News•Feb 24, 2026
Nearly Half of Shoppers Used Mobile for Their Latest Retail Purchase
The 2025 Global Digital Shopping Index, commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions, found that 48% of shoppers used a mobile device for their most recent retail purchase, with usage exceeding 60% in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Mobile browsing frequency is high—60% browse merchant sites multiple times weekly, and heavy browsers purchase roughly twice as often, especially in discretionary categories. Stored payment credentials now power 45% of online checkouts, highlighting the importance of frictionless, secure payment experiences. Retailers see a unified, mobile‑first experience as essential, yet 60% worry their payment tech won’t meet future demands.
By PYMNTS
News•Feb 24, 2026
GUEST COMMENT Hello, Answer Engines: How Brands Can Stay Seen when Users Don’t Click
In 2025 Google and Bing introduced AI‑powered snippets and chat‑style overviews that answer queries directly, ushering in a zero‑click search era. Brands can no longer rely on traditional click‑through SEO and must instead structure content for featured snippets, FAQ blocks,...
By InternetRetailing
News•Feb 24, 2026
ECER.com Redefines the Future of Mobile B2B Commerce
ECER.com is transforming international B2B trade by turning smartphones into full‑service sourcing hubs. The platform adds instant mobile alerts, multilingual AI chat and live video, letting buyers respond to inquiries any time, as demonstrated by a Guangzhou firm that closed...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 24, 2026
GoWit Announces Partnership with Publicis Media Middle East to Scale Commerce & Retail Media Across MENA & Türkiye
GoWit, a commerce‑enablement platform, has entered a strategic partnership with Publicis Media Middle East to expand its retail‑media solutions across the MENA region and Turkey. The collaboration will combine GoWit's AI‑driven shopping tools with Publicis' extensive media network, enabling brands...
By Business Wire — Executive Appointments
News•Feb 24, 2026
From Nausea to Relief, How Beauty Founders and Execs Are Reacting to the Supreme Court’s Tariff Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled to block the Trump‑era tariffs on Chinese beauty products, ending weeks of uncertainty for the industry. Beauty founders and executives, who had been bracing for higher import costs, described the decision as a “relief” after...
By Glossy
News•Feb 24, 2026
Rodan + Fields Moves Beyond Social Selling with Influencer-Powered ‘C-Suite’ Campaign
Rodan + Fields is transitioning from a pure social‑selling model to an omnichannel strategy, launching its Pure C Serum on a new direct‑to‑consumer website and through Ulta Beauty. To amplify the rollout, the brand unveiled a “C‑Suite” influencer campaign featuring seven...
By Glossy
News•Feb 24, 2026
Off Season Taps Into the NBA’s Growing Merchandise Sales with New Licensed Fashion Collection
Off Season, the fashion label known for NFL‑centric apparel, launched its first NBA‑focused ready‑to‑wear collection, featuring items from halter tops to track jackets. The line spotlights a select group of teams—including the Knicks, Warriors, Lakers and Clippers—and is sold through...
By Glossy
News•Feb 24, 2026
Behind the Resurgence: Zomato, Swiggy Regain Food Delivery Momentum in the Dec Quarter
India’s food‑delivery duopoly posted a strong rebound in the October‑December quarter, with Zomato’s gross order value climbing 21.3% and Swiggy’s rising 20.5%, both surpassing the 20% growth threshold. Monthly transacting users grew 21.5% to 24.9 million for Zomato and 18.1 million for...
By ETRetail (India)
News•Feb 24, 2026
Ant Group’s Alipay AI Pay and AI Health App AQ Each Surpass 100 Million Users During CNY Highlighting AI Adoption...
Ant Group reported that its AI‑powered payment service, Alipay AI Pay, and its AI Health application, AQ, each surpassed 100 million active users during the Chinese New Year holiday. The milestone underscores a rapid acceleration of AI‑driven consumer services in China,...
