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Sep 16, 2026

Bol Turns Product Data Into Conversational Shelf Space

Europe

AI & Agentic Commerce

News

Other Companies

Bol Turns Product Data Into Conversational Shelf Space

Shophulp is now available to every bol customer, making catalog completeness, price and delivery part of AI-guided discovery

Sep 16, 2026

Marketplaces & Platform Power

eBay

Europe

News

eBay turns fitment into infrastructure

Automatic compatibility enrichment saves UK parts sellers catalogue work while moving more search and returns logic into eBay's data layer.

Sep 16, 2026

AI & Agentic Commerce

Insights

Global

Other Companies

AI Referrals Bring Better Buyers

NP Digital data suggests AI visits may be smaller, faster, and more valuable.

Sep 16, 2026

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

Insights

Global

Social Commerce Needs Trust

Peer influence explains why the same social-commerce feature converts differently by market.

Sep 16, 2026

Americas

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Insights

Marketplaces Win The First Brand Purchase

US shoppers favor marketplaces for new brands, making distribution central to the acquisition plan.

Sep 16, 2026

Americas

DoorDash

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

News

Other Companies

DoorDash Buys The Campus Ordering Rail

The deal turns university meal funds into a wider institutional commerce expansion play for DoorDash.

Sep 15, 2026

Amazon

Consumer & Category Trends

Insights

Global

Amazon's Replenishment Boom

Everyday household categories are becoming Amazon's fastest forecast growth pocket.

Sep 15, 2026

Europe

Consumer & Category Trends

Insights

Category Beats Retail Scale

ECDB benchmarks show why conversion targets break when category missions differ.

Sep 15, 2026

Americas

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

TikTok Shop

Meta Won Social Shopping's First Act

Facebook and Instagram led U.S. social purchases, but the evidence comes from 2021

Sep 15, 2026

Americas

Amazon

Logistics & Fulfillment

News

Other Companies

Amazon Grounds A Carrier Partner

The 21 Air pause shows how outsourced cargo capacity can separate operating control from platform responsibility without removing network risk.

Sep 15, 2026

OpenAI turns ad clicks into branded chats

Americas

Retail Media & Advertising

OpenAI

News

Other Companies

OpenAI turns ad clicks into branded chats

Sponsored Agents keep the first sales conversation inside ChatGPT, testing whether lower landing-page friction is worth less retailer control.

Sep 15, 2026

South Africa Gives Retail Media Returns a Common Ruler

Retail Media & Advertising

Global

News

South Africa Gives Retail Media Returns a Common Ruler

A proposed measurement framework makes attribution windows, sales bases and modelling assumptions travel with every reported result