Today's Ecommerce Pulse
Amazon trims product titles to 75 characters, adds AI rewrite
Amazon will cut product title length from 200 to 75 characters for all non‑media categories starting July 27. Titles that exceed the limit will be automatically rewritten using AI, and sellers gain an Item Highlights field with 125 searchable characters for material and usage details.
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EasyDelivery Launches with 350,000 Pickup and Drop-Off Locations Across Europe
easyDelivery, the new parcel and fulfilment platform from the easy® family, has launched across Europe with access to more than 350,000 pickup and drop‑off locations in 15 countries. The service combines parcel shops, lockers, home collection and carrier comparison in a single consumer app, while also offering merchants tools for same‑day and on‑demand delivery. Integration with easyKiosk, easyPay and easyMarketing creates a unified commerce ecosystem. AI‑driven shopping and growth features are slated for rollout throughout 2026.
EasyKiosk Launches Commerce Operating System to Unify POS, Payments, Delivery and AI Marketing
easyKiosk has launched a Commerce Operating System that unifies point‑of‑sale, payments, online ordering, delivery, loyalty and AI‑driven marketing on a single platform. The solution targets hospitality, retail, leisure and multi‑site operators and runs on web, Android and iOS. It integrates...
MELI Dips 39% yet Latin America Growth Surges
$MELI is down -39% from highs, but growth is not slowing MercadoLibre business itself still looks structurally strong. MercadoLibre remains a dominant platform in Latin America, with e-commerce, payments, credit, logistics, and advertising reinforcing each other. This ecosystem creates stronger user engagement...
On TikTok Shop, 1% of Sellers Drive 60% of GMV
Marketplace Pulse data on nearly 100,000 U.S. TikTok Shop sellers shows extreme concentration: the top 1 % generate 60 % of total GMV, and the top 0.1 % (under 90 sellers) account for over 25 % with average lifetime sales exceeding $100 million. This skew...
The Biggest AI Mistake? Waiting for Perfect Data | 5IM
In this 10‑minute episode, Tom Cooper, CEO of Duvo and former founder of a €2 billion European retailer, discusses how AI can free retail teams from repetitive, low‑value tasks and unlock hidden efficiency. He explains Duvo’s approach of layering AI on...
Rezolve Ai Data Shows 70% of Online Purchases Now Follow a Single Search
Rezolve Ai’s latest shopper‑behaviour report shows that 70% of online purchases now follow a single search query, up from 60% a year earlier. Long‑form searches of three or more words have climbed to 40% of all queries, while filter usage...
Triple Whale Launches Moby Automations and Appoints Former Facebook VP of Ads to Accelerate AI-Powered Media Buying
Triple Whale unveiled Moby Automations, an AI‑driven suite that automates key media‑buying tasks such as scaling winning campaigns, managing creative performance, and accelerating action on results, while still requiring human approval. The platform leverages Triple Whale’s cross‑channel data foundation and...
DoorDash Built an AI Chatbot to Help With Orders, Reservations and Grocery Lists
DoorDash launched an in‑app AI chatbot, Ask DoorDash, that lets users order meals, create grocery lists and soon make reservations using voice, text or visual prompts. The assistant pulls from purchase history and online reviews, and can add items to...
The Biggest Polluters in Returns: Just 15% of Customers Are Responsible for 60% of Emissions
A new study by Vrije Universiteit Brussel finds that a small cohort of online shoppers drives the majority of carbon emissions from product returns. Only 15% of consumers are responsible for roughly 60% of the CO₂ generated by returns, with...
The Real Power Struggle in Agentic Commerce Isn’t Building the Smartest AI Agents; It’s Governing Them
Financial services firms are rapidly deploying AI agents that can browse websites, compare products, and complete purchases. While the technology race focuses on expanding capabilities, J.P. Morgan Payments’ Global Head of Merchant Services, Michael Lozanoff, warns that governance, trust, and...
Trust Gap Slows UK Take-Up of AI Shopping Agents
British consumers are markedly more cautious about AI‑driven shopping agents than their global peers. Only 23% of UK shoppers expect AI to handle at least 10% of purchases within a year, versus 33% worldwide, and 41% say they trust no...
