Amazon Slashes Pixel 10 Prices to Record Lows
Amazon's current discounts on the Pixel 10 series return the devices to the previous record-lows from Black Friday. https://t.co/J3wMXUkO5v
AI Shopping Generates Unattributed Conversions, Skewing Attribution
AI shopping is sending buyers to your store but NONE of them show up in your attribution. 39% of consumers already use AI for product discovery, and 23% of Americans bought something via AI in the past month. These are the...
Grüns' DTC Surpasses AG1, Validating Omnichannel Strategy
Grüns built a successful omnichannel distribution network on the way to its acquisition by @Unilever for a reported $1.2 billion, with more than 7,000 retail doors in addition to Amazon. But its DTC site has also grown rapidly, and is about...
Live Shopping Boosts Snack Sales 30% Monthly, 2.5× Transactions
On @Whatnot, the live shopping platform, snacks and candy sales have grown ~30% m/m since last July, while transactions grew 2.5x. @garyvee sold out 1,055 units of “Heat Wave” gummies in minutes. More in the Live Shopping Update, presented by Whatnot: https://t.co/0lxFmMttn9...
Shopify’s Full‑Stack Merchant Moat Fuels Double‑Digit Margins
Founder-led software names with strong economic moats to watch 👇 $SHOP | Forward P/S 10.46x Shopify is monetizing the full merchant stack. Not just storefronts. Payments, credit, cross-border, logistics. Merchant solutions now drive ~75% of revenue. Take rate expands with every transaction layer...
Starbucks Beta App in ChatGPT Eases Drink Discovery
This is pretty slick and helpful but 1) nobody knows it's available as an app, and 2) you have to summon it within ChatGPT. Again, the friction is too much. But again, once using it, it's pretty slick and helpful...
AI-Run Store Opens, Then Forgets Its Employees
An AI agent opened a store in San Francisco. Then it forgot the staff https://t.co/itybMA0Cpb via @FastCompany
Starbucks' ChatGPT App Suggests
So Starbucks has a new app on ChatGPT that will help you pick your drinks based on mood, weather, etc. So I started messing with it this morning and now I think the robot wants to call the authorities… https://t.co/KTdElSn26i https://t.co/IZTjtQrS0c
Target Sees Rising Foot Traffic Through January
$TGT foot traffic improved in Dec and Jan, and momentum has continued @jeffmacke BofA https://t.co/UiFe0nCm8u
Grocery Margins at 25‑year Lows, Limiting Price Control
The theory here is that the best place to try to control household grocery costs is in lower retail markups. But grocery store margins in 2025 averaged just 2.7%, have been falling since 2022, & are close to 25-year lows....
Is Your Email Program Stuck at “Okay”?
Your email flows are running, your list is growing, and revenue looks okay. But "okay" is where most programs get stuck. Here are 6 signs yours has plateaued: https://t.co/BDEWXRyGoN
Discounts Hide Post‑COVID Price Hikes.
every sale now is like "get 5% off on something that costs 50% more than it did before covid"
Freshly Revamped Montana Knife Co Homepage Shines
We first built the @Montanaknifeco store theme a while back. It’s been too long since we touched the homepage. Just shipped a refresh, and I love how it turned out. https://t.co/gUydjIbxnR
Create Pro Video Ads in 90 Minutes – 70% Off
Seedance 2.0 just went live on Higgs for everyone. You can take one product image, write a few prompts, and have UGC, production-level, and lifestyle video ads ready in about 90 minutes. You can get up to 70% off right now with...
Drop the Checkout Gate, Boost Conversions Like Italic
Italic tested removing their membership gate for Black Friday. 30% of non-member shoppers later converted to paid members. Meanwhile you're forcing customers to create an account before checkout and wondering why your top-of-funnel traffic bounces.
E‑commerce Brands Test only Subject Lines—Miss Five Steps
Most ecom brands A/B test subject lines and stop there. That's step one out of six. Here's the full priority list: https://t.co/JdpTVaeubz
March Card Spending Rises 4.3% Amid Strong Discretionary Demand
💳BofA: "Mar total BAC card spending per HH was up 4.3% y/y. We forecast a solid 1.8% & 0.6% for ex-auto & control group retail sales. Despite higher gas prices, Mar spending was broad-based with total ex gas spending remaining...
