80% of marketplace GMV in Europe come from cross-border transactions
The 100 biggest marketplaces that are active in Europe are expected to generate a gross merchandise volume…
Move beyond default checkout: How shoppers prefer to pay in 2026
Most merchants try standard fixes for cart abandonment: fewer steps, a mobile-friendly checkout, and more payment options…
Over 90% of purchases abroad made on Temu, Shein or AliExpress
Nine out of ten euros of online spending that left the European Union in 2025 went to…
Industry criticizes national parcel levy in Austria
As of today, Austria has introduced a national levy of 2 euros per parcel for large online…
New Ecommerce Tools: September 30, 2026
This week’s curated list of new services for merchants includes updates on agentic commerce, product review pages,…
DHL eCommerce looks for more acquisitions in Eastern Europe
DHL eCommerce is looking for more parcel companies to acquire in Eastern Europe. The planned purchase of…
New Tools Open European Markets to US E-Commerce Sellers
U.S. digital businesses looking for new customers in Europe face a costly challenge: navigating unfamiliar tax rules,…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
Influencers Mostly Skip Disclosure
The challenge with enforcing influencer disclosure rules starts with the definition. Neither the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s…
Ecommerce in Nigeria Poised for Growth
At 242 million, Nigeria’s 2026 population is the largest in Africa and the sixth most populous worldwide,…
Let’s Use the Emergent CSS random() Function in all the Browsers
The creator of the TV show The Good Place wrote a tie-in book about moral philosophy which includes a chapter called…
34% of SME’s on Temu have expanded internationally
One in three (34 percent) European small businesses selling on Temu said that they have started selling…
Creating Web Widgets Using the Document Picture-in-Picture API
Firefox 151 recently shipped the Document Picture-in-Picture API. This isn’t the same thing as the (regular?) Picture-in-Picture…
animation-trigger
The CSS animation-trigger property delays the start of a CSS animation until a specific trigger occurs. More specifically, it…
New Ecommerce Tools: August 19, 2026
My rundown this week of new services for merchants includes updates on page builders, warehousing, dropshipping, real-time…
5 Predictions for 2026 Holiday Shopping
U.S. and global holiday ecommerce sales should grow year over year in 2026, shaped by AI referrals,…
Fruugo returns to profit
Online marketplace Fruugo made a profit of 1.4 million British pounds (1.64 million euros) in 2025. Just…
Animating CSS border-image
The CSS border-image property is one of those features we take for granted. And it’s not new…
Using and Styling the Dialog Element
Wasn’t it great — nay, amazing – the day we got a native HTML <dialog> element? It’s,…
Gap Decorations Are Now Available, Here’s What’s New
For a long time now, web developers have had to use border and pseudo-element hacks to style…
Online retail sales surge in the United Kingdom
Online retail sales are rising sharply in the United Kingdom. According to the country’s Office for National…