RunDTC Partners with Dooney & Bourke to Modernize Retail Ecosystem
RunDTC has been hired by luxury accessories maker Dooney & Bourke to overhaul its retail ecosystem, moving the brand’s global e‑commerce sites from Salesforce Commerce Cloud to Shopify and installing Shopify POS in all brick‑and‑mortar locations. The migration promises faster site performance, more agile merchandising, and a seamless digital‑physical shopping experience. RunDTC’s deep Shopify expertise and omnichannel track record were key factors in the partnership. The initiative is positioned as a catalyst for new growth opportunities and deeper customer insight.
EBANX Expands Into Southeast Asia and Turkey as Cross-Border Demand Grows in $610B Market
EBANX, Brazil's leading cross‑border payments platform, announced its entry into Southeast Asia and Turkey, adding six new country operations to its portfolio. The move targets the $610 billion global cross‑border e‑commerce market, which is expanding at double‑digit rates. EBANX will offer...
Rithum SupplyExplorer – Discover and Connect with High-Value Suppliers
Rithum has launched SupplyExplorer, an AI‑driven platform that helps retailers discover and connect with high‑value suppliers. The core Merchant Match module generates curated supplier recommendations based on a retailer’s categories, growth priorities, and business needs. Complementary Network Profiles provide supplier‑controlled...
Bigbasket Appoints Arpit Jaiswal as Chief Growth Officer
BigBasket, the Tata‑owned online grocery platform, has hired Arpit Jaiswal as Chief Growth Officer to drive profitable expansion across products, user acquisition, retention, and new markets. Jaiswal arrives from Google Pay, where he oversaw AI‑led user growth and disciplined P&L...
Syndigo and DetailPage Partner to Improve Digital Shelf Performance, Conversion, and AI-Powered Search Visibility
Syndigo, a global product experience management leader, has partnered with DetailPage, an analytics platform that translates shopper‑driven signals into actionable content insights. The joint solution embeds these insights into Syndigo’s content workflows, allowing brands to prioritize edits that boost AI‑powered...
This Is Not Any Old Loyalty Scheme Refresh, Its an M&S Loyalty Scheme Refresh
British retailer Marks & Spencer has overhauled its Sparks loyalty programme, introducing AI‑driven, personalised rewards that refresh each Tuesday. The revamp, promoted with a campaign starring Emily Atack, adds real‑money credits usable across the entire M&S range and integrates new...
RIP QVC: Why Shoppers Switched Off the Channel that Changed Retail
QVC, the pioneering home‑shopping network launched in 1986, announced a Chapter 11 filing after its holding group succumbed to $6.6 billion of debt and more than $2.4 billion in 2025 losses. Viewership plummeted 61% since 2020, and the company’s linear, host‑driven model failed...
Bleckmann Partners Australian Swimwear Brand for First EU Logistics Base
Bleckmann has partnered with Australian swimwear label Kulani Kinis to launch the brand’s first European logistics hub in Venlo, Netherlands. The move shifts warehousing, order fulfilment and returns from Australia to Europe, cutting delivery times from up to six days...
OTP Ventures Leads Pre-Seed Round in Fragrance Brand FIFTH SENSE
FIFTH SENSE, a Gurugram‑based D2C fragrance startup, raised a pre‑seed round of ₹6.3 crore (≈ $760,000) led by OTP Ventures, with participation from Sadev Ventures, ISV Capital and angels including Swiggy CEO Rohit Kapoor. The funding will fuel expansion of its product...
Australia's Kulani Kinis Inks European Distribution Partnership with Bleckmann
Australian swimwear label Kulani Kinis has signed a European distribution agreement with Dutch logistics specialist Bleckmann. The partnership gives Kulani Kinis access to warehousing, order fulfillment and returns processing at Bleckmann’s Venlo hub, marking the brand’s first physical logistics footprint...
Quick Commerce Turning to Reset Lane as Profit Push Tempers Growth Metrics
Quick‑commerce leaders Blinkit and Instamart are expected to show slower growth in Q1 FY26 as they shift toward profitability. Blinkit’s net order value is projected to rise 67‑99% YoY, down from double‑digit growth, while Instamart’s gross order value is forecast...
