Today's Ecommerce Pulse
Target launches Circle Deal Days to challenge Amazon Prime Day
Target is launching its Target Circle Deal Days from June 23‑26, positioning the free‑to‑join program as a direct rival to Amazon Prime Day. New members who enroll between June 14‑22 receive a 15% discount on their first purchase, plus a free Starbucks coffee or Bullseye cookie on launch day, and a 50% discount on the first year of Target Circle 360.
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By the numbers: FirstClub raises $55M Series B
Why Vintage Sellers Are Taking Resale Live
Vintage resale sellers are shifting from static listings to livestream auctions, with Whatnot emerging as a primary platform. Stephania Garcia’s Costura channel grew annual revenue from $25,000 to over $250,000 by hosting multiple weekly live shows. Whatnot’s fashion category now ranks among its largest, supported by a $225 million Series F round and 20 million users. Competing platforms like TikTok Shop and eBay are also expanding live‑shopping features for vintage and luxury items.
How ECDB Is Bringing Transaction-Level Transparency to Global E-Commerce Trends
ECDB, founded in 2022, delivers transaction‑level e‑commerce market intelligence by processing more than 1 billion purchases each month—about 1‑2% of global online sales. Its platform normalises and enriches this data to provide near‑real‑time visibility across categories, retailers and markets. Retailers using...
How Smart Shopify Brands Are Using AI Personalization to Grow AOV Without Spending More on Ads
Shopify merchants earning $200K‑$5M are turning to Rebuy’s AI‑driven personalization to lift average order value by 11‑25% and subscription revenue by up to 63% without extra ad spend. The platform layers recommendation widgets across five key touchpoints—homepage carousel, product detail...
Vivid Seats Inc (SEAT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Vivid Seats reported a sharp decline in Q3 2025, with Marketplace Gross Order Value down 29% YoY to $618 million and revenue falling 27% to $136 million. A leadership change placed CFO Lawrence C. Fey as CEO and interim CFO Ted Pikus,...
G-III Apparel Group Ltd (GIII) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
G‑III Apparel Group reported FY2021 net sales of $2.06 billion, a 35% decline year‑over‑year, with Q4 revenue falling 30% to $526 million. Wholesale sales dropped 23% in the quarter but gross margin improved to 35.5%, while the retail segment contracted sharply after...
TikTok Shop Fees 101: Your Seller’s Guide For 2026
TikTok Shop charges a 6 % referral fee on most sales, plus modest withdrawal fees and tiered fulfillment costs for items using the Fulfilled‑by‑TikTok service. Advertising on the platform requires a minimum $50 daily campaign budget, while Print on Demand partners...
Everything We Know so Far About Amazon's Upcoming Spring Sale
Amazon is set to launch its third annual Big Spring Sale in late March, a seven‑day event that mirrors Prime Day but focuses on seasonal merchandise. The sale will feature discounts up to 40% on categories such as outdoor furniture,...
Best Shopify Payment Gateway in 2026 Revealed
I Tried All Payment Gateways for Shopify (This Is The Best in 2026) WATCH HERE 👉 https://t.co/utoos322TU Finding the right Shopify payment gateway in 2026 is a nightmare, so I tested them all for you. In this video, I break down the...
Why Shopify Print Businesses Are Rethinking Customization Workflows
Shopify print merchants are moving from basic design add‑ons to full‑scale customization platforms that support collaboration, branding, and performance. Traditional integrations cause slow page loads, lengthy approvals, and pricing errors, prompting a shift toward link‑based design reviews and conditional script...
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DoorDash Launches ‘Going Out’ – Earn Credits At Select Local Restaurants [Dine In]
DoorDash has introduced "Going Out," a program that rewards diners with DoorDash credits for eating at participating restaurants in person. The pilot rolls out across major U.S. markets—including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas—and three Australian cities such as...
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[YMMV] Safeway/Albertson’s Just4u: $40 Off $75 Online Order
Albertsons’ Just4u loyalty program is offering a limited‑time coupon that deducts $40 from online grocery orders of $75 or more. The promotion, available across Safeway, Vons, Jewel‑Osco and other Albertsons affiliates, expires on March 24, 2026 and can be used...
