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Amazon

Consumer & Category Trends

Insights

Global

Amazon's Replenishment Boom

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

Europe

Consumer & Category Trends

Insights

Category Beats Retail Scale

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

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

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.

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.

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

Americas

Amazon

Consumer & Category Trends

Insights

Amazon Fresh Finds Produce Growth

SmartScout data shows Amazon's fastest fresh growth in herbs, vegetables, eggs and dairy.

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Amazon

Europe

Insights

Czech Marketplaces Defy Gravity

Temu surges, Allegro compounds, and Amazon shows local execution still matters.

Americas

AI & Agentic Commerce

Insights

AI Search Becomes Shelf Space

EMARKETER forecasts monthly AI search use reaching 45.3% of US internet users by 2030

Kroger Makes Advertising Carry Ecommerce

Americas

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

News

Other Companies

Kroger Makes Advertising Carry Ecommerce

Digital sales and fast delivery are growing, but retail media is the higher-margin layer helping the combined system turn profitable.

Americas

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

News

Other Companies

Rent the Runway cuts the side bets

The fashion platform paused marketplace and advertising pilots, choosing a tighter rental-and-resale loop as Paige Thomas takes over.

Shopify

Global

News

Payments & Checkout

Shopify Gives Cross-Border Merchants More Currency Control

Australian and French stores can preserve more settlement currencies, but payout fees and eligibility limits remain

Archive

Amazon's Replenishment Boom

Category Beats Retail Scale

Meta Won Social Shopping's First Act

Amazon Grounds A Carrier Partner

OpenAI turns ad clicks into branded chats

South Africa Gives Retail Media Returns a Common Ruler

Amazon Fresh Finds Produce Growth

Czech Marketplaces Defy Gravity

AI Search Becomes Shelf Space

Kroger Makes Advertising Carry Ecommerce

Rent the Runway cuts the side bets

Shopify Gives Cross-Border Merchants More Currency Control

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MarketMaze

Archive

Amazon's Replenishment Boom

Category Beats Retail Scale

Meta Won Social Shopping's First Act

Amazon Grounds A Carrier Partner

OpenAI turns ad clicks into branded chats

South Africa Gives Retail Media Returns a Common Ruler

Amazon Fresh Finds Produce Growth

Czech Marketplaces Defy Gravity

AI Search Becomes Shelf Space

Kroger Makes Advertising Carry Ecommerce

Rent the Runway cuts the side bets

Shopify Gives Cross-Border Merchants More Currency Control

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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