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Venmo grows in the US as PayPal checkout stays slow

Americas

Ecommerce News

Payments & Checkout

Other Companies

Venmo grows in the US as PayPal checkout stays slow

More debit-card activity cushions PayPal, while its checkout recovery remains a separate challenge.

UPS earns more per parcel while handling fewer U.S. packages

Americas

Amazon

Logistics & Fulfillment

Ecommerce News

Other Companies

UPS earns more per parcel while handling fewer U.S. packages

Quarterly revenue rises as UPS changes its mix, but fuel charges and rising unit costs qualify the story.

AI & Agentic Commerce

OpenAI

Global

Ecommerce News

OpenAI launches Terra at half the usage price of two existing models

Lower processing fees widen the case for testing repetitive work. Total savings depend on errors, retries and review.

US discount chain Dollar General sued over alleged overcharges

Americas

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Ecommerce News

Other Companies

US discount chain Dollar General sued over alleged overcharges

The FTC and twenty states challenge pricing safeguards; the company disputes the allegations.

Visa confirms digital-dollar payout funding for eligible payment firms

Global

Ecommerce News

Payments & Checkout

Visa confirms digital-dollar payout funding for eligible payment firms

The Visa Direct earnings update confirms commercial prefunding through Inyo, while country access and stablecoin usage remain bounded.

EU detains record 196 million suspected counterfeit items in 2025

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Europe

Ecommerce News

EU detains record 196 million suspected counterfeit items in 2025

A large tobacco detention ended in release. The annual enforcement record does not measure the size of the counterfeit market.

Advertising & Retail Media

Vendor study finds almost no written AI disclosure in sampled Facebook and Instagram ad files

Resemble AI counted mentions in ad copy. On-screen notices and detector uncertainty limit what the result says about viewers.

Advertising & Retail Media

Meta Picks Ad Winners Fast

Early spend velocity may beat slow creative testing for Meta-heavy D2C teams today

Americas

Ecommerce Insights

Ecommerce Markets & Economics

CEO Trust Has a Data Problem

Americans trust filings and employee voices far more than the people running the company.

Americas

Ecommerce Insights

Ecommerce Markets & Economics

AI Bubble Winners Still Wait

Dot-com survivors prove useful technology can still punish peak-price capital.

U.S. court orders a rewrite of debit-card fees

Americas

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Ecommerce News

U.S. court orders a rewrite of debit-card fees

The ruling rejects the Federal Reserve’s cost formula. A new rate and any shopper savings remain unsettled.

USPS plans weekly fuel fees for U.S. domestic parcels

Americas

Logistics & Fulfillment

Ecommerce News

Other Companies

USPS plans weekly fuel fees for U.S. domestic parcels

January 2027 changes will link domestic parcel charges to fuel prices; starting rates and individual contract treatment remain unknown.

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Venmo grows in the US as PayPal checkout stays slow

UPS earns more per parcel while handling fewer U.S. packages

OpenAI launches Terra at half the usage price of two existing models

US discount chain Dollar General sued over alleged overcharges

Visa confirms digital-dollar payout funding for eligible payment firms

EU detains record 196 million suspected counterfeit items in 2025