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Jun 18, 2026

Pinterest Tests The Shopping Chatbot

Ask Pinterest turns visual discovery into a guided AI shopping layer.

Jun 18, 2026

EU Platform Rules Start To Bite

Booking.com, Zalando, and Idealo warn that Europe’s digital rule stack is becoming an operating burden, not just a legal file.

Jun 18, 2026

OpenAI's $34bn AI Bill

OpenAI's planned IPO turns frontier AI from a product story into a capital-allocation and supplier-risk story for commerce operators.

Jun 18, 2026

IKEA Monetizes Store Time

A 2-hour visit turns friction into discovery, food, and customer labor.

Jun 18, 2026

Amazon And Walmart Cross Half The Market

Amazon and Walmart's 51.0% share turns ecommerce growth into a distribution dependence problem.

Jun 18, 2026

Poland Picks Local Retail

EY-Parthenon preference data shows Allegro and specialists beating global platform reflexes.

Jun 17, 2026

Adyen builds agentic rails

PLUS: Copilot labor, X signals, marketplace agents

Jun 16, 2026

Salesforce Buys Service Automation

Fin gives Agentforce a sharper customer-service layer for real AI outcomes.

Jun 16, 2026

Banks Want AI. Trust Still Wants Security.

Recommendations lead bank AI roadmaps, but security still decides customer permission.

Jun 16, 2026

Salesforce buys the service layer

PLUS: Walmart crosses borders, Google tightens bids, PPC systems

Archive

Pinterest Tests The Shopping Chatbot

EU Platform Rules Start To Bite

OpenAI's $34bn AI Bill

IKEA Monetizes Store Time

Amazon And Walmart Cross Half The Market

Poland Picks Local Retail

Adyen builds agentic rails

Salesforce Buys Service Automation

Banks Want AI. Trust Still Wants Security.

Salesforce buys the service layer

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Archive

Pinterest Tests The Shopping Chatbot

EU Platform Rules Start To Bite

OpenAI's $34bn AI Bill

IKEA Monetizes Store Time

Amazon And Walmart Cross Half The Market

Poland Picks Local Retail

Adyen builds agentic rails

Salesforce Buys Service Automation

Banks Want AI. Trust Still Wants Security.

Salesforce buys the service layer

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

Join 1,000+ other readers and get the week’s best ecommerce & marketplace insights.Always data-driven, always stunning in under five minutes.

MarketMaze

Join 1,000+ other readers and get the week’s best ecommerce & marketplace insights.
Always data-driven, always stunning in under five minutes.