaging in the Netherlands lagged regional averages. At an average of 1:31 daily, the country trailed the regional average by 16 minutes and ranked second to last in Western Europe for this activity. Video streaming adoption remained high but showed signs of plateauing.

Like its remaining quick-commerce brethren, the company is squarely focused on profitability and improving unit economics—which it has done in part by reducing the number of markets it operates in to just Germany and The Netherlands, and by partnering with delivery firm Just Eat Takeaway, per TechCrunch.

The survey was conducted in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the UK, and the US.

The Netherlands: The Hague banned ads promoting fossil fuels, including petrol, diesel, aviation, and cruise ships. Spain: Drafted a bill to restrict e-cigarette advertising and sales to youths. UK: Plans to ban ads for foods high in fat, sugar, and salt in 2024. Singapore: Banned ads for sugary drinks in 2020. The evidence is mixed on whether these bans change consumer behavior.

Respondents were from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, and US.

Netherlands. Marcus (01:14):. It doesn't crack the top 10, but you can get the Eurostar to the Netherlands. Is that what you're talking about? Rajiv (01:21):. Yes. Marcus (01:21):. The train that goes, yep. Rajiv (01:23):. I've taken it. That's why it was my guess. Marcus (01:25):. Okay. Yeah, no, it's a good guess. That's just outside the top 10. Rajiv (01:29):. Okay. Marcus (01:29):. So China.

The Western Europe coverage in the Global Media Intelligence Report includes poll results from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.

Earlier this month, the Hague in the Netherlands became the first city in the world to pass a law banning ads promoting fossil fuels. It will prohibit all display advertising within the city that promotes petrol, diesel aviation and cruise ships. Ethan, could this be a sign of things to come elsewhere around the world? Ethan Cramer-Flood (05:14):.

Wonder buys Grubhub for $650 million: The Marc Lore-owned company snapped up the delivery service at a steep discount, seeking to develop a meal-time super app.

Only around half (55%) of businesses that sell online in the UK are selling via social, which is less than in Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, France, and Germany, according to a November 2022 PayPal report. A rise in scams has put some people off social shopping.

Here are six charts that explore ecommerce in Europe by region, including our latest rankings of European markets by total digital sales.

In preparation, several EU countries have already introduced EPR schemes for textiles, including France (which in 2007 became the first country in the world to introduce an EPR for textiles) and the Netherlands. The EPR Textile Proposal is part of an amendment to the Waste Framework Directive (WFD), which is the EU's legal framework for waste management.