Why growing brands leave SaaS for open-source ecommerce
For fast-growing ecommerce brands, the platform you choose isn’t just a technical decision — it’s a growth…
No Hassle Visual Code Theming: Publishing an Extension
Creating your theme is the fun part. After you’re done, the next step is to publish your…
Why Buyers Buy: Books for Marketers
Whether you’re looking for basic principles, deep dives, or inside info from top marketers, these hand-picked books…
Product subscriptions used by 23% of German online shoppers
Nearly a quarter of German consumers use online subscriptions for products such as razor blades, shampoo, or…
No-Hassle Visual Studio Code Theming: Building an Extension
Years ago, when I read Sarah Drasner’s article on creating a VS Code theme, I silently thought…
Bol builds external fulfillment network
Dutch marketplace Bol is introducing ‘a completely new ecosystem category’: third-party fulfillment, or 3PL for short. The…
Reclaim Traffic with Smarter Ads
As AI Overviews and shopping agents divert organic traffic, ecommerce marketers may turn to advertising for predictable…
What’s !important #4: Videos & View Transitions, Named Media Queries, How Browsers Work, and More
Neither Chrome, Safari, nor Firefox have shipped new features in the last couple of weeks, but fear…
AI Product Discovery Drives Brand Traffic
Phillip Jackson’s media company, Future Commerce, focuses on trends and developments in business. The company surveyed U.S….
German companies unite to launch EU-based product
Three German software companies have unveiled an end-to-end ecommerce solution, where all data and processes stay in…
EU import of cheap parcels rises 26%
The number of low-cost ecommerce parcels that the European Union received from outside the Union rose sharply…
Why Marketplaces Block AI Shopping Agents
Autonomous AI shopping agents are moving quickly from novelty to reality, with both financial and legal implications….
The Fraud Visibility Gap Created by Agentic Shopping
As AI shopping agents remove friction from online commerce, they are also erasing the behavioral signals retailers…
Styling ::search-text and Other Highlight-y Pseudo-Elements
Chrome 144 recently shipped ::search-text, which is now one of several highlight-related pseudo-elements. This one selects find-in-page…
Why One-Size-Fits-All ERP Fails Mid-Market Retailers
The one-size-fits-all approach of legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems continues to frustrate mid-market retailers, where thin…
How Ecommerce Succeeds in Africa
Most global ecommerce businesses outsource customer deliveries. The process depends on standardized addresses, reliable couriers, predictable delivery…
eBay Passes on Agentic Shopping — For Now
eBay announced in a recent email to users that starting Feb. 20, it will prohibit third-party chatbots…
Temu becomes local-only in Türkiye
Ecommerce giant Temu has suspended cross-border sales of products in Türkiye. Consumers in the country can only…
There is No Need to Trap Focus on a Dialog Element
I was building a Modal component that uses the <dialog> element’s showModal method. While testing the component,…
New Microsoft Retail AI Guide Echoes SEO
Microsoft published a playbook early this month to help retailers increase visibility in AI search, browsers, and…
M&A Advisor on Ecommerce Valuations
Frank Kosarek is the co-founder of BizPort, a mergers-and-acquisitions marketplace launched in November 2025. Before that, he…
Responsive Hexagon Grid Using Modern CSS
Five years ago I published an article on how to create a responsive grid of hexagon shapes….
Why your store’s PHP version matters (and how to check it)
Behind every WooCommerce store is software written in PHP. You don’t need to know how it works,…
Marketing to Humans and Machines
Agentic shopping presents ecommerce marketers with a familiar problem in a new form. The promise is simple…