Deep Product Data Is the New SEO in the Age of AI Discovery
Small and midsize e-commerce brands face growing challenges as AI-driven discovery, social commerce, and conversational search change…
AI Makes Refund Evidence Easier to Fake
Fraudsters can now use generative AI to create fake photographs of product damage, false shipping records, and…
European retail media increased 16.7% in 2025
The European spending on digital advertisements has increased 10.5 percent last year, compared to 2024. The total…
Why Google’s Universal Cart Means Brands Must Sell to AI, Not Humans
Google made one of its biggest moves yet in agentic commerce in May when it introduced Universal…
Nail Profit before Site Extras, Owner Says
Paolo Vidali has a suggestion for merchants looking to add advanced features to their ecommerce sites: Be…
Galaxus now biggest online store in Switzerland
Swiss online store Galaxus reached a revenue of 2.5 billion euros (2.3 Swiss francs) by the end…
AI Can Grow SMB Revenue — If It Moves Beyond the Back Office
Misconceptions about artificial intelligence (AI) are preventing small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) from realizing AI’s full revenue…
Hostinger Reframes Site-Free Ecommerce
Lithuania-based hosting firm Hostinger has launched an ecommerce tool that can turn any product photo into a…
Cost-per-click increased by 15% in 1 year
Between June last year and this year, cost-per-click on Google Ads increased by 15 percent. This equals…
How AI Agents Are Rewiring Market Power and Brand Visibility
Across retail, payments, and big tech, AI-enabled checkout, automated product comparison, and autonomous purchasing tools are becoming…
New Ecommerce Tools: July 1, 2026
Every week we publish a rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on…
Amazon launches AI assistant for German sellers
Amazon has made its Seller Assistant available within Seller Central in Germany. “This AI-powered assistant helps you…
The Digital Shelf Begins Before the Search Bar
Retail marketers are rethinking what constitutes the digital shelf. Rather than beginning on retailer product pages or…
DACH ecommerce sees solid growth
The DACH ecommerce market is expected to continue its steady growth, with annual increases ranging from 3…
Impulse Buying Taking Backseat to Deliberate Shopping: Report
Shoppers are showing less impulse and greater deliberation when making purchasing decisions these days, according to a…
Whatnot-Shopify Integration Tackles Live Commerce Inventory Challenges
Live shopping platform Whatnot integrates directly with Shopify to help sellers expand into new channels and manage…
New Ecommerce Tools: June 17, 2026
Every week we publish a rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on…
Prime Day Has Remade the Retail Calendar
After 11 years, Amazon Prime Day has trained shoppers to look for summer sales in much the…
Kaufland to launch in Spain and the Netherlands
Kaufland is expanding its marketplace once again. By the end of the summer, it is opening its…
What Happens When AI Becomes the Buyer?
AI agents are moving beyond assisting with purchases to making them, raising new questions about trust, marketing,…
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…
‘Ecommerce remains the growth engine of German retail’
Online spending in Germany continues to grow. The German Retail Federation (HDE) forecasts nominal ecommerce revenue to…
Better Product Images Build Buyer Trust in Resale Marketplaces
As resale marketplaces grow, a platform’s ability to process and verify visuals at the point of upload…
Why European Ecommerce Fails in the U.S.
Growing up and working in Europe taught me an important lesson about ecommerce: what succeeds there often…