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Walmart gives members one-hour curbside pickup

Americas

News

Walmart

Logistics & Fulfillment

Walmart gives members one-hour curbside pickup

Express Pickup launches at 500 US stores, with a national rollout planned before Thanksgiving and capacity limits still in place.

Amazon

News

Logistics & Fulfillment

Global

Amazon gives sellers two ways to fly stock from China to the US

Sellers can spread stock across five US regions in 7–10 days, or choose a cheaper 11–15-day route to Los Angeles.

Americas

eBay

Regulation, Policy & Risk

News

eBay may hide wireless-device listings missing US certification numbers

Affected sellers face an October 13 warning; the number identifies a device’s radio certification, and eBay’s handling of exemptions remains unclear.

Human Judgment Becomes AI Infrastructure

Insights

AI & Agentic Commerce

Global

Other Companies

Human Judgment Becomes AI Infrastructure

Insurance is turning human oversight into an operating-model constraint, not a compliance footnote.

Grocery Screens Build Their Audience Early

Insights

Global

Retail Media & Advertising

Grocery Screens Build Their Audience Early

One campaign reaches most viewers halfway through, making weekly audience growth a buying question

Insights

Shein

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

Global

Shein’s Growth Engine Slows To One Percent

First-half sales remain large, but slowing growth demands closer attention to comparable periods and economics.

Americas

News

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

Other Companies

Uber Buys Into Workplace Meals

The $2.3bn ezCater agreement adds large baskets and corporate ordering workflows, with integration still to come.

Americas

News

Shopify

Payments & Checkout

Shopify Takes Supplier Payments Abroad

Eligible US Balance users gain mobile transfers, with disclosed FX fees and destination limits.

News

Europe

Payments & Checkout

Other Companies

BigCommerce Brings PayPal Payments Home

UK merchants gain a native payments dashboard, but the fee mix decides the economics.

Agents Dominate OpenRouter's Growing Token Traffic

Insights

AI & Agentic Commerce

Global

Other Companies

Agents Dominate OpenRouter's Growing Token Traffic

A seven-day usage snapshot reveals rising automated demand while leaving productivity and economics unresolved.

TikTok Shop

Insights

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

Europe

TikTok Shop's European Growth Runs Through Britain

Europe's sales may nearly double, yet most still flow through one established market

AI Food Discovery Has Different Gatekeepers

Insights

Google

AI & Agentic Commerce

OpenAI

Global

AI Food Discovery Has Different Gatekeepers

Retailers lead ChatGPT citations while publishers lead Gemini, giving food brands different sources to monitor.

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Walmart gives members one-hour curbside pickup

Amazon gives sellers two ways to fly stock from China to the US