Coverage of global e-commerce marketplaces, online shopping platforms, and cross-border selling.
The European Commission has fined AliExpress €550 million (about $629 million) for breaching the Digital Services Act, its largest penalty yet for failing to control the sale of illegal, unsafe and counterfeit products. Alibaba has signalled it will appeal, setting up a landmark test of Europe’s platform rulebook.
A 40-engineer agentic commerce team, a new standards-council seat, and June’s maturing payment rails point the same way: Amazon likely ships a first external-agent commerce path before the 2026 holidays, base case in Q4.
Caraway, the ceramic nonstick cookware brand that built its name selling directly to shoppers online, is now stocking more than 500 Walmart stores. The rollout, …
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, …
If you have been hunting for the Amazon GOAT sale date, here is the twist that trips up most shoppers: Amazon does not run a …
The Shopify Editions Summer 26 release landed on June 17, 2026, and it is Shopify’s biggest drop of the year: more than 150 updates shipped …
TikTok Shop’s June four-market launch and its Sell Across Europe tool signal a pivot from a per-country app to a unified pan-European marketplace. The pattern points to the Shop Tab reaching all ten EU markets before the 2026 holiday quarter, with a GMV milestone in the same window.
GameStop shareholders approved a large increase in authorized stock on July 7, giving Ryan Cohen the equity ammunition to press a $55.5 billion bid for eBay that the target board has already rejected. The vote signals GameStop intends to take its unsolicited offer straight to eBay shareholders.
Amazon’s Prime Day and Flipkart’s GOAT Sale both opened in India on July 4, launching the country’s mid-year online shopping war. The competing multi-day events land as quick commerce and the Walmart-Amazon rivalry redraw India’s retail map.
The US killed de minimis, the EU is following, and safety rules are tightening. The cheap-parcel arbitrage behind Temu and Shein is running out of road.