By PaySpace Magazine
News•Feb 24, 2026
Best Practices Are Meaningless Without Audience Research
The article argues that generic best practices produce mediocre marketing results unless they are informed by audience research. It explains that understanding the specific audience’s preferences, language, and hang‑out places transforms bland tactics into resonant campaigns. Practical methods such as...
By SparkToro Blog
News•Feb 24, 2026
Visa Expands Latin America Footprint: To Acquire Argentina’s Prisma Medios De Pago and Newpay
Visa announced the acquisition of Argentina’s Prisma Medios de Pago and the fintech platform Newpay, marking a strategic push into Latin America’s payments ecosystem. The combined deal, valued at over $200 million, will be funded largely with cash. By integrating Prisma’s...
By PaySpace Magazine
News•Feb 24, 2026
How Freedom Furniture Is Turning Casual Browsers Into Loyal Customers
Freedom Furniture is leveraging AI to unify its omnichannel retail experience, from discovery to post‑sale service. By expanding its catalog from 12,000 to over 70,000 SKUs through a dropship model, the retailer relies on AI‑driven search and recommendation engines that...
By Inside Retail Australia
News•Feb 24, 2026
Adore Beauty Sales Soar but Black Friday ‘Overperformance’ Hurts Profits
Adore Beauty posted an 8.7% year‑on‑year revenue increase to $111.9 million, delivering a record underlying EBITDA of $4.1 million, up 14.5%. The strong Black Friday‑Cyber Monday sales drove a 120‑basis‑point dip in gross profit margin, falling to 35% as discounting intensified. The...
By Inside Retail Australia
News•Feb 23, 2026
Data to Decisions in an Instant
Retail executives at the FMI Midwinter Conference warned that the rise of agentic commerce will collapse the traditional lag between data collection and purchasing decisions. Generative AI agents embedded in phones and devices will make instant, autonomous buying choices, shifting...
By Mass Market Retailers
News•Feb 23, 2026
The Anatomy of Perfect Content: How Marketers Can Reach Consumers in the AI Era
The Expedia Group Advertising "Science of Wanderlust" study surveyed over 7,000 consumers and used eye‑tracking to pinpoint the creative elements that cut through today’s AI‑saturated content stream. It found video drives purchase intent three times more than static images, while...
By Modern Retail
News•Feb 23, 2026
This Latin American Rival to Amazon Reports Earnings This Week. How to Trade It with Options
MercadoLibre, the dominant e‑commerce and fintech platform in Latin America, will report its Q4 2025 results on Tuesday, with analysts forecasting roughly $28.6 billion in revenue for the full year. The company posted a 39% year‑over‑year revenue jump to $7.41 billion in Q3 2025,...
By CNBC – ETFs
News•Feb 23, 2026
What Amazon’s Big-Box Move Means for Retail Media and Brands
Amazon is opening its largest ever big‑box store, a move framed as a physical challenge to Walmart and Costco but primarily a data play. The new footprint expands Amazon’s ability to observe shopper behavior, serve retail media ads, and claim...
By Total Retail
News•Feb 23, 2026
The Benefits of Leveraging a Canadian Warehouse or 3PL for American Companies with Canadian Orders
U.S. companies with regular Canadian orders are re‑evaluating fulfillment strategies as border delays, rising transportation costs, and recent tariff changes erode the efficiency of U.S‑centric models. Positioning inventory in Canada—either via owned warehouses or third‑party logistics providers—removes the final customs...
By All Things Supply Chain
News•Feb 23, 2026
Meet Every Shopper Where They Are: The Retail Imperative for Multimodal, Accessible Self-Service
Self-service technology now appears in checkout lanes, lockers, ordering tablets, and payment devices across retail environments. Many of these systems remain single‑mode, assuming shoppers can see, hear, and touch without assistance, which excludes a growing segment of customers. Multimodal, accessible...
