New Ecommerce Tools: June 24, 2026
This week’s rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants includes updates on agentic commerce, generative engine optimization,…
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…
Building a Life, Not Just a Business
The last few years have been rough for Beardbrand, the direct-to-consumer company I founded over a decade…
PriceMinister founder wants to buy back platform from Rakuten
The founder of French online marketplace PriceMinister, Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, has announced that he is preparing a takeover…
New Ecommerce Tools: June 17, 2026
Every week we publish a rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on…
Turkey tops European ecommerce growth
Nowhere in Europe are ecommerce sales expected to grow faster through 2029 than in Turkey. Bulgaria ranks…
Prime Day Has Remade the Retail Calendar
After 11 years, Amazon Prime Day has trained shoppers to look for summer sales in much the…
Engineer Quits, Launches Online Art School
Florence Morin is an artist-turned-engineer-turned-entrepreneur. She graduated from Canada’s Polytechnique Montréal in 2013, only to realize she…
Belgian ecommerce worth 18 billion euros
Last year, Belgian consumers spent 18.3 billion euros online. Compared to a year earlier, this is an…
‘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…
Cautious Shoppers Reward Clear Value
Recent quarterly earnings reports from Walmart, Costco, and Dollar Tree suggest that consumers are still spending, but…
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…
2 Bootstrapped D2C Brands, 1 CEO
For four years Eric Steckling has run two direct-to-consumer brands. Brio, the company he founded in 2014,…
‘One in five Spanish ecommerce sellers on TikTok Shop’
TikTok Shop has established a strong position in Spain’s ecommerce market in a relatively short time. Both…
‘JD.com eyes Very Group takeover’
JD.com is looking to make another move to strengthen its position in the European ecommerce market. The…
How Foreign Brands Sell into Africa
Foreign brands rarely rely on a single channel when selling into Africa. They layer marketplaces, retail partnerships,…
Ecommerce without Merchant-Owned Carts
Google announced a comprehensive shopping cart that could soon be available across the search giant’s app ecosystem….
Digital Catalogs Become Adaptive Commerce Tools
Many digital catalogs still prioritize visual design over shopper behavior, limiting their ability to drive conversions. Digital…
Turkish online spending reached 86 billion euros
Last year, the transaction volume in Türkiye has increased more than 52 percent, reaching 4.57 trillion Turkish…
Otto opens to Polish sellers
Otto is preparing to open its marketplace to sellers in Poland. A pilot program will begin next…
How to start selling online: Nail the decisions that matter most
Starting an online store means making a handful of early decisions that you’ll live with for a…
M&S buys ASOS warehouse
The British department store Marks and Spencer Group is buying a distribution center from Asos. The deal…
AI is shifting commerce — here’s what 225 leaders told us they’re betting on
We set up a booth at Stripe Sessions 2026 and asked 225 commerce leaders where agentic commerce…