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Aug 7, 2026

Italy Rents The Checkout

Marketplaces generate 71.4% of ecommerce GMV

Aug 7, 2026

Central Europe Goes Marketplace-First

Platforms now control 60% of regional ecommerce revenue

Aug 7, 2026

Europe’s Retail Growth Splits In Two

Spain leads while France and Italy force retailers to abandon one-size regional plans

Aug 7, 2026

eBay Turns Auctions Into a Channel

Live selling connects seller expertise, product discovery and payment inside one marketplace surface

Aug 7, 2026

ChatGPT Builds a Paid Product Shelf

Product carousels turn retailer feeds into platform-controlled comparison inventory

Aug 7, 2026

TikTok Wants the Warehouse Too

FBT multichannel fulfillment extends TikTok's control from product discovery into merchant inventory and off-platform delivery

Aug 6, 2026

Shopify Gives Storefronts Agent-Native Controls

WebMCP replaces guessed clicks with structured tools while Shopify keeps checkout on its rails.

Aug 6, 2026

Beauty Bucked the Basket Boom

Eight categories spent more per order while health and beauty baskets quietly shrank

Aug 6, 2026

Etsy Cuts Layers to Chase Growth

A 12% workforce reduction turns Product and Engineering into a faster, flatter operating bet

Aug 6, 2026

Advertising Outgrew The U.S. Economy

Performance media expanded faster than nominal GDP, raising harder questions about returns and rents

Archive

Italy Rents The Checkout

Central Europe Goes Marketplace-First

Europe’s Retail Growth Splits In Two

eBay Turns Auctions Into a Channel

ChatGPT Builds a Paid Product Shelf

TikTok Wants the Warehouse Too

Shopify Gives Storefronts Agent-Native Controls

Beauty Bucked the Basket Boom

Etsy Cuts Layers to Chase Growth

Advertising Outgrew The U.S. Economy

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Archive

Italy Rents The Checkout

Central Europe Goes Marketplace-First

Europe’s Retail Growth Splits In Two

eBay Turns Auctions Into a Channel

ChatGPT Builds a Paid Product Shelf

TikTok Wants the Warehouse Too

Shopify Gives Storefronts Agent-Native Controls

Beauty Bucked the Basket Boom

Etsy Cuts Layers to Chase Growth

Advertising Outgrew The U.S. Economy

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.
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