Core Web Vitals for D2C stores: what actually moves mobile revenue
Chasing a perfect lab score is not the same as making a phone checkout feel fast. These are the fixes that show up in revenue.
James Chen
EU Cyber Resilience Act starts September 11: retailers face 24-hour clock
The EU Cyber Resilience Act’s reporting duties begin on September 11, 2026, forcing a 24-hour early warning on actively exploited vulnerabilities in connected products. Retailers selling own-brand smart devices are treated as manufacturers, putting the clock on their side of the contract.
Why passkey checkout follows OTP bans, not GMV, through Q1 2027: 3 signals
Payment passkeys are spreading fastest where regulators dated the end of SMS OTP, not where e-commerce is biggest. The signals point to a further mandate market getting a named issuer or PSP rollout before the end of Q1 2027.
Trendyol and Hepsiburada for sellers entering Turkey
Turkey is one of the few large markets where local platforms clearly beat the global ones, so entering means learning two systems.
Retail campaign post-mortems: the report that improves the next launch
A post-mortem that only reports numbers is a status update. This structure forces decisions the next campaign can use.
BJ’s Q2 lands August 21: tariff refunds meet a $5.89bn bar
BJ’s Wholesale Club reports second quarter fiscal 2026 results before the open on Friday, August 21, with consensus near $1.16 per share on about $5.89 billion in revenue. The print tests whether tariff refund dollars spent on lower shelf prices can lift an ex-gasoline comparable that ran below guidance in Q1.
Shopify checkout extensibility: what replaced checkout.liquid and what it costs
Checkout customisation on Shopify now runs through extensions and functions. Here is what survived the change and what did not.
US July retail sales land August 14: back-to-school meets tariff costs
The Census Bureau publishes July retail and food services sales on Friday, August 14 at 8:30 a.m. ET, the last broad read on US demand before 50% Section 338 tariffs on Canadian goods take effect. June’s $768.6bn baseline was flattered by a late Prime Day, leaving July with a hard comparison.
Dark store operations: layout, pick paths and staffing that hit the promise
A dark store is a warehouse pretending to be a shop. Layout, slotting and staffing decide whether the delivery promise survives peak hour.
Surveillance Pricing Bans Spread as States Curb Personalized Prices
A fast-growing group of US states is moving to outlaw surveillance pricing, the practice of using a shopper’s personal data to set an individual price, …