Disney’s New Limited-Time “Disney Store” Concept Is Bringing Back What Fans Miss Most
Disney is launching a limited‑time "Disney Store" concept, debuting first in Pittsburgh’s Ross Park Mall on May 23, 2026 and later in New Jersey’s Westfield Garden State Plaza. The pop‑up blends the convenience of shopDisney with immersive, in‑person experiences, featuring exclusive merchandise, opening...
Ecommerce Trends: How Etsy Is Using AI
Etsy is accelerating growth by embedding AI across its marketplace, from consumer‑facing search and instant checkout powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT to seller‑side automation. The company has forged partnerships with OpenAI, Google and Microsoft to explore agentic commerce, a conversational shopping...
Alcohol Retailers Awaiting Digital Age Checks Lay Out What They Want From a Solution
UK alcohol retailers are pressing for practical digital‑ID age‑assurance solutions after the promised rollout by Christmas 2025 failed to materialise. At the 2026 Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, representatives from Co‑op, Tesco, Marks & Spencer and others outlined core requirements:...
How Ebay’s Trading Card Marketplace TCGPlayer Is Using Xerox to Expand, Maintain ‘Trust’ With Magic: The Gathering, ‘Pokemon’ and ‘One...
eBay‑owned TCGPlayer launched the Roca Sifter, an automation device that identifies, prices and sorts trading‑card‑game cards without damaging them, thanks to a partnership with Xerox. The company says the Sifter works through sleeves, lowering costs for game stores and expanding trust...
Millennials, Gen Zers Warm up to AI Shopping Tools
A new Quad and Harris Poll survey shows 62% of Gen Z and Millennial shoppers prefer AI‑powered shopping tools, with 60% of Millennials trusting AI advice more than store associates. However, 75% say they would lose trust if AI results were...
Unpacked: How Loyalty Programs Power Lifecycle Marketing Strategies
Loyalty programs are evolving from simple point‑based discounts to data‑driven lifecycle marketing tools. Consumers—especially Gen Z—demand personalized, transparent experiences while guarding their privacy. Brands that verify permissioned data on‑site can prevent up to $4 billion in reward‑code theft and reduce offer abuse....
Albertsons Media Collective Offers New Measurement for Advertisers
Albertsons Media Collective launched an onsite incrementality measurement tool that isolates the causal impact of display ads on sales using test‑and‑control frameworks. The solution, dubbed iROAS, quantifies revenue generated solely by advertising, revealing up to a 6.5‑fold variance across campaigns....
Bath & Body Works Pulls Back on Laundry Offering
Bath & Body Works announced it will scale back its laundry line, including dryer sheets launched last September, to concentrate on its core scented‑product categories. CEO Daniel Heaf said the expansion diverted marketing and development resources away from the brand’s...
PosterXXL Rated Best Online Shop in Germany
PosterXXL was crowned the Best Online Shop in Germany in ServiceValue’s 12th annual ranking, achieving the lowest average satisfaction score of 2.35. The study analyzed more than 753,000 customer reviews across 2,400 online stores spanning 172 sectors. Otto (2.37) and...
Hyper-Personal Shopping: The Rise of AI Shopper Bots
Retailers like John Lewis and Frasers are deploying AI‑powered shopper bots to deliver hyper‑personalized shopping experiences. These bots analyze real‑time browsing data and engage customers via chat or voice, offering curated product selections instantly. Early pilots have shown higher conversion...
The Paradoxical Dependence of Amazon & Its Sellers
Amazon dominates 36% of U.S. e‑commerce and 70% of marketplace sales, making it the default channel for most third‑party merchants. Marketplace Pulse’s 2026 Seller Index shows 49% of sellers flag marketplace fees and 46% cite advertising spend as the biggest...
DressX and Amazon Announce Virtual Fashion Partnership | Exclusive
Avatar fashion platform DressX announced a partnership with Amazon on April 16, enabling shoppers to buy virtual garments through Amazon’s online store. The purchased items can be unlocked and worn in DressX’s Meta Horizon experience, Fashion Rivals. This marks the...
Adyen Expands Giving Program Worldwide
Adyen is scaling its free checkout‑donation platform, Adyen Giving, beyond Canada and the United States by partnering with adidas to launch the feature in Europe, Brazil and Mexico. The program helped shoppers at 216 adidas stores in Canada and the...
