As Google’s AI Overviews move from experiment to default, brands face a fundamental shift in visibility, control and customer acquisition. Unsplash+ The rules of online visibility have changed.…
Read more How Google’s A.I. Overviews Are Rewriting the Rules of Digital CommerceAs any local shop owner will tell you, running a brick-and-mortar business in the age of Amazon is an uphill battle. That’s a lesson that Amazon itself has…
Read more Amazon is closing its futuristic Go and Fresh stores—showing logistics and tech aren’t enough to make old-school retail work | FortuneShare In the lead-up to the 2025 festive season, economic headlines were dominated by a familiar sense of trepidation. Predictions of a “Drab December” and a lacklustre “Golden…
Read more Ignore the doom-mongers: e-commerce had a strong December, says Parcelhero – Tech DigestAmazon said on Tuesday that it is closing its Fresh grocery and cashierless Go convenience stores as the online retailer backtracks on its foray into brick-and-mortar retail. Amazon said…
Read more Amazon closing its Amazon Fresh grocery and cashierless Go storesA.I.-native commerce is collapsing the traditional funnel and forcing brands to rethink visibility, trust and control. Unsplash+ For the past decade, it seems that while technology has become…
Read more 2026: The Year Retail Stops Searching and Starts ThinkingSaks Global Enterprises, which operates Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, said Friday its CEO Marc Metrick stepped down, effective immediately NEW YORK — The top executive of…
Read more Saks CEO steps down as luxury retailer struggles under heavy debt loadNEW YORK — It’s shoppers like Quinn Kelsey who keep department store executives up at night. The 38-year-old Denver resident gets makeup ideas from TikTok videos and other…
Read more Department stores try to distinguish themselves as beauty lovers turn to TikTok and AmazonIn Brief: Long Island entrepreneurs are using shared workspaces to reduce overhead and stay flexible. Co-working spaces like Moss Wellness help service-based businesses avoid long-term leases. Shared retail…
Read more How Long Island small businesses are rethinking storefronts | Long Island Business NewsMichelle Mildred is the proud entrepreneur behind the company Coloring Your Own. She’s not the owner of a company called “Flolyed Shop,” which is just one of the…
Read more This entrepreneur’s product went viral on TikTok. Scammers quickly swooped in.Holiday shoppers want their orders, and they want them fast. Now, Uber is delivering. With a new partnership with Shopify, it’s offering its Uber Direct on-demand delivery service…
Read more Uber Just Added a Major Service Upgrade That Sounds Too Good to Be TrueShopify services were temporarily interrupted as an outage at the e-commerce platform disrupted retailers on Cyber Monday, one of the busiest online shopping days of the entire year. Thousands…
Read more Shopify outage disrupts some merchants on Cyber MondayNEW YORK — Despite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this year’s holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday — spending billions of dollars both…
Read more Shoppers spend billions on Black Friday to snag holiday deals, despite wider economic uncertaintyBlack Friday has become something of an anachronism in the e-commerce era. The day after Thanksgiving marks the official start of the holiday shopping season, but retailers already…
Read more Black Friday: What Time Do Stores Open?Major tech companies aren’t just using AI to help you generate or summarize content — they also want you to use it for shopping. OpenAI, Google, and Amazon…
Read more Onton raises $7.5M to expand its AI-powered shopping site beyond furniture | TechCrunchHONG KONG (AP) — China’s Alibaba Group posted a 34% jump in revenue from its cloud business in its most recent quarter, buoyed by the boom in artificial…
Read more Alibaba’s cloud business revenue soars 34% driven by AI boomBANGKOK — World shares and U.S. futures were mixed on Monday after Wall Street was buoyed by revived hopes for an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.…
Read more World shares are mixed as traders pin hopes on a rate cut by the FedBANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher and U.S. futures advanced Monday after Wall Street ended on an upbeat note after much drama last week. Markets in…
Read more Asian Shares Mostly Gain and US Futures Also Advance After Wall St Ends With GainsDespite juggling stubbornly high prices, ever-shifting tariff policies coming out of the Trump administration, and an increasingly dour mood among shoppers, digital-first consumer brands have actually been having…
Read more New Survey Find a Huge Difference in Profitability for E-Commerce Companies That Embrace AIThe impact of social-media-driven, algorithmic advertising really can’t be overstated. In just the past five years alone, we’ve seen the advent of TikTok and the total takeover of…
Read more 3 Different Types of Customers Brands Should Target NowThe French government moved to temporarily suspend Shein’s website after authorities discovered sex dolls resembling children were being sold on its platform. The French finance ministry said Wednesday…
Read more France to Suspend Shein Sales After Finding Childlike Sex Dolls