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Shein

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

Global

Shein Sells More And Keeps Less

Rising sales masked a sharp decline in the profit retained from each revenue dollar.

Banks Seek Safeguards Before AI Shopping Scales

Global

Payments & Checkout

Other Companies

Banks Seek Safeguards Before AI Shopping Scales

Six lenders propose voluntary principles for automated purchases, with implementation and dispute-handling details still ahead.

McDonald’s Tests Selling Ads While Customers Wait for Food

Americas

Other Companies

Retail Media & Advertising

McDonald’s Tests Selling Ads While Customers Wait for Food

A limited US pilot turns post-order menu screens into advertising inventory, with nationwide scale and returns still unproven.

China Separates Checkout Payments From Consumer Credit Offers

Regulation, Policy & Risk

APAC

China Separates Checkout Payments From Consumer Credit Offers

September 30 rules redraw how payment apps present loans while installment products can remain available.

Temu

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Europe

Temu leads four European markets where incumbents are weaker

ECDB’s 2025 rankings expose country-level differences in competition, before later tariff effects.

Shopify

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

Global

Shopify Changes Session Counting and Resets Conversion Comparisons

A September analytics rollout can move visit and conversion metrics without changing sales, orders or customer totals.

Americas

Amazon

AI & Agentic Commerce

Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse from shopping on its site

Shopper approval and retailer permission collide at the checkout.

Global

Retail Media & Advertising

Digital Now Owns Brand Discovery

Discovery is digital; social, search and websites shape brand choice long before checkout.

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

Global

Social And LLMs Shape Choice

Among users, social and LLM search rank among the most influential purchase touchpoints.

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

Global

Social Takes Over Gen Z Evaluation

Store discovery still matters, but social media becomes Gen Z’s decisive purchase-evaluation channel.

Google

Europe

Google removes free product carousels from EEA search

Comparison sites gain a role in discovery, but the change does not end every free route to shoppers.

Infillion Adds Foursquare To Its Store Measurement Bet

Americas

Other Companies

Infillion Adds Foursquare To Its Store Measurement Bet

The proposed acquisition links visits with purchase data, but matching quality and access terms will decide its value.

Archive

Shein Sells More And Keeps Less

Banks Seek Safeguards Before AI Shopping Scales

McDonald’s Tests Selling Ads While Customers Wait for Food

China Separates Checkout Payments From Consumer Credit Offers

Temu leads four European markets where incumbents are weaker

Shopify Changes Session Counting and Resets Conversion Comparisons

Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse from shopping on its site

Digital Now Owns Brand Discovery

Social And LLMs Shape Choice

Social Takes Over Gen Z Evaluation

Google removes free product carousels from EEA search

Infillion Adds Foursquare To Its Store Measurement Bet

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MarketMaze

Archive

Shein Sells More And Keeps Less

Banks Seek Safeguards Before AI Shopping Scales

McDonald’s Tests Selling Ads While Customers Wait for Food

China Separates Checkout Payments From Consumer Credit Offers

Temu leads four European markets where incumbents are weaker

Shopify Changes Session Counting and Resets Conversion Comparisons

Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse from shopping on its site

Digital Now Owns Brand Discovery

Social And LLMs Shape Choice

Social Takes Over Gen Z Evaluation

Google removes free product carousels from EEA search

Infillion Adds Foursquare To Its Store Measurement Bet

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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