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Email Deliverability: A Complete Guide for Ecommerce [2026]
Email deliverability—whether messages reach inboxes or land in spam—is a critical revenue driver for ecommerce brands. Benchmark data shows only 83.5% of global emails hit the inbox, meaning roughly one in six messages are unseen. A drop from 95% to...
Bureaucracy Weighs Heavily on German Online Sellers
A Händlerbund survey reveals that 89% of German online sellers find bureaucratic procedures heavy or very heavy, with product safety and packaging regulations cited as the biggest hurdles. Data‑protection rules, especially GDPR, rank third, while sustainability reporting adds to the...
Instagram Re-Enters Creator Affiliate Commerce Years After Rivals Built Lead
Instagram announced in March 2026 that creators can now tag up to 30 affiliate products directly in Reels and earn commissions on sales. The move ends a four‑year hiatus after the platform shut down its 2022 affiliate program and removed...
Small Business: Elevating First Impressions Online
VistaPrint’s Erin Shea argues that packaging is the new storefront for small businesses, with 72% of shoppers saying design influences purchase decisions and 61% getting excited to open a parcel. The article highlights how simple custom touches—branded tissue, thank‑you notes, or...
Marketplace Briefing: How DoorDash Is Winning over Apparel Brands
DoorDash, the U.S. leader in food delivery, announced in late March that it is expanding its marketplace to include apparel. The company added four fashion brands—Urban Outfitters, Steve Madden, Dolce Vita and Rally House—to its platform, allowing Dashers to deliver clothing alongside meals....
Aya Closes $7 Million Series A to Scale On-Demand Fashion Model
Saudi‑based fashion e‑commerce startup Aya closed a SAR 26 million ($7 million) Series A round, led by RAED Ventures with participation from Nuwa Capital, Sanabil Investments (PIF), Joa Capital and Khwarizmi Ventures. Founded in 2024, Aya’s demand‑driven platform tests more than 700 designs each...
Smart Integrations with Your Favourite Tools
Webshops often suffer from fragmented data across storefronts, marketplaces, and warehouses, leading to stock mismatches and missed orders. Smart integrations—exemplified by Gomonta’s connectors for ecommerce platforms, carriers, and ERP systems—centralize sales, inventory, and shipment information on a single dashboard. Automation...
Speed, Data, and the Great Consolidation: What’s Powering MENA’s Quick Commerce?
Quick commerce in the Middle East and North Africa has shifted from novelty to necessity, propelled by world‑leading smartphone penetration, government‑mandated cashless payments and rapid dark‑store rollout. The sector now commands significant advertising spend, with retail media projected to reach...
Chargebacks911 Refines UDMS Suite with Smarter AI Dispute Detection
Chargebacks911 has upgraded its Unified Dispute Management System (UDMS) with a more sophisticated artificial‑intelligence engine designed to spot chargeback risks earlier. The enhancement responds to surging chargeback volumes and the growing complexity of transaction data across the payments ecosystem. By...
EXEC: European Soccer E-Tailer Unisport Enters U.S. with WeGotSoccer Acquisition
European online football retailer Unisport Group has acquired Arocam, the U.S. parent of WeGotSoccer and TUDN Fan Shop, adding six physical stores to its portfolio. The acquisition positions Unisport for a rapid expansion in the United States ahead of the...
The Interview: Co-Founder Abhi Arora on Building Second-Hand Wholesale Marketplace Fleek
London‑based Fleek, a B2B marketplace for vintage and second‑hand wholesale clothing, has scaled from a Brick Lane startup to a Silicon Valley‑backed global player. Since its first sale in November 2021, it now supports over 10,000 resellers sourcing stock from more...
Who Delivers Your Orders Matters
Target announced it will extend its Shipt‑powered same‑day delivery service to more than 100 U.S. stores in 2026, leveraging in‑store fulfillment to bring packages closer to customers. By picking up orders directly from local stores, Target claims a cost reduction...
Little Caesars Has Launched an App in ChatGPT to Help with Orders
Little Caesars has launched an app inside ChatGPT that lets customers place pizza orders through a conversational interface. The feature connects to the chain’s existing mobile‑app infrastructure, allowing users to customize orders, schedule pickup, and link their rewards program. It...
