AI Buying Agents Raise New Accountability Questions
Earlier this year, eBay updated its user agreement to explicitly ban third-party “buy for me” agents and…
Earlier this year, eBay updated its user agreement to explicitly ban third-party “buy for me” agents and…
Florence Morin is an artist-turned-engineer-turned-entrepreneur. She graduated from Canada’s Polytechnique Montréal in 2013, only to realize she…
Recent quarterly earnings reports from Walmart, Costco, and Dollar Tree suggest that consumers are still spending, but…
For four years Eric Steckling has run two direct-to-consumer brands. Brio, the company he founded in 2014,…
Many digital catalogs still prioritize visual design over shopper behavior, limiting their ability to drive conversions. Digital…
Let’s play a quick game: I’ll show a graph and try to guess what it’s about. Source: Data…
This installment of our weekly rundown of new services for merchants includes rollouts for quick commerce, SMS…
Starting an online store means making a handful of early decisions that you’ll live with for a…
When he and I last spoke, in 2021, Bryan Mahoney had co-founded Chord, an ecommerce platform that…
We set up a booth at Stripe Sessions 2026 and asked 225 commerce leaders where agentic commerce…
Starting a print-on-demand ecommerce business has never been easier — or more difficult. On the one hand,…
fulfilmentcrowd, the tech-led logistics provider backed by private equity firm Palatine, has acquired Fulfilment.nl, a Dutch ecommerce logistics…
Every week we hand-pick new services to highlight for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on predictive…
Blackstone is acquiring Greek ecommerce market leader Skroutz. The American investment company is taking over a majority…
We’ve hit a plateau at Beardbrand, the direct-to-consumer business I launched 15 years ago. Our revenue is…
This installment of our weekly rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on supply chain software,…
This installment of our weekly rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on supply chain software,…
Contrary to much U.S. sentiment, Molson Hart sees opportunity in China. His direct-to-consumer toy brand, Viahart, sells…
Every day, Shein and Temu deliver 460,000 parcels to Germany. As both platforms violate several EU regulations,…
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The consumer protection authority in France announced that three quarters of imported products from major online platforms…
Users of Vinted in Germany and Austria can now trade directly with each other. Austrian Post has…
This week’s rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on AI-powered advertising, video ad generators, shoppable…
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other generative AI platforms occasionally include source links in their responses. The links…