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Shopify’s AI Traffic Tripled. Here’s Why That’s Good News, Not a Threat.
For the past year, the fear among ecommerce merchants has been straightforward: AI chatbots would intercept shoppers before they ever…
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A Federal Court Just Closed the Door on De Minimis Coming Back
The last legal path back to duty-free $800 shipments is gone. On August 13, 2026, the US Court of International…
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Walmart Beat Wall Street Estimates, and the Stock Still Fell 9%. Here’s Why That Matters for Sellers.
Walmart reported second-quarter earnings on August 20 that beat analyst expectations on revenue and profit, and shares still dropped more…
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US Sellers Hold 40% of Amazon’s Top 10,000, But 65% of the Revenue
A new analysis of Amazon's seller rankings shows a widening gap between how many top sellers are based in the…
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Amazon Is Removing Custom Return Instructions From Seller Central This Month
Amazon is eliminating the field that lets FBM sellers write custom return instructions inside Return Settings, effective August 2026. If…
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Amazon Is About to 6x Its Drone Delivery Network. Here’s What Qualifies to Ship That Way.
Amazon announced August 19 that it plans to expand Prime Air drone delivery to nearly 500 US cities and towns…
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Shopify Is Turning Its Shop App Into a Real Customer Acquisition Channel This Holiday Season
Shopify is running its most aggressive Shop app campaign yet this holiday season, stretching promotion across multiple phases from now…
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Stripe Acquires OpenRouter: What the $7.5 Billion Deal Changes
Stripe announced Wednesday it agreed to acquire OpenRouter, the gateway developers use to route requests across hundreds of AI models.…
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Target Tariff Refund Hits $994 Million and Doubles Q2 Profit
Target reported second quarter earnings Wednesday with a number no retailer had on its forecast a year ago. The company…
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Google Buys Spirit Airlines’ Internal Data for $10 Million to Train AI
Google won a bankruptcy auction for the internal business records of Spirit Airlines, paying $10 million for a dataset the…
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