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Regulation, Policy & Risk

Amazon

APAC

India Opens an Export Lane for Amazon

Foreign platforms can now own Indian-made inventory, but only when it ships abroad

ChatGPT Turns Conversation Into an Ad Auction

OpenAI

Global

ChatGPT Turns Conversation Into an Ad Auction

Brands gain decision-stage inventory. OpenAI controls relevance, delivery and measurement.

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Google

Europe

Europe Opens Google's Search and Play Gates

The €890 million DMA decision targets who wins visibility and who controls the purchase channel.

Europe

Germany Runs Central Europe

ECDB’s forecast shows one market carrying the region’s ecommerce center of gravity.

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Europe

EU Closes Its Parcel Loophole

A three-euro duty turns low-value imports into a logistics and compliance test for marketplaces

Americas

Consumer & Category Trends

Brands Are Grading Their Own Homework

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

Americas

Amazon

AI & Agentic Commerce

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

eBay Turns UK Shipping Into a Managed Risk Layer

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

Europe

Logistics & Fulfillment

Other Companies

Zalando Bets on Smarter Returns Robots

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

Global

Payments & Checkout

Loyalty Is Moving Into Checkout

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

Europe

Europe's Cross-Border Commerce Divide

Proximity to retail hubs matters more than market size.

TikTok Shop

Europe

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.

Archive

India Opens an Export Lane for Amazon

ChatGPT Turns Conversation Into an Ad Auction

Europe Opens Google's Search and Play Gates

Germany Runs Central Europe

EU Closes Its Parcel Loophole

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

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MarketMaze

Archive

India Opens an Export Lane for Amazon

ChatGPT Turns Conversation Into an Ad Auction

Europe Opens Google's Search and Play Gates

Germany Runs Central Europe

EU Closes Its Parcel Loophole

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

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

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