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TikTok Reportedly Bringing In-App Shopping to Spain and Ireland
eCommerce // July 23, 2024

TikTok is reportedly planning to roll out in-app shopping for users in Spain and Ireland. The launch could come as soon as October, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (July 23), citing sources familiar with the matter. Those sources say the launch will be smaller than previously...

CrowdStrike Outage Hits Amazon at a Key Moment for Shopper Loyalty
Amazon // July 22, 2024

With the CrowdStrike outage having come just one day after the close of Amazon’s blockbuster Prime Day event, the eCommerce giant could see the outage impact deliveries at a critical time on the company’s calendar. In the wake of the outage, eCommerce retailers have themselves...

Prime Day Sales Climb 11% as Shoppers Spend $14 Billion, Setting Record
Amazon // July 18, 2024

American shoppers reportedly spent $14.2 billion during Amazon’s Prime Day event, setting a record for the number of items purchased. That’s an 11% increase over last year for the 48-hour eCommerce sale, Bloomberg reported Thursday (July 18), citing data from Adobe, which found consumers taking...

JTL’s eCommerce Solutions to Integrate With Mollie’s Payment Services
eCommerce // July 16, 2024

JTL-Software and Mollie have partnered to provide enhanced payment options to the merchants using JTL’s eCommerce solutions. Mollie’s payment services will be integrated into JTL’s eCommerce solutions to provide both online and offline payment solutions, including the ability to processes transactions directly in the JTL enterprise...

Interviews & Exclusives
Jingle All the Year: The Connected Economy Transforms Christmas in July

July 04, 2024
Amid the sun-soaked days of July, a surprising holiday has taken gained popularity over the last 90 years: Christmas in July. Once one summer camp’s whimsical tradition, it has become a more widespread phenomenon, with eCommerce merchants and digital streaming platforms taking advantage of the opportunity to win connected consumers’ engagement by harnessing their year-round […]

Online Auto Industry Stalls as Consumers Drive New Digital-First Experiences

June 28, 2024
With consumers unwilling to trust eCommerce channels to complete their car-buying journeys, the online auto sales industry is seeing shifts. For instance, Bloomberg reported this week that private equity firm...

Price Wars: Amazon and Walmart Escalate Race to the Bottom

June 28, 2024
This week in the ongoing battle between retail giants Amazon and Walmart, the two companies are upping their discounting efforts in an effort to secure the loyalty of cost-conscious consumers....

What Can Shoppers Buy With Crypto? eCommerce Could Have the Answer

June 19, 2024
As has played out over and over across the payments landscape, end-users ultimately want simplicity. After all, no payment innovation can scale if it isn’t easy and intuitive to use....

Quick Reads
Google to Move Retailers to New AI-Driven Merchant Platform

July 24, 2024
Google is moving all retailers to a new version of its Merchant Center. The change should happen by September, the tech giant wrote on its blog Wednesday (July 24), giving merchants “plenty of time to get acclimated and start benefiting from the updates before the holiday shopping season.” “We’ve brought over key features, including ones […]

TikTok Reportedly Bringing In-App Shopping to Spain and Ireland

July 23, 2024
TikTok is reportedly planning to roll out in-app shopping for users in Spain and Ireland. The launch could come as soon as October, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (July 23), citing...

Prime Day Sales Climb 11% as Shoppers Spend $14 Billion, Setting Record

July 18, 2024
American shoppers reportedly spent $14.2 billion during Amazon’s Prime Day event, setting a record for the number of items purchased. That’s an 11% increase over last year for the 48-hour...

JTL’s eCommerce Solutions to Integrate With Mollie’s Payment Services

July 16, 2024
JTL-Software and Mollie have partnered to provide enhanced payment options to the merchants using JTL’s eCommerce solutions. Mollie’s payment services will be integrated into JTL’s eCommerce solutions to provide both online...