By Retail TouchPoints
News•Feb 23, 2026
Article Adds Klarna Option and Other Digital Transactions News Briefs From 2/23/26
Klarna has partnered with Canadian furniture retailer Article to offer buy‑now‑pay‑later at checkout. Payments platform WanderWallet launched a QR‑code based service in Bolivia, targeting local payment habits. Gift‑card provider Tillo will now reward childcare spending through the Kindo platform. SignaPay...
By Digital Transactions
News•Feb 23, 2026
ZigZag Partners with Vinted Go to Meet Rising Demand for Locker Returns
ZigZag has integrated Vinted Go into its carrier library, extending its out‑of‑home (OOH) returns network to more than 14,000 locker and shop locations across France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal. The partnership gives ZigZag‑connected retailers immediate access to Vinted...
By ChannelX (formerly Tamebay)
News•Feb 23, 2026
AI-Powered Video Analytics: A Force Multiplier for Retail Security and Operations
Retailers are rapidly adopting AI‑powered video analytics to strengthen loss‑prevention and streamline operations. The technology automatically flags suspicious behavior, recognizes license plates linked to organized retail crime, and provides searchable video clips via natural‑language queries, cutting investigation time dramatically. Integrated,...
By Total Retail
News•Feb 23, 2026
Air Cargo Belgium Drives E-Commerce Growth
Air Cargo Belgium is cementing Belgium’s role as Europe’s e‑commerce gateway, processing over one billion parcel declarations in 2024 and aiming for 1.5 billion by the end of 2025. The organization relies on AI, data‑driven practices and digital pilots to streamline...
By Air Cargo Week
News•Feb 23, 2026
From Hobby to Omnichannel Success: How Les Jumelles Is Coloring the Belgian Fashion World
Les Jumelles, founded by Magalie Aerts as a garage‑based webshop ten years ago, has grown into an omnichannel fashion brand with three flagship stores in Belgium and a thriving online channel that generates 60‑70% of sales. The company emphasizes personalized...
By Retail Detail (EU)
News•Feb 23, 2026
Renewed Sense of Confidence Feeds Through Into eBay Q4 2025 Earnings
eBay reported a full‑year GMV of roughly $80 billion, up 6% globally and nearly 10% in the United States, marking a return to double‑digit growth. Focus categories such as fashion and refurbished tech drove over 12% GMV expansion and now account...
By ChannelX (formerly Tamebay)
News•Feb 23, 2026
Walmart and UK Grocers Report Parallel Q4 Strength Despite Differing Retail Landscapes
Walmart posted a 5.6% revenue increase and a 10.8% rise in operating income for Q4 FY26, driven by a 27% jump in U.S. e‑commerce and 24% global digital sales growth. The retailer also saw advertising revenue surge 37%, with Walmart...
By InternetRetailing
News•Feb 23, 2026
LaunderPay POS Solution Integrates Epson Thermal Receipt Printers
Epson announced that its m‑Series thermal receipt printers are now embedded in LaunderPay's all‑in‑one laundry POS platform, targeting wash‑and‑fold, delivery and dry‑cleaning operators. The integration delivers compact, high‑performance printing for receipts and bag tags while offering customizable receipt length to...
By Retail Customer Experience
News•Feb 23, 2026
Belgian Fashion Brand Signe Nature Opens Online Store
Belgian fashion label Signe Nature, part of the Tricobel group, launches its first online store after 25 years of exclusive physical retail. The e‑shop adds a digital channel to more than 300 multi‑brand outlets and ten Espace Mode stores. It...
By Retail Detail (EU)
News•Feb 23, 2026
Shark Beauty and LOOKFANTASTIC Bring Live Social Commerce Experience to AI-Driven Catwalk
THG Studios unveiled its World’s First AI‑Driven Immersive, Shoppable Catwalk, integrating a live TikTok shopping segment hosted by Shark Beauty and LOOKFANTASTIC. The event coincides with Topshop’s high‑street comeback through John Lewis, offering both in‑person and global viewers the ability to...
By Retail Times (UK)
News•Feb 23, 2026
Is Inventory Processing Time Slowing Your Brand’s Growth?