ChatGPT Can Now Buy Things for You After Deal with Payments Giant Visa
Visa has embedded its payment network into ChatGPT, enabling the chatbot to shop and complete purchases on behalf of users. Customers link a Visa card, set spending limits and approval steps, and the AI can locate items—such as wireless headphones...
Kaufland Launches Online Marketplace in Spain and the Netherlands
German retailer Kaufland is rolling out its online marketplace to Spain and the Netherlands this summer, adding to its presence in nine European countries. The platform will feature millions of products across more than 6,400 categories, with third‑party sellers handling...
PSE Consulting: 43% of Consumers Accept Ad-Influenced AI Shopping Tools Over Paid Alternatives
Research by PSE Consulting of 4,250 shoppers in the US, UK, France and Germany finds 43% would use a free AI shopping assistant even if its recommendations are shaped by advertising, while only 27% would pay for a fully impartial...
Amazon Product Titles Reduced to 75 Characters or Less
Amazon is tightening product title length to a maximum of 75 characters, effective July 27, to improve mobile readability. To compensate, sellers can use a new Item Highlights field that adds 125 characters for supplemental details. Amazon provides AI‑driven tools that...
Inside Farfetch’s Strategy for a New Era of Luxury Experience
Farfetch, rescued from near‑bankruptcy by Coupang’s 2024 acquisition, posted its first year‑over‑year revenue growth in Q4 2025 and is rolling out Farfetch First, a premium service that offers free next‑day delivery on thousands of luxury items across Europe. The initiative leverages the...
Virtus Expands Web-Based Services
Fort Myers‑based Virtus Equipment Inc. unveiled Virtus Equipment Direct, an online parts store tailored for its recycling‑equipment customers. The platform sells replacement and wear components—including shear knives, screens, bearings—and complete machines such as granulators for plastics, rubber and wood recycling...
Why Marketplace Growth Is Becoming an Operations Problem, Not a Marketing Problem
Marketplace growth has shifted from a pure marketing challenge to an operations problem as platforms now account for over 80% of global e‑commerce GMV. Consumers increasingly demand two‑day delivery and seamless returns, with 74% expecting rapid fulfillment. Brands expanding across...
Upshop Unveils AI Innovations At Altitude 2026 Conference
Upshop, the Austin‑based AI retail‑operations platform, unveiled three new solutions at its Altitude 2026 conference in Denver. The Cockpit action layer turns platform insights into real‑time tasks for store and field teams, while Commissary 360 centralizes production planning to match demand...
Adidas Offers Ecommerce-as-a-Service (EaaS) Featuring AI Agents
Adidas announced an ecommerce‑as‑a‑service (EaaS) offering, debuting with an Audi F1 store built on Salesforce technology. The rollout, completed in eight weeks, unlocked a business opportunity exceeding $100 million. AI agents powered by Salesforce’s Agentforce handle merchandising, search ranking and returns,...
Swedish Online Auction Platform Selling 10.2 MW of Solar Modules From Failed PV Project
Swedish online auction platform Klaravik is selling 19,220 Longi bifacial photovoltaic modules that total 10.2 MW of capacity. The equipment, purchased in 2021‑22 and still in factory packaging, was intended for a solar park near Sundsvall but the project was abandoned...
Pinterest Bets on Creators with Amazon Storefront Integration
Pinterest announced an expanded partnership with Amazon that lets creators embed their Amazon Storefronts directly on their Pinterest profiles. The new tool automatically applies affiliate links whenever a creator tags an eligible Amazon product, streamlining the promotion workflow. Pinterest says...
Amazon Expands Freight Offering for All Businesses
Amazon announced the U.S. expansion of its less‑than‑truckload (LTL) freight service, extending Amazon Supply Chain Services beyond inbound‑to‑Amazon shipments. The new offering lets businesses of any size ship pallets (1‑6 pallets, 150‑15,000 lb) using shared trailer space, reducing cost and transit...
6 Best AI Pricing Platforms for Omnichannel Retailers in 2026
The article ranks six AI‑driven pricing platforms tailored for omnichannel retailers, naming Quicklizard as the top choice for its blend of demand forecasting, inventory‑aware repricing, competitor intelligence, and real‑time price synchronization. Competera, Omnia Retail, Revionics, Wiser, and 7Learnings round out...
