In 2025, big retailers got scrappy. Kroger partnered with Instacart. Home Depot worked with Uber Eats. Ace Hardware linked up with DoorDash. No, they weren’t just feeding hungry shoppers. They were delivering everything from headphones to hammers. Same day. Local. Fast. The line between food delivery and eCommerce…
You check your shipping costs in January and notice something off. USPS raised rates. FedEx and UPS added new surcharges. Your margins shrink. And then you realize the marketplace you sell on, the one that charges a final value fee based on total order value, is now taking…
There’s a moment every eCommerce merchant dreads. The chaos of Q4 finally quiets down, the shipping tape rolls stop spinning, and for a second, it feels like you can breathe again. But eCommerce return trends 2025 make it clear that the calm never lasts. Then it starts. The…
Holiday 2025 ecommerce trends tell a clear story. Shoppers spent over $1 trillion online, with ecommerce sales growing 7% year over year, even as inflation and economic uncertainty made headlines. But this growth was not about mindless spending. Customers placed fewer orders overall, spent more per purchase, and…
If you thought AI was already everywhere, buckle up. There’s a new kid on the block and it might just change the way people buy things online without them even clicking a button. The idea is called agentic commerce, and it sounds like something out of sci‑fi. Instead…
Of course AI won. It answered emails faster than you could. It chatted with your customers at 2 a.m. It wrote your product descriptions, helped you find your phone charger, and maybe even convinced your cousin to buy a robot vacuum he didn’t need. So when TIME magazine…
Shopify just rolled out its Winter ’26 Edition. Yes, it’s a big one. Packed with over 150 new features, this release focuses on AI tools, automation, and simplifying how merchants build, manage, and scale their stores. Shopify launches a lot of updates. But this one? It’s worth paying…
Once upon a time, TikTok was just where Gen Z went to choreograph dances in hoodies. Now? Thanks to the rise of TikTok Shop eCommerce, it’s where they’re buying everything from skincare to shapewear, live and in real time. In 2025, TikTok’s evolution into an eCommerce powerhouse marks…
Holiday orders are already picking up. Customers are shopping earlier, carriers are warning about volume, and merchants everywhere are trying to avoid the yearly scramble. Clear holiday shipping deadlines 2025 help you set expectations and keep orders moving on time. Here are the major carrier deadlines for getting…
Shoppers have asked ChatGPT plenty of questions over the past two years, but this week something changed. OpenAI introduced ChatGPT shopping recommendations, stepping directly into the product discovery business. For the first time, ChatGPT can recommend real products from real retailers and build short shopping guides on the…