Small and mid‑size brands are losing cash flow when inventory induction time— the period between arrival at a fulfillment center and being sale‑ready—gets stretched. Delays lock capital, force costly expedited freight, and can miss seasonal demand, squeezing margins. A hybrid...
By Supply Chain Dive
News•Feb 23, 2026
Business Crisis Management When “Nothing Happened”
The article examines how businesses often launch full‑scale crisis protocols even when no real incident has occurred. It highlights the pitfalls of over‑reacting, such as wasted resources, stakeholder fatigue, and reputational damage. By presenting case studies and expert insights, it...
By PaySpace Magazine
News•Feb 23, 2026
Urban Company’s InstaHelp Hits 50,000 Daily Bookings
Urban Company’s instant‑service housekeeping arm InstaHelp recorded 50,520 bookings on Feb 22, 2026, surpassing the 50,000‑a‑day milestone less than a year after its pilot launch. The surge positions the vertical to exceed 1.5 million monthly bookings, contributing Rs 6.8 crore in revenue and Rs 28 crore in...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 23, 2026
JIM.com Brings Its AI-Powered Business Platform to Android, Opening the Door to Millions More U.S. Micro Entrepreneurs
JIM.com, the AI‑driven fintech platform for micro‑sellers, launched its Android app, extending its full suite of AI business agent features to the 45% of U.S. smartphones that run Android. The rollout follows an iOS‑only debut in early 2025 that already...
By AiThority
News•Feb 23, 2026
D2C Lifestyle Brand DailyObjects Posts Rs 110 Cr Revenue in FY25
DailyObjects, the Indian D2C tech‑accessories brand, posted Rs 110 crore revenue for FY25, a 31% increase over the prior year. The surge in sales was offset by a 60% jump in net loss, which rose to Rs 16 crore as total expenses climbed 30%...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 23, 2026
Retailers Reset Expectations for 2026 – Operations Is Where the Battle Is Won
Australian retailers and e‑commerce firms are entering 2026 with a pragmatic outlook, prioritising operational discipline over aggressive expansion. Productivity has become a frontline commercial issue as labour constraints and cost pressure erode margins. Companies are moving from blunt cost‑cutting to...
By Inside Retail Australia
News•Feb 23, 2026
3 Standout Strategies Driving Revlon’s 2026 Comeback Plan
Revlon, under CEO Melissa Peluso, is executing a three‑pronged turnaround aimed at reviving its legacy brands. The strategy emphasizes a narrowed “e‑glam” identity for Revlon, a clean‑beauty refresh for Almay, and an aggressive expansion of its fragrance portfolio through new...
By Glossy
News•Feb 23, 2026
The Playbook for Winning over Price-Conscious Consumers
U.S. retail sales are still growing modestly despite inflation, but brands must win over increasingly price‑conscious shoppers. Executives say the era of blunt discounting is giving way to “value articulation,” where consumers evaluate a product’s real‑life solution and equity impact....
By Modern Retail
News•Feb 23, 2026
Kogan.com ‘Firing on All Cylinders’, Founder Says, as Group Profit Falls 20%
Kogan Group reported mixed H1 FY26 results, with its flagship Kogan.com platform delivering 21% sales growth and a 17% revenue increase, while the New Zealand acquisition Mighty Ape saw sales fall 9% and a 25% revenue drop, dragging group NPAT down 20%...
By Startup Daily (ANZ)
News•Feb 23, 2026
Freshpet Inc (FRPT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Freshpet reported Q4 2025 net sales of $285.2 million, an 8.6% year‑over‑year increase, and full‑year sales of $1.102 billion, up 13% despite a slowdown in the overall pet‑food category. Adjusted EBITDA rose 16% to $61.2 million and adjusted gross margin improved to 48.4%,...
By Motley Fool – Earnings Transcripts
News•Feb 22, 2026
Amazon Prime Member? Here’s How To Get a Free Grubhub+ Membership
Amazon Prime members automatically qualify for a complimentary Grubhub+ subscription, which offers $0 delivery fees, reduced service fees, and a 5% credit on pickup orders. The benefit activates by linking the Prime account to Grubhub and remains active as long...