Giftcards.com: Buy $100 Visa & Mastercard Gift Cards & Get $10 Giftcards.com Gift Cards Free with Promo Code SPDBOGO
Giftcards.com is running a limited‑time promotion where customers who purchase a $100 virtual Visa or Mastercard gift card receive a $10 Giftcards.com card for free by entering promo code SPDBOGO. The offer is valid online from March 11 to March 13, 2026, or...
How Creating FordDirect Helped Avert a Potential Automaker-Dealer Showdown
In 2000 Ford and its dealer network launched FordDirect, a joint‑venture that bundled digital marketing, website tools, CRM and inventory‑management services for U.S. Ford and Lincoln dealers. The initiative was born from dealer council leaders who feared the internet would...
How M&S Is Embedding Circular Models with Ebay and Reskinned
Marks & Spencer has launched a dedicated clothing resale platform by partnering with eBay and technology provider Reskinned. The initiative, part of M&S’s “Another Life” circularity program, allows customers to sell pre‑owned garments on eBay while the brand focuses on...
Ocado Turns to Store-Based E-Commerce Fulfillment as It Looks Beyond Kroger
Ocado is pivoting from large fulfillment centers to a store‑based e‑commerce model after its exclusive Kroger partnership ended. The company is promoting a 4,000‑5,000 sq ft system that stores roughly 20,000 products and blends grid‑based robotics with human pickers. Ocado plans to...
Amazon Expands a Program that Lets Customers Shop From Other Retailers’ Sites
Amazon is expanding its Shop Direct program in the U.S., allowing shoppers to discover and purchase items not stocked on Amazon’s own site. The rollout adds support for third‑party product feeds from Feedonomics, Salsify and CedCommerce, giving Amazon real‑time access...
Google Releases 'Merchant Center' For All Agencies In U.S., Canada
Google has made its Merchant Center for Agencies generally available across the United States and Canada, delivering a unified command‑center interface for managing multiple client product feeds. The redesign, shaped by agency feedback, replaces the legacy Multi‑Client Account system with...
Big Platforms Already Embrace Agentic Commerce and Advertising
Platforms and native agent proximity One can’t consider the future of agentic commerce, or agentic advertising, as a competition between nimble upstarts and inflexible, staid incumbents: the largest platforms have embraced agentic interaction models. If you believe that consumers will demand...
Amazon Blocks Perplexity AI Agent, Sparking E‑commerce Access War
The fight over AI agents and online commerce is escalating. Amazon just secured a court order blocking Perplexity’s AI shopping agent from scraping its site. As autonomous agents start navigating the web for users, the battle over who controls access to digital...
7 Signs Your Returns Management Process Needs an Upgrade
After the holiday rush, warehouses and 3PLs face a wave of returns that exposes hidden operational friction. Lingering backlogs, shifting bottlenecks, and slow reintegration of sellable inventory tie up space and capital. Manual tracking and limited data visibility further strain...
Raw iPhone Videos Outperform Polished Ads—Authenticity Wins
I've tested 300+ ad creatives. Here's the pattern: Polished professional videos got ignored. Raw UGC-style videos shot on an iPhone went viral. Your assumption that high production value wins is wrong. Authenticity does. Test everything.
Blended ROAS Hides SKU Performance; Track Collections, Monitor SKUs
Your blended ROAS is masking which products are actually carrying your account. We don't run SKU-level campaigns unless a brand has very few SKUs. We go collection-level. But we're always monitoring SKU data on the backend: https://t.co/Kha62DwjUl
How to Catch the Attention of Etsy’s Marketing Team
Etsy released a guide for sellers aiming to be featured in its marketing campaigns, such as Editor’s Picks and seasonal guides. The advice centers on discoverability, visual quality, brand storytelling, and buyer experience. Sellers are urged to maximize tags, use...
Shop the New York Classifieds
New York Magazine has launched a subscriber‑only classifieds hub where members can list and purchase items ranging from furniture to fashion. The platform operates on a rolling update schedule, features special curated drops, and imposes no listing fees. Sellers and...
