Prime Delivery Leaves Amazon’s Checkout

Eligible sellers can add Prime delivery through the Shopify MCF app; membership is checked after the shopper pays.

Amazon's service terms keep it in charge of eligibility, branding rules and delivery, even though the merchant controls the storefront.

A separate program gives eligible FBA sellers 15–25% combined fulfillment-fee savings for six months; standard MCF fees still apply.

Headphones, cameras and laptops are among the planned categories; Best Buy will fulfill orders and take eligible returns in stores or by mail.

Creator videos can link directly to products, so a shopper can move from seeing an item to buying it without leaving TikTok.

Best Buy brings its assortment and service network while TikTok controls the feed and in-app purchase path; no sales or margin results are available yet.

Revenue per active client rose 7.8% to $592, while the annual net loss narrowed to $12.6 million.

Its stylist-selected boxes and Freestyle direct-buy shop give existing clients more ways to purchase, but client numbers still slipped.

Fiscal 2027 sales guidance runs from a 2.8% decline to 0.9% growth, with more ad and technology spending planned to support future demand.

Whatnot is the closest threat: live-native operations are moving from collectibles into fashion and electronics.

TikTok Shop owns discovery, while eBay Live and Fanatics Live bring auction trust and specialist communities.

The UK, Germany, France and the U.S. should test learning, growth, defense and proof—not one global feature rollout.

Finland, Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia put Temu first, while eight second places take its top-two footprint to twelve markets.

France ranks Temu second but Germany fourth, suggesting incumbent strength matters alongside market size.

These 2025 ranks show competitive positions, not market shares, profits or the effects of later tariff changes.

Austria, Germany and Italy are near half of online consumer-goods sales value through marketplaces: 48.7%, 47.2% and 45.8%.

The UK and Belgium added 2.4 points each, reinforcing NIQ’s earlier finding that marketplace sales outpace traditional online sales.

France at 32.9% and Ireland at 32.8% prove that Europe is a planning region, not one channel playbook.

Lowe’s launched a drone-delivery pilot at one North Carolina store with Wing aircraft and DoorDash ordering, testing whether small project supplies delivered in as fast as 20 minutes can justify an urgent-delivery lane.

JD.com set a September 28 opening for its first 101HOME store, a 12,000-square-metre home-shopping concept in Shanghai that pairs physical browsing with digital orders.

Adobe’s new UK analysis found AI-referred shoppers converted 20% better than other traffic in August, giving retailers a reason to measure purchases alongside AI referrals.

Google added a Search Console filter for visits from image-led searches such as Lens and Circle to Search, giving merchants a separate view of visual discovery without query-level detail.

Google began a global search spam update on September 24 that may take two weeks to roll out, so retailers should date-check traffic swings before changing search tactics.

Temu expanded product-safety training with eight testing and certification groups, including Bureau Veritas, QIMA and TÜV SÜD, as sellers face more compliance work; the announcement does not prove fewer violations.

Fanatics named Afterpay its preferred installment partner across its sports-commerce sites, extending Pay in 4 and Pay Monthly to more fan purchases.