New Ecommerce Tools: November 11, 2026
New services for merchants this week include drone delivery, AI shopping agents, social commerce, WhatsApp marketing, multicurrency…
CSS Optimization: Is Using Declarations Just Once (UDJO) Still Effective Today?
CSS optimization is a deceptive topic. On the one hand, it feels like something simple that we…
European Council approves VAT simplification for online sales
The Council of the European Union has agreed on further measures to improve VAT collection on online…
Google Ads Loosens Channel Restrictions
Google Ads’ all-or-nothing channel targeting has long frustrated advertisers. Campaign types offer little flexibility for choosing ad…
We went looking: What Woo has done about security since June
If you run a WooCommerce store, or build for people who do, you’ve seen many security updates…
My AI Bots for Email, SEO, Reports, More
Last week I described the customer service voice agent I built for Beardbrand. We’re a small team…
EU Commission approves takeover Ceconomy by JD.com
This week, the European Commission has approved the takeover of Ceconomy, the owner of MediaMarkt and Saturn….
Taming Typography: Building a Modern CSS Reset
CSS can now make choices about type that used to sit outside a reset. text-wrap: pretty can…
Zalando sees new revenue potential in external shops
Zalando is expanding its product range with items from other online stores, starting with Westwing. An AI…
What AI Search Tells Customers About Your Brand
When a customer asks an AI tool to recommend a company, a brand can lose business in…
5 Content Marketing Ideas for December 2026
In December 2026 ecommerce content marketers can celebrate 50 years of “Rocky,” revisit Agatha Christie’s mysterious disappearance,…
Re-Implementing :nth-child() With Modern CSS
The title sounds a bit strange, right? Why re-implement an existing feature, that’s completely useless! I have…
DHL introduces fee for second delivery attempt
German postal and logistics service DHL has announced several price changes. One of the changes is the…
HTML vs. XML Sitemaps for Ecommerce
From the web’s earliest days, developers included a summary of links to a site’s key sections, such…
Protect your profit margins by designing discounts that pay for themselves
Take a look at the next promotion you have planned. What’s the product’s gross margin and how…
What’s !important #20: GTA 6 Scroll Effects, Scrollspies, random()
Good news first? Or bad news first? Let’s do bad news first. This is the final issue…
AI Shopping Agents Put Retailers’ Data to the Test
AI shopping agents are giving retailers a new challenge: How do they serve a customer when an…
Boost peak season conversion rates by answering shoppers’ questions
Holiday promotions seem to start earlier every year. By the time Black Friday and Cyber Monday roll…
Winners Becom Awards 2026 announced
The Becom Awards were presented yesterday in Brussels. This year, the Diamond Awards went to Kentucky Horsewear…
Breuninger expands into 11 new markets
Breuninger is accelerating its expansion in Europe. After earlier launches in the first half of the year,…
The Frankenstein Table
“Something wicked this way comes.” It was naivety, but when I first came across Flexbox, and then…
What’s !important #19: CSS Refraction Effects, Scroll State Queries, @custom-media, and More
We’re back! Don’t worry, this isn’t a trick (despite what our name suggests!). However, due to the…
Subscription churn: Turn retention insights into recurring revenue growth
If your ecommerce operation relies on subscription revenue, understanding churn gives you a powerful way to strengthen…
CSS-Tricks has a new owner!
This is pretty wild, but let’s get right to it because it’s big news: CSS-Tricks is an…