‘Marketplace sellers shift focus to profitability’
Sellers no longer primarily measure their success on marketplaces by sales volumes, but by the returns they…
Shopify Opens to Meta Muse; Amazon Balks
Shopify is welcoming Meta’s new Muse personal AI agent. Amazon is trying to keep it out. Meta…
Omnichannel Playbook for Beauty Brands
I met recently with a spa manager in California to introduce her to a French beauty brand….
Temu ranks first in four European ecommerce markets
Temu has broken into the top 10 online retailers in almost every European country. In four countries,…
Google Targets Low Effort, not AI
Google’s problem with AI-generated content is less the process than the lack of effort. The search giant’s…
5 Levers Drive CAC, Says Ad Pro
Hal Smith says lowering clients’ customer acquisition cost on Meta and Google is a focus of his…
Google removes product carousels in Europe
Product carousels have almost entirely disappeared from Google’s shopping-related search results in the European Economic Area (EEA)….
Retail Media’s Margin Opportunity
Retail media may provide ecommerce retailers with high-margin revenue from an audience they have paid to attract….
New Ecommerce Tools: September 16, 2026
This week’s rundown of new products and services for merchants includes updates on international shipping, cross-border payments,…
Amazon catches up with Boozt in Denmark
Fifteen percent of active Danish online shoppers bought something from Amazon in the past six months. This…
Allegro brings tools and services to sellers’ stores
Allegro plans to make selected tools and services available to selling partners for use outside its marketplace….
Branded Sites Are Vital for Merchants
Visibility across Google Search, generative AI, and other organic channels is increasingly challenging. Some pundits question the…
Retailers Take the Wheel on Last-Mile Delivery
Online retailers are taking greater control of fulfillment and dispatch, viewing the last mile as a competitive…
Amazon’s reach in the EU levels off
Amazon has seen the number of recipients of its shopping services in the European Union decline slightly….
Agency Owner on New-Store Strategies
I asked Kenny Trusnik, founder of the agency Forest City Digital, how an ecommerce startup can attract…
Sales Velocity Reveals Inventory Risk
A simple inventory count combined with sales velocity can reveal a lot about product demand, order planning,…
How to choose a B2B ecommerce platform
Your B2B buyers want the same convenience they find elsewhere when placing orders; the freedom to manage…
ECDB: Bol widens lead over Amazon.nl
Bol increased its lead over Amazon last year, according to a new ECDB ranking of ecommerce in…
TikTok Shop opens cross-border sales between EU and UK
Sellers from eight European Union member states will soon be able to offer their products to British…
Do We Still Need Google Disavow?
Google launched the Disavow tool in 2012 to help websites exclude spammy backlinks they couldn’t otherwise remove….
Influencers Mostly Skip Disclosure
The challenge with enforcing influencer disclosure rules starts with the definition. Neither the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s…
‘German online stores less visible on Google’
The organic visibility of large online stores in Germany is under pressure. Last June, on average, they…
Small Businesses Put AI to Work in Digital Marketing
Among U.S. small businesses, AI adoption has climbed from 26% in 2023 to 87% this year as…
Compare Group expands to 4 new European markets
Compare Group, which owns several price comparison platforms, will expand to Spain, Portugal, Italy and Austria on…