Retail Media at a Turning Point: Growth, Agents, and the New Rules of 2026
The Retail Media Podcast’s final episode, recorded at NRF 2026, highlights three pivotal shifts that defined 2025: marketplace sellers emerging as the primary growth engine, AI becoming the operating system for retail media, and product catalogs transforming into strategic discovery...
The Importance of Custom Magento Development for Competitive eCommerce Stores
Magento remains a leading eCommerce platform due to its flexibility and scalability, but out‑of‑the‑box installations fall short for competitive retailers. Custom Magento development and purpose‑built extensions—such as automated product imports, dimensional weight shipping, and regional carrier integrations—enhance performance, operational efficiency,...
Ad Failures Reveal Mindset: Product Blame vs Creative Testing
Everyone when an ad fails: 'This product doesn't work.' Ecom founders when an ad fails: 'This creative isn't right. Let's test another.' Different mindset. Different outcome.
Mekora Launches Marketplace for Vietnamese Fashion Designers
Australian startup Mekura is debuting an online marketplace on March 14 that aggregates over twenty independent Vietnamese fashion designers, offering more than 120 apparel pieces to Australian shoppers. The curated platform showcases women’s and men’s collections, ranging from dresses and...
IATA: E-Commerce Will Drive 30% of Air Cargo by 2027
IATA says e‑commerce will drive 30% of air cargo by 2027, up from 20% today. It projects total air freight volume reaching 71.6 million tons in 2026 with a 2.4% annual increase. Growth is strongest in Asia‑Pacific, especially Southeast Asia, where...
Chat Commerce Takes Off on Line
Line Thailand reports rapid growth in chat commerce, with 70% of Thai businesses using IT and 77% of SMEs adopting digital tools. The platform’s AI‑powered chatbot and MyShop features enable one‑on‑one sales, driving conversion rates of 85‑98% and higher margins...
Facebook Expands Affiliate Program to Include Brand Links
Meta has broadened its Facebook Reels affiliate program, adding a self‑serve tool in the Professional Dashboard that lets creators embed brand affiliate links directly in their videos. The platform now offers thousands of products from partners such as Amazon and...
Is Exovim Quietly Becoming One of the Web3 Projects to Watch?
Exovim is building a blockchain‑powered commerce ecosystem that combines a decentralized marketplace, native payment processing, and a dedicated crypto wallet. The platform’s EXO utility token underpins transactions, rewards and staking across these services. Early interest is growing as investors shift...
We’re Strict So Our Members Don’t Have To Be: Thrive Market’s Formula
Thrive Market was founded to make healthy eating easy, affordable, and accessible, and it now tackles the same problem by personalizing a curated storefront of about 7,000 better‑for‑you products. The company differentiates itself with strict EU‑level ingredient standards, banning over...
Cashless Payments Gain Ground at Self-Serve Laundries
A recent poll shows that more than half of U.S. self‑serve laundries now earn the majority of their revenue from cashless payments, with 52.3% reporting a significant rise in digital transactions over the past three years. While two‑thirds still accept...
Data Integration Challenges (And How Enterprise Brands Solve Them in 2026) – Shopify
Enterprise commerce brands are losing speed and revenue because data remains trapped in siloed systems, creating integration gaps that delay decisions and cause inventory errors. Gartner predicts 94 % of CIOs will overhaul strategies within two years, yet less than half...
Shift to Brand‑Centric KPIs for AI‑Driven SEO
💸 The State of Ecommerce SEO & AI Search in 2026: What are the shifts, and the top actions to take - My deck from today's presentation at SMX Munich, going through : * Why is fundamental to stop using traffic...
Managed Hosting vs VPS: Which Hosting Stack Delivers Faster Websites?
Businesses running self‑hosted e‑commerce or web apps must choose between a traditional VPS and a managed cloud hosting stack such as Cloudways. The guide highlights that VPS provides full control but requires ongoing manual setup, security, and scaling, while Cloudways...
