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AI & Agentic Commerce

Insights

Global

Gen AI Leaves B2B Pilots

More commercial teams are implementing gen AI, while fewer leave deployment indefinitely unplanned.

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

Insights

Global

B2B Leaders Personalize One-to-One

B2B winners deploy genuine individual relevance across every commercial touchpoint more often than laggards.

Americas

TikTok Shop

Amazon

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

Insights

TikTok's Sellers Find Amazon

Seller overlap shows discovery scales outward while Amazon's search advantage remains stubbornly local.

Google

AI & Agentic Commerce

Global

News

YouTube Wants To Shape Your Shortlist

Shopping questions move closer to creator reviews, giving brands another discovery surface to test.

Citi Turns Card Spending Into a New Advertising Channel

Americas

News

Other Companies

Retail Media & Advertising

Citi Turns Card Spending Into a New Advertising Channel

The U.S. platform links purchase insights, ads and sales measurement while the Kard acquisition remains pending.

Americas

Amazon

AI & Agentic Commerce

News

Other Companies

Amazon Opens Seller Operations to Claude and Quick

A U.S. beta brings marketplace data and approved actions into outside assistants, while Amazon retains the access rules.

Vinted’s Marketplace Expertise Is Deliberate

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Europe

Insights

Other Companies

Vinted’s Marketplace Expertise Is Deliberate

Only 39% came from marketplaces, but that expertise grew sharply after Vinted’s reset.

Europe

AI & Agentic Commerce

Insights

AI Value Requires a Flywheel

Four connected levers matter more than isolated automation pilots

Shein

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

Insights

Global

Shein Sells More And Keeps Less

Rising sales masked a sharp decline in the profit retained from each revenue dollar.

Banks Seek Safeguards Before AI Shopping Scales

Global

News

Payments & Checkout

Other Companies

Banks Seek Safeguards Before AI Shopping Scales

Six lenders propose voluntary principles for automated purchases, with implementation and dispute-handling details still ahead.

McDonald’s Tests Selling Ads While Customers Wait for Food

Americas

News

Other Companies

Retail Media & Advertising

McDonald’s Tests Selling Ads While Customers Wait for Food

A limited US pilot turns post-order menu screens into advertising inventory, with nationwide scale and returns still unproven.

China Separates Checkout Payments From Consumer Credit Offers

Regulation, Policy & Risk

APAC

News

China Separates Checkout Payments From Consumer Credit Offers

September 30 rules redraw how payment apps present loans while installment products can remain available.

Archive

Gen AI Leaves B2B Pilots

B2B Leaders Personalize One-to-One

TikTok's Sellers Find Amazon

YouTube Wants To Shape Your Shortlist

Citi Turns Card Spending Into a New Advertising Channel

Amazon Opens Seller Operations to Claude and Quick

Vinted’s Marketplace Expertise Is Deliberate

AI Value Requires a Flywheel

Shein Sells More And Keeps Less

Banks Seek Safeguards Before AI Shopping Scales

McDonald’s Tests Selling Ads While Customers Wait for Food

China Separates Checkout Payments From Consumer Credit Offers

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Archive

Gen AI Leaves B2B Pilots

B2B Leaders Personalize One-to-One

TikTok's Sellers Find Amazon

YouTube Wants To Shape Your Shortlist

Citi Turns Card Spending Into a New Advertising Channel

Amazon Opens Seller Operations to Claude and Quick

Vinted’s Marketplace Expertise Is Deliberate

AI Value Requires a Flywheel

Shein Sells More And Keeps Less

Banks Seek Safeguards Before AI Shopping Scales

McDonald’s Tests Selling Ads While Customers Wait for Food

China Separates Checkout Payments From Consumer Credit Offers

Your smart, no-nonsense guide to the maze of e-commerce

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MarketMaze

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