Marcus Wright 
Signals point to the Netherlands, not Germany, deciding whether Wero becomes a real alternative to card checkout, with the first Dutch webshops likely collecting live Wero-rail payments before 31 December 2026. The pattern suggests the Netherlands overtakes Germany as Wero’s largest e-commerce market by the end of Q2 2027.
Senior retail executives are leaving before new chief executives arrive, not after. The pattern points to restructuring charges and target resets landing by the March 2027 reporting round.
US Customs and Border Protection switches on Entry Type 13, its first electronic entry type for international mail, in ACE production on September 22, 2026. A second deadline on October 22 pushes free trade agreement claims, Chapter 98 and 99 goods and partner-agency merchandise out of the simplified postal process entirely.
TJX reports second-quarter results on August 19, hours after 50% Section 338 tariffs on Canadian goods take effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern. The Street expects about $15.1bn in sales and $1.18 a share from the retailer that has treated trade disruption as a buying opportunity.
Whatnot, the livestream shopping platform, has raised $545 million in a Series G round that values the company at $20 billion, roughly double its worth …
A pre-lease checklist for retailers about to open location number two, covering the cash, people and systems that usually break first.
Walmart-owned Flipkart will enter Indian food delivery within weeks, group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy told ETtech. Swiggy shares fell as much as 5.55% and Eternal dropped nearly 3% on the news.
The July 24 postal de minimis rule closes the last low-value import loophole into the US. The pattern points to a second wave of foreign postal operators restricting or surcharging US-bound parcels before the October 22 compliance deadline, concentrated on the long tail of small cross-border sellers.
QVC Group has cleared the last major hurdle to walking out of bankruptcy, after a federal judge signed off on a plan that erases more …
Pizza Hut has been sold. In June 2026, Yum! Brands agreed to hand off the pizza chain in two separate deals worth a combined $2.7 …