Handling Refund Requests When No Shopify Transaction Exists
App devs, what do you do when a customer requests a refund (because a charge appeared on their Shopify bill) but there's no transaction to refund in the Shopify admin? https://t.co/JTXb8NK5uN
Product Copy Can Double or Halve Your Sales
The moment you put words on your product, you either increase sales by 50%… or kill them by 50% Let’s talk about it. 🧵
Validate Ecom Demand Fast with Ugly Site Tests
If I lost everything and had to build a profitable ecom brand by summer, here's exactly what I'd do. 1. RUN THE UGLY WEBSITE TEST. Find a competitor with a horrible site, no real ads, and photos that look like they...
Kroger's Robot Grocery Delivery Experiment Fell Short
Kroger tried to build the future of grocery delivery with robots. It didn't work. https://t.co/kd6UzWX8in #robots #futureofwork
Beyond Engaged vs Unengaged: 6 Overlooked E‑com Segments
Most ecom brands segment by "engaged vs unengaged" and stop there. Here are 6 segments that most brands skip: https://t.co/SQEJtS1okC
Value Beats Discounts: Free Bonus Sells Better
I tried to sell a $100 product with a 10% discount. Crickets. I sold the same product for $120 with a 'free' $20 bonus. It crushed. The market doesn't care about discounts. It cares about perceived value. Test everything.
Success Comes From Action, Not Blaming the Market
I’m going to hold your hand when I say this… Blaming the economy, the algorithm, or the market being “oversaturated” might make you feel better, but it’s not making you any money. 👀 Because the truth is, the brands winning right now...
Turn Your Storefront Into an AI-Powered Sales Endpoint
Your storefront is no longer just a website. It's an AI endpoint. April 28, I’m on a panel at @Shopify NY with the CTO of the world's largest Shopify agency and the e-commerce PM behind Teddy Baldassarre. Topic: How to structure...
Best Buy's Ultimate Upgrade: Up to 50
Best Buy has launched its Ultimate Upgrade sale, featuring discounts of up to 50% on TVs, laptops, headphones, and more — and bigger savings when you trade-in. https://t.co/YL3h5GxPOE
Real‑time Analytics Turn Retail Data Into Instant Action
Strongly believe this is where retail is heading. Real-time insights are no longer a luxury, they are a necessity. What I like here is the simplicity in turning data into clear actions. Tools like this can genuinely help small and...
Be Top‑of‑Mind: Buyers Choose the First Idea
Your buyer’s brain is lazy. That’s why your positioning can’t be. Have you lost work to someone you’re objectively better than? It stings. Maybe you found out later. Maybe you just suspected. The thinking was shallower, the track record thinner—but they got...
Modular Store Deploys Humanoid Robots for Service
Modular Retail Store Where Humanoid #Robots Serve Coffee, Ice Cream, and Chat with Customers via @ZappyZappy7 #AI #Robotics #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/k1WmDPiodV
10 Hidden Email Issues Plaguing Every E‑commerce Account
These 10 email problems show up in almost every ecom account we audit. Including the ones that look like they’re running fine. (bookmark this) https://t.co/TmpJZsENk4
Google Backs Immersive Eyewear Brand Gentle Monster's Retail Revolution
Big fan of Google’s $100m investment in Gentle Monster to do smart glsses. Been to a few of its stores and layouts are slick. The South Korean lux eyewear brand does ~$600m a year. Retail setups have dope sculptures and 3D...
Brick‑and‑mortar Bike Shops Aren't Practical in Digital Age
as a reseller and a cyclist - I have a few opinions on this. on one hand I'd love to have a little bike shop - but there's nothing practical about trying to do this. the high cost of running...
Retention, Not Acquisition, Drives Explosive Revenue Growth
Right now, this pattern is repeating itself in real time (D2C Wellness Brand) $1.2M/month… growth flat for the last 120 days “We’ve scaled… but now it just feels stuck” The issue wasn’t acquisition—it was weak retention economics We built LTV systems + repeat purchase...
Shift4 Wins on Price, Not Product Quality
It is clear that Shift4 can win on price and subsidies. This former VP at Shift4 readily capitulates that Toast is a better product than Shift4, but notes their ability to pay off merchants and give away hardware often convinces...
