German ecommerce increases 4.3% in first half 2026
Online turnover in Germany has increased 4.3 percent in the first half of the year, compared to…
Deep Product Data Is the New SEO in the Age of AI Discovery
Small and midsize e-commerce brands face growing challenges as AI-driven discovery, social commerce, and conversational search change…
AI Makes Refund Evidence Easier to Fake
Fraudsters can now use generative AI to create fake photographs of product damage, false shipping records, and…
An AI’s answer is only as up-to-date as the documentation it uses
Earlier this year, a merchant taking in-person payments asked our AI support assistant how to quickly accept…
New Ecommerce Tools: July 15, 2026
This week’s installment of new services for merchants includes updates on product videos, shipping, recommerce, social marketing,…
Meet your customers where they’re already deciding with Reddit Ads for WooCommerce
When a shopper goes online and researches “the best noise-canceling headphones under $200,” they’re often forgoing sponsored…
Why Google’s Universal Cart Means Brands Must Sell to AI, Not Humans
Google made one of its biggest moves yet in agentic commerce in May when it introduced Universal…
New GA4 Channel Tracks AI Traffic
Google Analytics 4 launched its “AI Assistant” channel in May. I’ve since accumulated data before covering the…
Nail Profit before Site Extras, Owner Says
Paolo Vidali has a suggestion for merchants looking to add advanced features to their ecommerce sites: Be…
AI Marketing Looks Familiar
AI’s emergence has created ecommerce marketing opportunities, yet the fundamental tactics remain. Consider four traditional promotion channels:…
Standalone CDPs Fade as Enterprise Suites Expand
The customer data platform (CDP) industry is entering a new phase as standalone CDPs give way to…
4 Homegrown Brands Winning India
I addressed last month the opportunity for foreign brands to sell in India. The country’s population is…
Poor Ad Recall Threatens Brand Discovery, Visibility in AI Era
Consumers quickly forget advertising, making it harder for brands to win both human attention and AI-powered discovery,…
AI Visibility Scores Are Useless
AI visibility-tracking tools such as Profound and Peec AI monitor specific prompts and report a business’s visibility…
AI Can Grow SMB Revenue — If It Moves Beyond the Back Office
Misconceptions about artificial intelligence (AI) are preventing small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) from realizing AI’s full revenue…
Hostinger Reframes Site-Free Ecommerce
Lithuania-based hosting firm Hostinger has launched an ecommerce tool that can turn any product photo into a…
How AI Agents Are Rewiring Market Power and Brand Visibility
Across retail, payments, and big tech, AI-enabled checkout, automated product comparison, and autonomous purchasing tools are becoming…
New Ecommerce Tools: July 1, 2026
Every week we publish a rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on…
How to make your store readable to AI shopping agents
Your online store should make it simple for customers to find and buy the products they want….
Amazon launches AI assistant for German sellers
Amazon has made its Seller Assistant available within Seller Central in Germany. “This AI-powered assistant helps you…
The Digital Shelf Begins Before the Search Bar
Retail marketers are rethinking what constitutes the digital shelf. Rather than beginning on retailer product pages or…
AI Forces Affiliates to Innovate or Die
Commerce publishers are the affiliate marketers behind product reviews, buying guides, comparison articles, deal pages, and niche…
‘AI is becoming active participant in purchasing’
New reports on ecommerce in the five biggest European online markets shows that online shopping is still…
Printful Exec on Profitable Print-on-Demand
Thanks to companies such as Printful, an enterprising entrepreneur can select a product, upload an image to…