Key Takeaways: TikTok Shop added nine new analytics features to Business Compass, giving US sellers deeper visibility into video performance, subscription retention, and order attribution. New subscription cohort analysis and Order Analysis tools let merchants...
Key Takeaways: Alexa for Shopping, Amazon’s AI assistant formerly called Rufus, showed roughly 60% higher conversion among the shoppers who used it around Black Friday, according to e-commerce network leader Aaron Conant. Returns fraud and mishandling can turn...
Key Takeaways: Amazon Review Requests ads invite recent buyers to rate products but don’t guarantee positive reviews. Products must have fewer than 1,000 total ratings and reviews to qualify for the open beta. Early testing showed triple the weekly reviews...
Key Takeaways: Nearly one in three shoppers say they’d let artificial intelligence make buying decisions within five years, led by Gen Z and millennials, according to DHL’s 2026 E-Commerce Trends Report. More than half of consumers have sold an item on an...
Key Takeaways Movado Group cut asset search and retrieval times by 50% with Bynder’s DAM platform, which lets it deliver high-volume collections across owned and licensed watch brands while keeping brand control. The Nov. 17 Retail TouchPoints webinar will show...
Key Takeaways: Google’s AI review summaries now appear in Search ads in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and India, automatically pulling positive customer feedback into paid search results. Advertisers cannot edit the AI-generated review summary...
Key takeaways Prosper 2027 will be powered by Advertising Week, linking the marketplace event to a broader marketing, advertising and technology audience. The event is expanding beyond its legacy Amazon-seller base with new tracks and programming built for operators,...
Key Takeaways: Surveillance pricing differs from dynamic pricing because it uses personal data such as browsing history, location, and past purchases to set individual prices, rather than adjusting for overall demand. An FTC study found surveillance pricing can raise...
Key Takeaways: Shopify’s shop.md lets AI agents such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini search Shopify’s product catalog and complete checkout through Shop Pay. Agentic commerce moves purchase decisions from product pages into AI chat windows, raising the...
Amazon items purchased Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, 2026, qualify for returns through Jan. 31, 2027, under the company’s new annual holiday return policy. Apple-branded products carry a shorter window, with returns accepted through Jan. 15, 2027, instead of the...
Key Takeaways: Ground parcel rates for the 2026 holiday season are forecast to be 43.3 percent above the January 2018 baseline, a 5.8 percent year-over-year increase Fuel surcharges account for 72 percent of parcel cost increases since early 2021, even as LTL rates...
Key Takeaways: TikTok’s new Shopping Assistant utilizes conversational AI to answer product questions and remember shopper preferences in real time. Buy Direct introduces one-click in-app checkout, built with partners including Shopify, Salesforce, Shoplazza,...
Key Takeaways: Amazon sellers targeting Black Friday 2026 must submit Best Deal and Lightning Deal offers by Oct. 20 and confirm FBA inventory is checked in before the late October shipping cutoffs. Black Friday falls on Nov. 27, 2026, and Cyber Monday follows on...
