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Adobe has acquired product information management platform Akeneo for a reported $200 million, a move that threatens to upend how Shopify, Amazon, and enterprise merchants…
TikTok Shop's August 2026 commission increase to 8% on most categories is forcing DTC brands and marketplace sellers to rapidly reprice, renegotiate affiliate splits, and…
Sources close to the matter say Faire is quietly building a predictive inventory intelligence product that would sell aggregated buyer behavior back to brands —…
Sources close to the matter say Walmart's commerce tech team has been quietly circling distressed returns infrastructure assets — and Loop Returns insiders are watching…
Sources close to the matter say Shopify and cross-border checkout provider Global-e are locked in tense contract talks, with revenue-share terms and AI pricing features…
As retail media ad spend surpasses $67 billion in 2026, Criteo and Commerce IQ are fighting for the same DTC and brand budget. Here is…
TikTok Shop crossed $30B in U.S. GMV while Instagram Shopping doubled down on AI-native storefronts. Here's where the real merchant money is going.
As DTC ad budgets tighten heading into Q4 2026, the battle between Amazon Ads and Google Shopping has never been more consequential — or more…
Faire has quietly become the dominant infrastructure layer for independent wholesale. But scale is surfacing new tensions — with brands, with retailers, and with the…
TikTok Shop has crossed $30 billion in U.S. GMV, but persistent regulatory threats, merchant margin pressure, and logistics growing pains are forcing DTC operators to…
Walmart Marketplace has added 180,000 third-party sellers in 18 months and rebuilt its ad stack from scratch. But persistent fulfillment gaps and a stubborn seller…
Klaviyo's aggressive bet on predictive AI segmentation is reshaping how DTC brands measure email revenue — but rivals and merchant critics are pushing back hard.