New Ecommerce Tools: October 21, 2026
This week’s rundown of new services for merchants includes AI-powered marketing, agentic commerce, return platforms, multichannel distribution,…
Allegro opens to consumers in Ukraine
Polish online marketplace Allegro is opening up its platform to consumers in Ukraine. It is not launching…
How SMBs Can Keep AI Website Agents Under Control
As AI agents move from building websites to helping operate them, small and midsize businesses need clear…
UK plans to extend VAT liability for marketplaces
The government of the United Kingdom wants to make marketplaces responsible for collecting VAT on sales by…
AI Platforms Attract a Growing Ecosystem
Artificial intelligence models are becoming platforms, attracting an ecosystem of applications, connectors, marketplaces, and payment systems that…
80% of marketplace GMV in Europe come from cross-border transactions
The 100 biggest marketplaces that are active in Europe are expected to generate a gross merchandise volume…
Commerce Data as Credit Data
Companies that help ecommerce merchants sell, collect payments, and ship orders increasingly know enough about those businesses…
New Ecommerce Tools: October 14, 2026
Our curated rundown this week of new services for merchants includes agentic checkouts, AI-powered marketing, same-day deliveries,…
Asian marketplaces lose market share in Germany
German sales for Shein, Temu and AliExpress have dropped 35.5 percent in the third quarter, compared to…
Retail Media’s Opportunity Cost
A recent search for “cordless drill” on Walmart illustrated a quiet struggle playing out on many enterprise…
Move beyond default checkout: How shoppers prefer to pay in 2026
Most merchants try standard fixes for cart abandonment: fewer steps, a mobile-friendly checkout, and more payment options…
Amazon holds 63% of German online retail
Including its marketplace, Amazon has a 63 percent share of Germany’s online retail market. Almost all German…
Open source is a competitive advantage for ecommerce brands
Open-source software is software anyone can download, change, and build on. For a merchant, that means your…
How to be the email they open on Black Friday
Black Friday is the time of year when inboxes go from manageable to overwhelming overnight. Attention spans…
Over 90% of purchases abroad made on Temu, Shein or AliExpress
Nine out of ten euros of online spending that left the European Union in 2025 went to…
Industry criticizes national parcel levy in Austria
As of today, Austria has introduced a national levy of 2 euros per parcel for large online…
Black Friday is also your payment processor’s best day of the year
Following every Black Friday Cyber Monday, revenue records make headlines. Adobe tracked $44.2 billion in US online…
ROAS’s First Source of Truth
Return on advertising spend is a useful performance metric, but only with accurate attribution. ROAS connects advertising…
DHL eCommerce looks for more acquisitions in Eastern Europe
DHL eCommerce is looking for more parcel companies to acquire in Eastern Europe. The planned purchase of…
‘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…
New Tools Open European Markets to US E-Commerce Sellers
U.S. digital businesses looking for new customers in Europe face a costly challenge: navigating unfamiliar tax rules,…
Omnichannel Playbook for Beauty Brands
I met recently with a spa manager in California to introduce her to a French beauty brand….
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,…