Skimmable Pages with 3‑5 Benefits Beat Long Copy
I've reviewed 100+ product pages. Here's the pattern: Pages with 15 bullet points and long paragraphs failed. Pages with a clear headline, 3-5 core benefits, and strong social proof crushed it. Your customers don't read. They skim. Make it skimmable.
Stuck in the Past: Meta Spend Misaligned with Growth
pov: you take over a brand spending $500K/month on Meta and this is what you find: - built a wall around what worked at $100K - same "20% off" offer since day one - 90% of spend running to remarketing, zero prospecting -...
Score Your Welcome Flow, Not Just Scan It
You can't audit a welcome flow just by reading it. Yeah, you'll catch bad subject lines, weak copy, and ugly formatting. But you're not going to notice that email 3 is cannibalizing email 4's offer, or that your first email never...
Shift4 Lures Merchants with Free Hardware, Paid Termination Fees
Former VP at $FOUR notes that Shift4 can be very aggressive with signing up merchants by not only offering free hardware, but also paying their termination fees.
AI Logos: Small Businesses Can Still Stand Out
I spoke with Patrick Llewellyn, Vice President, Digital and Design Services at VistaPrint about branding, AI logos, and how small businesses can stand out https://t.co/jDIqxXpSqd
Headless Theme Boosts Clicks; Excess Apps Kill Conversions
Ruggable saw a 300% increase in organic search clicks after switching to a headless theme that cut their site speed by 40%. Meanwhile you're stacking 15 different Shopify apps that slow your site to a crawl and wondering why nobody...
Cult Brands Hold Disproportionate Value, Yet Remain Unsold
Why can't they sell the brand to someone else? Plenty of entrpreneurs/canny marketers would love to try reviving it. And it's not as though it poses a threat to the rest of your anchovy-spread-based portfolio. Or else Fortnum & Mason...
Delay Cookie Consent Until Interaction to Boost Conversions
Full-Screen Cookie Banner are the biggest conversion killer. You know that you can delay consent (and tracking) until the visitor interacted (e.g. scrolled a bit) with you page? So that user get a chance to understand if your offering is...
Aggregates Guide Tests, Brand Data Drives Decisions
Some individual brand illustrations of the relationship between campaign level CPMr and iROAS. Important to always view aggregate data as generally useful and specifically useless. Use aggregates to help you decide which things to test first and then check the data...
Retail Spend Up 4% YoY, Accelerating Through 2026
BofA: Retail spend +4.0% y/y in Mar; accelerating through 1Q26 -General merch stays solid, little change in Grocery -Apparel up with Luxury and Discount barbell strength -Home Improvement better m/m, but still slow https://t.co/49AMBHCEuj
Amazon's Growth Lies in Physical Retail and On-Prem IT
Read Andy Jassy’s annual letter and these are two valid bull cases for Amazon: > 80% of retail is still in physical stores > 85% of IT spend is still on-prem https://t.co/MREb97tYrY
Google Core Update Shifts Ecommerce Visibility to Specific, Value‑Rich Sites
🚨 After analyzing some of the ecommerce winners and losers from the Google March Core Update, the clearest pattern is that it redistributed visibility unevenly across query sets, with no single obvious explanation behind all shifts and a few late...
From Floor Scrubber to $500M Sales: 7 Essential Skills
At 21, I was working 16 hours a day packing orders and scrubbing floors. By 27, I'd done over half a billion in sales. Here are the 7 skills I wish I knew back when I started: https://t.co/c73PaL9rN0
Turn Loyal Customers Into Powerful Word‑of‑Mouth Advocates
Loyal customers are your best advocates. Encourage word-of-mouth referrals by consistently delivering exceptional value and experiences - a reward program can't hurt either.
Home Depot Slashes Prices on Outdoor Power Tools
The Home Depot is rolling out major price cuts on outdoor power tools, including self-propelled mowers, high-output blowers, and pressure washers built for serious cleanup. https://t.co/6QzHjKJU3u https://t.co/Yy3xTI3I0F
Top Agencies Earn 9× More From Automations
Here's how you know if your agency is in the top 10% of ecommerce marketing agencies: @Omnisend just analyzed 717 agencies managing almost 3,000 brands, and the gap between the best and everyone else is bigger than you'd think. The top agencies...