Subscriptions Lift Conversions for Online Retailers, New Data Shows
New data from Digital Commerce 360’s Top 1000 Report shows online retailers that offer subscription programs enjoy a 4.5% average conversion rate, 1.4 percentage points higher than non‑subscription peers. Only 3.2% of the world’s 1,000 best‑performing e‑commerce sites currently use...
FanWagn Re-Commerce Marketplace for Fans of Teams and Athletes
FanWagn, a re‑commerce marketplace for sports fan apparel, has partnered with AI startup Aistetic to launch an AI‑driven listing tool ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States. The tool automatically photographs, categorises, and generates a narrative...
Joybuy Plans to Open Its Marketplace to Third-Party Sellers
Joybuy, JD.com’s European e‑commerce platform, will launch a third‑party marketplace in the second half of 2026. The new model will welcome both European and Chinese brand sellers, expanding beyond Joybuy’s original inventory‑only approach. This shift aligns the platform with competitors...
Why Your Product Feed Is An SEO Asset (And Who Should Own It) via @Sejournal, @Demirie
The product feed, once the sole domain of paid‑search teams, has become a critical SEO asset that influences organic rankings, rich results, and emerging AI‑driven commerce. Misalignments between the feed, on‑page schema markup, and the website cause price, availability, and...
How Retailers Are Building More Resilient Delivery Networks in 2026
Retailers are abandoning single‑carrier reliance as e‑commerce volumes surge, dropping UPS, FedEx and USPS’s domestic share from 85% to 61% by 2025. The U.S. parcel market is set to reach 30.5 billion shipments by 2030, prompting a rise in regional carriers,...
We Tried to Buy the Exact Same Tickets on StubHub. We Got Six Different Prices.
A Business Insider experiment found that StubHub displayed six different total prices for the identical Yankees‑Red Sox seats, ranging from $424 to $490. The base ticket price was consistent at $183, but fees varied dramatically—from $28 to $60—depending on the...
Amazon Opens New Northampton Fulfilment Centre as Part of £1bn Investment
Amazon opened a new 900,000‑square‑foot fulfillment centre in Northampton, featuring three floors of robotics and tens of millions of stored items. It also announced a 900,000‑sq‑ft Kettering site that will process about 20 million items each week and create roughly 2,000...
Indian Online Buyers Losing up to Rs 28,000 Crore Annually to Dark Patterns, Hidden Charges: Report
A new Datum Intelligence report finds Indian online shoppers losing an estimated Rs 25,000‑28,000 crore ($3‑$3.4 billion) each year to deceptive “dark pattern” designs. The study of 12 major platforms and 2,590 consumers shows 88% of the 304 million buyers incur hidden fees of...
Commercetools Coins “Autonomous Commerce” And Launches Its Sphere Platform for AI Agents that Run Store Operations
Commercetools has introduced a new category called "autonomous commerce," where AI agents autonomously make and execute operational decisions such as pricing, inventory management, and promotions in real time. To support this vision, the company launched commercetools Sphere, an AI‑native headless...
TikTok Shop Bans AI-Generated Voices and Static-Image Content From Its Promotional Livestreams and Shoppable Videos
TikTok Shop announced a ban on AI‑generated voices, prerecorded narration and static‑image content in promotional livestreams and shoppable videos. Sellers must speak live in real time and keep still frames to less than half the screen. Violations trigger commission limits,...
Stitch Fix Inc (SFIX) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Stitch Fix reported Q3 fiscal 2026 revenue of $340.3 million, up 4.7% year‑over‑year, marking a fifth straight quarter of growth. Active clients rose to 2.3 million, a near‑1% sequential increase, while revenue per active client hit a record $578, up 6.6%....
Europe’s New E‑commerce Agenda: How AI Is Resetting Growth and Competition
European retailers are accelerating AI adoption to revive e‑commerce growth after a slowdown, with AI‑driven personalization, pricing and logistics reshaping the market. The EU’s forthcoming AI Act is prompting firms to adopt transparent, low‑risk models, while AI‑powered SaaS solutions are...