By AwardWallet Blog
News•Feb 22, 2026
Email Marketing Awaits True AI
Email marketing remains a revenue powerhouse for ecommerce despite predictions of obsolescence, thanks to its owned, measurable nature. Marketers envision AI delivering true audience‑of‑one experiences, tailoring offers, timing, and content to each subscriber. Today’s AI tools, however, function more as...
By Practical Ecommerce
News•Feb 21, 2026
‘We Had to Learn to Be Global From Day One’: Day 1-1000 of GoNomads
Uke Enun founded GoNomads to solve African firms' cross‑border trade hurdles after a failed e‑commerce experiment. The B2B consultancy launched in 2021, iterating its MVP and securing a Payoneer partnership that gave clients multi‑currency accounts and a Mastercard. Early revenue...
By TechCabal
News•Feb 20, 2026
TrustedCranes B2B Marketplace Targets U.S. for Used Mobile Cranes
TrustedCranes, a Germany‑based startup, has launched a concierge‑style B2B marketplace for used mobile cranes with capacities of 30 tons and above, targeting U.S. contractors, rental firms and industrial operators. The platform acts as a broker, handling buyer inquiries, background checks and...
By Digital Commerce 360
News•Feb 20, 2026
Earnings Season Made It Clear: Digitize Supply Chains or Fall Behind
Earnings season revealed that digitizing supply chains has shifted from a cost‑saving exercise to a strategic imperative. Executives at FedEx, Caterpillar, Dollar General and others highlighted upstream capex on supplier integration, AI‑enabled orchestration and real‑time visibility as growth enablers. The...
By PYMNTS
News•Feb 20, 2026
Merchant Center Flags Feeds Disruption
Google Merchant Center announced a service disruption affecting product feeds, which began on February 4, 2026 at 14:00 UTC. The public status dashboard still lists the issue as under investigation with no estimated resolution time. Feeds power Shopping ads and free listings, so...
By Search Engine Land
News•Feb 20, 2026
Worldline Scales One Commerce Across Europe to Support Cross-Border Sales
Worldline is rolling out its One Commerce omnichannel retail platform beyond the United Kingdom, showcasing it at the EuroShop trade fair in Germany from Feb. 22‑26. The solution lets merchants manage in‑store and online payments, integrate new payment methods, and...
By PYMNTS
News•Feb 20, 2026
Beardbrand’s Top Ecommerce Tools in 2026
Beardbrand founder Eric Bandholz outlines the ecommerce stack that powers his D2C brand in 2026. He highlights Shopify’s flexibility, Judge.me reviews, Recharge subscriptions, Klaviyo email/SMS, and AI creative tools such as Grok Imagine. Operational efficiencies stem from Mercury banking, Settle AP, and...
By Practical Ecommerce
News•Feb 20, 2026
Why eBay’s Depop Acquisition Matters More Than the Earnings Beat
eBay’s recent earnings beat was eclipsed by its strategic purchase of Depop, the Gen‑Z‑focused resale platform. The $1.6 billion acquisition expands eBay’s mobile‑first, social commerce capabilities and adds a youthful user base. Analysts note that Depop’s rapid growth and strong community...
By MarketBeat News
News•Feb 20, 2026
Why Ethical Shopping Intentions Fail at Checkout
Canadians express strong support for ethically produced goods, yet rising food prices push cost to the forefront of purchase decisions. Researchers found that framing the ethical premium as a price increase discourages buying, while offering the same price with a...
By Retail Insider Canada
News•Feb 20, 2026
Loblaw Expands AI Commerce With Google Gemini
Loblaw Companies Limited has partnered with Google to let Canadian shoppers buy health, beauty and apparel items directly through Google Search’s AI Mode and the Gemini app. The move makes Loblaw the first major Canadian retailer to enable purchases via...
By Retail Insider Canada