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Americas

Consumer & Category Trends

Insights

Brands Are Grading Their Own Homework

Deloitte finds online commerce confidence running 13 to 19 points ahead of customers

Americas

Amazon

AI & Agentic Commerce

News

Amazon Cuts the Lab, Funds the AI Checkout

Targeted AGI layoffs show Amazon moving resources from open-ended model work toward deployable products, AWS consumption and customer-facing commerce.

eBay

Europe

Logistics & Fulfillment

News

eBay Turns UK Shipping Into a Managed Risk Layer

Sellers gain reach and payout protection. eBay gains control after the hub.

Europe

Logistics & Fulfillment

News

Other Companies

Zalando Bets on Smarter Returns Robots

Its Sereact investment targets fashion logistics' hardest manual workflow: inspecting and restocking returned goods.

Insights

Global

Payments & Checkout

Loyalty Is Moving Into Checkout

Discounts win everywhere, but the next loyalty benefit changes sharply by region

Europe

Insights

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

Europe's Cross-Border Commerce Divide

Proximity to retail hubs matters more than market size.

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

TikTok Shop

Europe

Insights

TikTok Shop Appliances Break the Beauty Pattern

The UK owns 53% of five-market appliance GMV, while Germany shows creator commerce can move considered products.

AI & Agentic Commerce

Insights

Global

Retail AI Moves Into the Store

Digital discovery leads today, but in-store automation becomes AI’s next retail operating-control battleground.

Consumer & Category Trends

Insights

Global

The Wallet's Cheapest Rival Is Waiting

Experiences gain budget while durable goods face a consumer newly trained to postpone.

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

TikTok Shop

Amazon

Europe

Insights

Amazon Owns Europe's Beauty Checkout

TikTok Shop wins discovery, but Amazon still converts beauty demand across eight markets.

Tariff Refunds Become a Retail Cashflow Test

Americas

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

News

Tariff Refunds Become a Retail Cashflow Test

June’s refund wave reversed customs revenue and handed importers a harder question: who should keep the recovered cash?

Americas

Apple

News

Payments & Checkout

Other Companies

Apple Turns Hardware Prices Into Monthly Access

A reported US leasing program would put Klarna behind most Apple devices and make upgrade, keep or return part of the checkout decision.

Archive

Brands Are Grading Their Own Homework

Amazon Cuts the Lab, Funds the AI Checkout

eBay Turns UK Shipping Into a Managed Risk Layer

Zalando Bets on Smarter Returns Robots

Loyalty Is Moving Into Checkout

Europe's Cross-Border Commerce Divide

TikTok Shop Appliances Break the Beauty Pattern

Retail AI Moves Into the Store

The Wallet's Cheapest Rival Is Waiting

Amazon Owns Europe's Beauty Checkout

Tariff Refunds Become a Retail Cashflow Test

Apple Turns Hardware Prices Into Monthly Access

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Archive

Brands Are Grading Their Own Homework

Amazon Cuts the Lab, Funds the AI Checkout

eBay Turns UK Shipping Into a Managed Risk Layer

Zalando Bets on Smarter Returns Robots

Loyalty Is Moving Into Checkout

Europe's Cross-Border Commerce Divide

TikTok Shop Appliances Break the Beauty Pattern

Retail AI Moves Into the Store

The Wallet's Cheapest Rival Is Waiting

Amazon Owns Europe's Beauty Checkout

Tariff Refunds Become a Retail Cashflow Test

Apple Turns Hardware Prices Into Monthly Access

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MarketMaze

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