Daniel Schmidt Three August 2026 deals point to payments M&A splitting into two price regimes: scarcity multiples for routing and orchestration, conventional premiums for processing books. The split is likely to hold through 31 March 2027.
Three challenges to the Section 301 forced-labor tariffs now share one briefing schedule at the US Court of International Trade, with the government’s consolidated response due September 15, 2026. The duties cover 60 economies and 99.4 percent of US imports.
Executive Order 14411’s 90-day tranche lands on Tuesday, September 1, forcing CBP to floor penalty mitigation at 50 percent and to speed up the seizure, abandonment and disposal of non-compliant imports. For retailers and marketplace sellers importing after the end of de minimis, the cost of a customs mistake changes shape.
US retailers are spending on automation far faster than they are depreciating it, with Walmart’s capex now running at 1.83 times its depreciation. Signals from three August filings point to depreciation becoming a quantified, openly discussed margin headwind by the spring 2027 guidance season.
Three regulatory signals from the past five weeks point to US marketplace product-safety escalation arriving through customs and import-data enforcement rather than platform rulemaking. The first attributable action is likely before the end of Q1 2027.
What promotion really costs on Allegro: the 19.90 zl featured offer, its 75% commission surcharge, and Allegro Ads CPC, and how it reaches buyers.
3DS2 moves fraud liability to the issuer, but only if you use it correctly. Here is how to apply it without adding checkout friction.
Most online sellers are not directly in scope for the EU’s carbon border tax, but the indirect exposure is real. What CBAM covers, who files, and what to watch.
Cross-border Commerce deep dive: EU de minimis and the 2026 low-value import changes.
The SAP Hybris deadline that enterprise retail has circled for two years finally has teeth. On July 31, 2026, less than two weeks from today, …