E-Commerce Security: How to Protect Customer Data and Payments During Website Development
The article delivers a quick decision framework for Shopify merchants and e‑commerce founders to embed security during website development. It outlines essential steps—SSL certificate, PCI‑DSS‑compliant payment gateway, two‑factor authentication, role‑based access, and quarterly audits—requiring roughly 4‑8 hours of implementation. Early...
Shirofune Launches Real-Time Amazon Ads Automation
Shirofune has added a real‑time automation layer to its Amazon advertising platform, targeting high‑traffic sales events such as Prime Day and Cyber Monday. The new feature tracks cost and performance metrics on an hourly basis, allowing advertisers to either maximize...
Shopify Evolves Into Full Business Operating System
@shopify stopped being “just an ecommerce platform” a long time ago. For many merchants, it’s the system of record for their entire business. Payments. Inventory. Capital. Shipping. Marketing. Data. All connected. Commerce now happens everywhere. Online. In stores. On social. Through AI agents. What matters most...
Earn Commissions by Adding Merchants’ Products via Shopify
Shopify is paying you to acquire customers now. That's not my spin, that's their Director of Product saying it. The @Shopify Product Network puts other merchants' products on your store, you earn commission, you keep the customer. One merchant spent a...
Consumer Anxiety Is Reshaping Retail. Technology Is the Antidote
Consumer anxiety, fueled by rising fraud and economic uncertainty, is reshaping retail behavior, according to SOTI’s global survey. Over half of U.S. shoppers have experienced fraud, and 69% say inflation and supply‑chain issues have altered their purchasing habits. Retailers must...
Great Customer Service Never Goes Out of Style
Chewy case at my class today. Great customer service will never go out of fashion. https://t.co/snpd1g5zpl
Validate, Research, Then Scale: Brooklinen's Kickstarter Triumph
Brooklinen set a $50k Kickstarter goal and raised $250k. The founders spent a full year researching factories and fabrics first. They validated before they scaled. Meanwhile you're launching untested products and hoping for the best. That's the gap.
What Helps Digital Platforms Manage Recurring Payments Without Billing Errors
Digital platforms increasingly rely on automated billing schedules, integrated payment gateways, and real-time monitoring to eliminate recurring payment errors. Automated schedules ensure charges occur on time, while integrated gateways provide secure, synchronized transaction data, reducing manual entry. Real‑time error detection,...
Email Marketing Delivers $79 Return per Dollar
I just got Omnisend’s 2026 email marketing data and shared it inside Daily Mentor. Brands are making $79 revenue for every $1 spent. If you're not running this properly, you're getting left behind. Full breakdown below https://t.co/5eN0UBk7O3
People Spent Over $20,000 On Records From GLENN DANZIG, MAYHEM & TOOL Last Month
Rare vinyl collectors spent more than $20,000 on high‑value records in February 2026, according to Discogs Marketplace data. The standout sale was Glenn Danzig’s ultra‑rare 1983 purple‑and‑black pressing of “Who Killed Marilyn?” which fetched $10,000, a first‑time listing on the platform....
Wizard Partners With Stripe on ACP to Enable Agentic Commerce for Leading Retailers
Wizard announced a partnership with Stripe to accelerate the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), an open standard that links AI shopping agents with ecommerce platforms. The collaboration will streamline merchant onboarding, enable secure checkout via Shared Payment Tokens, and let retailers...
Global Trade at Your Fingertips: How Ecer.com Is Powering the Mobile Revolution in B2B
Ecer.com is spearheading the mobile B2B revolution by consolidating messaging, AI‑driven translation, and transaction tools into a single smartphone app. The platform enables real‑time negotiations, illustrated by a Spanish buyer finalising a deal with a Chinese supplier in under 24...
3 Practical Ways Vertical AI Reshapes Fashion Retail Operations
Vertical AI is reshaping fashion retail by aligning inventory with hyperlocal demand, preventing costly markdowns, and accelerating trend analysis. Predictive models ingest local sales data, social signals, and logistics metrics to forecast store‑level needs, reducing out‑of‑stock incidents. AI agents recommend...