Can AI Read Your Homepage?
Adobe reports AI chat platforms drove a 269% year‑over‑year surge in referral traffic to U.S. retail sites in March 2026, with overall AI‑generated traffic up 393% for Q1. Its AI Content Visibility Checker found that 75% of retailer homepages are...
73% Portuguese Shoppers Driven by Price
A ConsumerChoice report finds 73% of Portuguese online shoppers prioritize low price, with 71% driven by promotions. Over half (51%) compare prices before purchase, and 81% shop via marketplaces, followed by brand sites (54%). 63% have increased online buying in...
Retail AI Council Debuts AI Assistant
On April 16, 2026, the Retail AI Council launched Ask.RetailAICouncil, an AI assistant that delivers retailer‑specific guidance derived from practitioner expertise rather than vendor marketing. The tool helps users research vendors, compare software solutions, draft RFP outlines, and prepare internal stakeholder...
Stock Surge Lifts Used Car Retail Value to £52.6m
Dealer Auction reported that used‑car retail value surged to £52.6 million (about $66.8 million) in March, up from £42 million the month before. Fresh‑stock listings jumped 20 %, driving nearly 80,000 bids and adding roughly $12.7 million in retail uplift. The sub‑£10,000 segment saw the...
Amazon Launches First Logistics Hub In China
Amazon has opened its first smart warehouse in Shenzhen, branding it as a Global Warehousing and Distribution centre that promises up to a 45% cost reduction for Chinese merchants shipping to the United States. The hub consolidates storage, customs clearance,...
Deliveroo Reveals Changing Consumer Habits as Orders Pass Two Billion
Deliveroo announced it has processed more than two billion orders worldwide, a milestone that underscores a decade of rapid expansion since its 2013 launch. The company released new data showing the cheeseburger as the top‑ordered restaurant item globally, while grocery staples...
The Ball Depot Launches E-Commerce Platform
The Ball Depot, a Canadian startup founded by Terri‑lyne Gedanitz, launched an e‑commerce site on April 7, 2026 featuring more than 1,000 ball‑related products across sports, fitness, children’s play, novelty and pet categories. The niche platform consolidates a fragmented market...
The New Checkout Is Where the Best Offer Wins
The PYMNTS Intelligence report, in partnership with FIS, reveals a $42.4 billion revenue gap caused by shoppers missing available discounts at checkout. Around 70% of consumers alter their purchase decisions when presented with relevant offers, yet most offers remain unclaimed due...
What Happens when Cold and Calculating AI Bots Start Doing the Shopping?
Retailers are confronting a surge in agentic AI, where bots make purchasing decisions on behalf of consumers. In Australia, 39% already rely on AI for shopping choices and 27% are open to buying directly through AI tools. To stay competitive,...
How Meshki Is Winning over Americans with SEO and Storytelling
Australian‑born fashion label Meshki has leveraged SEO, storytelling and a strong social presence to accelerate its U.S. growth. The brand posted FY24/25 revenue of AUD 183 million (≈$131 million), up from AUD 121 million (≈$87 million) a year earlier. Celebrity endorsements and a dedicated "Trending" section...
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Wayfair Dropped a Sneak Peek of Its Epic Way Day Sale: Early Deals on Furniture, Rugs, and More Are Up...
Wayfair has unveiled a preview of its annual Way Day sale, scheduled for April 25, featuring early discounts of up to 90% on furniture, outdoor pieces, and bedding. The preview highlights 30 top deals, such as a velvet L‑shape sleeper sofa...
Loud Budgeting: How Gen Z’s Money Habits Are Changing Ecommerce
Gen Z’s emerging financial habits—loud budgeting and soft saving—are reshaping ecommerce demand. Around 68% of Gen Z adults say they skip social events because of money, while 66% of UK shoppers report cutting impulse buys. These trends, amplified by TikTok...
VinoBuzz Launches AI Wine Marketplace in Hong Kong
VinoBuzz, Hong Kong's first AI‑driven wine marketplace, announced an angel round that values the startup at US$10 million. In just two weeks of beta, it attracted over 1,000 registered users and aggregated more than 4,000 unique wine SKUs. The platform leverages...