How Alexa for Shopping Impacts Marketers
Amazon is retiring its Rufus AI assistant and launching a new Alexa for Shopping, an agentic tool that creates shopping guides, finds deals, automates purchases, and tracks pricing. The move lets Amazon own the entire purchase journey within its closed...
Amazon Pledges $10.8 Bn to Revamp European Fulfilment Network and Launch New Robotics Strategy
Amazon announced a €10 bn (≈$10.8 bn) investment to expand and automate its European fulfilment network, adding 25,000 jobs and a $1 bn Career Choice upskilling fund. The plan, unveiled at the Delivering the Future event in London, introduces next‑generation robots such as...
How Independent Retailers Can Compete Like National Chains— Without a National Chain Budget
National Retail Solutions (NRS) released a white paper showing how independent retailers can compete with national chains by leveraging affordable, integrated technology. The paper highlights NRS’s POS platform, merchant services, and the industry’s largest digital‑out‑of‑home (DOOH) ad network as tools...
New Invoca Study Finds Consumers Won’t Wait. AI Gives Brands the Speed to Win the Sale.
Invoca’s 2026 B2C Buyer Experience Report reveals a stark speed gap: 56% of U.S. consumers expect a brand to reply within an hour, yet only 36% actually receive a response. The delay drives revenue loss, with 79% of shoppers abandoning...
Singapore Post Unveils High-Tech Automated Parcel Sorting Hub
Singapore Post (SingPost) has opened a new automated parcel‑sorting hub at its Regional eCommerce Logistics Hub in Tampines, a S$30 million (~$22 million) investment aimed at expanding capacity and speed. The facility uses AI‑driven robotics to handle the surge in e‑commerce deliveries...
TikTok Shop Secures RFP Spot Beside Amazon and Walmart as Brands Boost Spend
TikTok Shop has been added as a named channel with committed budgets in agency RFPs alongside Amazon and Walmart. Brands with $30 million-plus revenue saw sales jump 97% year‑over‑year and transaction volume rise almost 80%, signaling the platform’s rapid ascent as...
Walmart Launches In-Store Restaurant Delivery, Targeting DoorDash and UberEats with Subway Rollout
Walmart announced a new meal‑delivery offering that lets shoppers order Subway sandwiches through its app, starting in six states and expanding to 1,400 locations by the end of summer. The move integrates in‑store restaurants into Walmart Express Delivery, positioning the...
Apple's Safari 'Notify Me' Alerts Aim to Boost E‑commerce Conversions
At WWDC 2026 Apple unveiled a new Safari feature called Notify Me that monitors product pages for stock or price changes and pushes real‑time alerts to users. The AI‑powered tool is positioned to increase conversion rates for online retailers while keeping...
Shein Opens New Distribution Center in Ireland for European Logistics
Chinese fast‑fashion leader Shein has opened a 1,486‑square‑meter distribution center in Dublin’s Greenogue Business Park, bringing the facility under its own operational control after previously using an external partner. The new hub employs thirty staff and is part of Shein’s...
Why Tommy John Centralized Its Fulfillment Operations
Tommy John replaced its fragmented fulfillment network with Cart.com as its exclusive U.S. logistics partner. The move consolidated inventory, order management and shipping into a single hub in Terrell, Texas, leveraging Cart.com’s 18‑center network. The transition was executed in a...
EBay Focuses on Live Shopping with New Global Campaign
eBay has rolled out a global brand campaign centered on its live‑shopping service, eBay Live, positioning it as a dynamic alternative to passive scrolling. The initiative showcases live‑stream auctions that blend entertainment with real‑time buying, targeting fashion fans and collectors...
Everything You Need to Know About Prime Day 2026
Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 is scheduled for June 23 through June 27, with daily deal drops at 12 AM, 8 AM and 1 PM PT. The shift from its traditional July slot is driven by overlapping events such as the FIFA World Cup and the U.S. 250th...
AWS Rolls Out Agentic Shopping Assistant to Speed Retail AI Deployments
Amazon Web Services introduced the Agentic Shopping Assistant, a packaged AI solution that lets retailers build custom conversational shopping experiences in roughly 60 days. The service bundles architecture, starter code and expert support, aiming to slash development cycles from years...