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Salesforce agrees to buy customer messaging firm Braze for $5.66 billion

Ecommerce Markets & Economics

Global

Ecommerce News

Other Companies

Salesforce agrees to buy customer messaging firm Braze for $5.66 billion

The pending deal could connect customer data with timely messages, but software integration and buyer benefits remain unproven.

Americas

Walmart

Ecommerce Markets & Economics

Ecommerce News

Walmart bundles US delivery and warehouse-club memberships for $120 a year

Walmart+ and Sam’s Club Plus now share an annual price. Existing members get different upgrade and refund options.

Americas

eBay

Ecommerce News

Payments & Checkout

eBay resets automatic bank transfers for eligible US sellers

From November 4, mandatory balance enrollment switches scheduled bank transfers to manual withdrawals. Sellers can restore their schedule.

Study maps ad sellers for 2,116 recipe sites with misleading authors

Advertising & Retail Media

Global

Ecommerce News

Other Companies

Study maps ad sellers for 2,116 recipe sites with misleading authors

DecryptAds maps suspicious authorship and seller links, while vendor rebuttals expose the limits of public account records.

AliExpress lets YouTube creators earn from sales in US, UK, Brazil and Germany

Social Commerce & Creators

Google

Alibaba

Global

Ecommerce News

AliExpress lets YouTube creators earn from sales in US, UK, Brazil and Germany

Eligible creators can tag marketplace products in videos, but sales and profit gains remain unproved.

UK proposes wider iPhone access for competing payment apps

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Europe

Apple

Ecommerce News

UK proposes wider iPhone access for competing payment apps

The competition regulator targets technical choice and access terms; no new service or fee cut is live.

Klarna joins Fiserv's payment platform for large retailers in the US, Canada, UK and selected European markets

Global

Ecommerce News

Payments & Checkout

Other Companies

Klarna joins Fiserv's payment platform for large retailers in the US, Canada, UK and selected European markets

Commerce Hub adds an enterprise distribution route; the separate 100,000-location Clover rollout does not measure enterprise adoption.

UK’s Debenhams Group offers sellers earlier sales proceeds—for a fee

Europe

Ecommerce Markets & Economics

Ecommerce News

UK’s Debenhams Group offers sellers earlier sales proceeds—for a fee

Storfund advances up to 80% of net shipped sales while the marketplace’s normal payout cycle stays in place.

UK Sellers Question Bans on Resale Marketplace Vinted

Marketplaces & Platforms

Europe

Ecommerce News

Other Companies

UK Sellers Question Bans on Resale Marketplace Vinted

Sellers describe lost money and cancelled orders; Vinted says all appeals receive human review.

Ahold Delhaize’s US grocery sites return after eight-day outage

Americas

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Ecommerce News

Other Companies

Ahold Delhaize’s US grocery sites return after eight-day outage

Websites and apps reopen, while the data investigation and some European service restoration continue.

US Retailers Hide Faster Online Sales Growth

Americas

Ecommerce Insights

Ecommerce Markets & Economics

US Retailers Hide Faster Online Sales Growth

Retailer sales averages conceal online momentum, but differing measures demand account-level analysis before spending.

Americas

Ecommerce Insights

Ecommerce Markets & Economics

US Online Growth Regains Its Lead

Digital growth has recovered, while pandemic reversals and changing samples warn against automatic extrapolation.

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Salesforce agrees to buy customer messaging firm Braze for $5.66 billion

Walmart bundles US delivery and warehouse-club memberships for $120 a year

eBay resets automatic bank transfers for eligible US sellers

Study maps ad sellers for 2,116 recipe sites with misleading authors

AliExpress lets YouTube creators earn from sales in US, UK, Brazil and Germany

UK proposes wider iPhone access for competing payment apps

Klarna joins Fiserv's payment platform for large retailers in the US, Canada, UK and selected European markets

UK’s Debenhams Group offers sellers earlier sales proceeds—for a fee

UK Sellers Question Bans on Resale Marketplace Vinted

Ahold Delhaize’s US grocery sites return after eight-day outage

US Retailers Hide Faster Online Sales Growth

US Online Growth Regains Its Lead

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Salesforce agrees to buy customer messaging firm Braze for $5.66 billion

Walmart bundles US delivery and warehouse-club memberships for $120 a year

eBay resets automatic bank transfers for eligible US sellers

Study maps ad sellers for 2,116 recipe sites with misleading authors

AliExpress lets YouTube creators earn from sales in US, UK, Brazil and Germany

UK proposes wider iPhone access for competing payment apps

Klarna joins Fiserv's payment platform for large retailers in the US, Canada, UK and selected European markets

UK’s Debenhams Group offers sellers earlier sales proceeds—for a fee

UK Sellers Question Bans on Resale Marketplace Vinted

Ahold Delhaize’s US grocery sites return after eight-day outage

US Retailers Hide Faster Online Sales Growth

US Online Growth Regains Its Lead

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

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