‘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…
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…
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)….
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,…
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…
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…
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…
New Ecommerce Tools: September 2, 2026
Every week we publish a rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on…
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…
Google’s Redirects Blur Search Rankings
Google has long struggled with bot-initiated search sessions. Bots from rank tracking tools exacerbate the problem, as…
How better data helps you reduce ecommerce returns
When ecommerce returns reduce profitability, you might think of logistics or tightening policies. But what if the…
How to write a return policy your team can actually follow
Pick a recent return and walk through the whole process, starting from the customer’s first message all…
New Ecommerce Tools: August 26, 2026
This week’s installment includes new products and services for popups, site builders, subscriber lists, drone deliveries, livestreaming,…
Amazon Prime Air launches in the UK
Amazon has officially launched its Prima Air service in the United Kingdom. From its fulfillment center near…
WordPress PHP-Only Block Registration
You want to build a custom WordPress block. But you don’t want to learn React, manage a…
Double-Digit Ecommerce Growth Returns
U.S. ecommerce sales enjoyed a second consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in 2026, resembling pre-pandemic patterns. The…
Ecommerce fulfillment: How to know when you’ve outgrown your process
Packing 200 orders a day is manageable, but once you grow to 2,000 orders, you’ll need a…
AI-Generated Receipts Hit 71% of Expense Fraud Flags
Generative AI is giving employees a new way to fabricate expense receipts, creating a growing fraud challenge…