Karolina Skwira Google made local inventory ads the default for every Google Shopping campaign on August 31, 2026, ending the opt-in that let retailers keep online and in-store budgets apart. Campaigns with a local feed now serve both channels unless an inventory filter is applied per campaign.
A breaking protocol release on 25 August 2026 added grocery, store-location and by-weight pricing primitives, while the rival specification went six weeks without a commit. Three signals suggest agentic commerce’s next front is local and physical fulfilment, with pilots expected in Q4 2026 and the pattern readable by 31 March 2027.
Neither Visa nor Mastercard is likely to publish a binding agent-dispute rule taking effect before the 2026 holiday peak, leaving merchants carrying AI agent chargeback risk through Q4. Three signals from the last month point to April 2027 as the earliest realistic date.
PDD Holdings publishes second quarter 2026 results before the US open on Monday, August 24, with consensus near $17.1bn in revenue. It is the first full quarter in which every Temu parcel entering the United States carried duty.
A proclamation signed on August 13 imposes Section 232 duties of 100 percent on heavier and thermal-imaging drones and 25 percent on consumer models of 25 kilograms or less, effective September 3, 2026. A further 25 percent on designated components follows on February 9, 2027, landing on retail assortments mid-way through holiday inventory build.
When Allegro rewired the economics of its Smart! delivery program on 2 March 2026, most shoppers noticed almost nothing. Their checkout still read the same …
How to assemble a representment case a bank will accept, and how to tell quickly which disputes you should simply write off.
Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the Fair Price Protection Act on July 23, 2026, banning retailers from using personal data to set individualized prices. The law also freezes new electronic shelf labels for a year as New Jersey joins Maryland and Connecticut.
Cross-border Commerce deep dive: ATA carnet: temporary imports for samples and trade shows.
Britain’s two biggest discounters are one regulatory decision away from a very different growth plan. The Competition and Markets Authority is expected to publish a …