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Europe

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

News

Other Companies

Ocado’s Founder Handover Test

Steiner stays close while retailers question robotic grocery fulfilment economics.

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Europe

Shopify

News

Shopify Adds EU Customs Toll

Low-value EU imports now push a small customs fee into cross-border checkout.

Retail Media & Advertising

OpenAI

Global

News

ChatGPT Becomes The Ad Desk

OpenAI is testing ad creation inside the same interface where shoppers ask questions.

eBay

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Europe

News

eBay Meets The DSA

Germany's DSA coordinator says eBay must fix user-rights plumbing across reports, enforcement notices, and trader information.

AI & Agentic Commerce

Insights

Global

Beauty Leaves The Aisle

McKinsey shows beauty growth shifting toward ecommerce, creators, and AI recommendation layers.

Americas

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

TikTok Shop

Amazon

Insights

TikTok Shop Finds Demand Before Amazon

A $28.6B forecast shows social commerce moving from impulse to fast retail habit

Marketplaces & Platform Power

TikTok Shop

Amazon

Europe

Insights

Beauty Gets Platformed

TikTok Shop is turning European beauty into a category-level platform race.

Flipkart Turns AI Into Marketplace Control

AI & Agentic Commerce

APAC

News

Other Companies

Flipkart Turns AI Into Marketplace Control

The Walmart-owned Indian marketplace says it now runs 250-plus AI models across shoppers, sellers, engineering, support, and internal operations.

Retail’s Holiday Tariff Clock Starts Early

Americas

Regulation, Policy & Risk

News

Retail’s Holiday Tariff Clock Starts Early

US retailers are pulling China orders forward before peak season, turning tariff risk into a working-capital problem.

Europe

Consumer & Category Trends

News

Summer spending squeeze

NRF sees a packed U.S. celebration calendar lifting summer retail while pressuring fall budgets.

Insights

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

APAC

Asia Builds Its Commerce Moat

ECDB forecasts Asia adding more ecommerce revenue than North America and Europe combined.

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Europe

Shein

Insights

EUR3 Breaks Cheap Commerce

Europe’s parcel levy is already reshaping Google Shopping auction pressure.

Archive

Ocado’s Founder Handover Test

Shopify Adds EU Customs Toll

ChatGPT Becomes The Ad Desk

eBay Meets The DSA

Beauty Leaves The Aisle

TikTok Shop Finds Demand Before Amazon

Beauty Gets Platformed

Flipkart Turns AI Into Marketplace Control

Retail’s Holiday Tariff Clock Starts Early

Summer spending squeeze

Asia Builds Its Commerce Moat

EUR3 Breaks Cheap Commerce

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Archive

Ocado’s Founder Handover Test

Shopify Adds EU Customs Toll

ChatGPT Becomes The Ad Desk

eBay Meets The DSA

Beauty Leaves The Aisle

TikTok Shop Finds Demand Before Amazon

Beauty Gets Platformed

Flipkart Turns AI Into Marketplace Control

Retail’s Holiday Tariff Clock Starts Early

Summer spending squeeze

Asia Builds Its Commerce Moat

EUR3 Breaks Cheap Commerce

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