Articles by: Kale Havervold

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Kale Havervold

E-commerce Insights Reporter

Kale Havervold is a writer with extensive experience writing on topics like ecommerce, business, technology, finance, and more.

His interest in ecommerce dates back several years, and he consistently stays up to date with industry news, trends, and insights. Combining this interest with his knowledge of the industry and in-depth research, he’s comfortable covering breaking news, creating guides, writing reviews, and everything in between.

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Ecommerce News

Amazon Adds New Shopping Features to Alexa+

Kale Havervold

Amazon recently added several shopping-related features to Alexa+, turning it into a powerful shopping assistant. These features include real-time delivery ...

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Ecommerce News

Stripe Introduces Agentic Commerce Suite for Brands

Kale Havervold

Stripe recently announced that the company is launching a new Agentic Commerce Suite to help businesses find success in the ...

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Ecommerce News

WooCommerce and Mastercard Work To Boost Digital Acceptance

Kale Havervold

WooCommerce recently entered into a partnership with Mastercard to improve the digital checkout experience for shoppers and ecommerce merchants in ...

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Ecommerce News

Ecommerce Packaging Market Set to Explode by 2030

Kale Havervold

Recent research projects that the ecommerce packaging market is set to explode in the coming years. This growth is driven ...

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Ecommerce News

Shopify Rolls Out Ad Network To Expand Your Product Catalog

Kale Havervold

Recently, Shopify announced a feature that instantly allows merchants to give customers more product choices than ever before, and earn ...

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Ecommerce Operations

The True Cost of Ecommerce Downtime

Kale Havervold

While some people may think that ecommerce downtime is just a slight technical inconvenience, that couldn’t be further from the ...

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Ecommerce News

Amazon Testing 30-Minute Deliveries in Select US Cities

Kale Havervold

Amazon recently revealed that the company is testing 30-minute deliveries for thousands of different products in parts of Philadelphia and ...

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Ecommerce News

Consumers Entering The New Year Cautiously, Says McKinsey

Kale Havervold

McKinsey recently released new data on US consumer sentiment during the holidays and ahead of the new year. The research ...

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Ecommerce News

Amazon May Cut Ties with USPS After 30+ Year Partnership

Kale Havervold

Recently, reports emerged that while Amazon and the United States Postal Service (USPS) are in talks to extend their 30+ ...

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Ecommerce News

AI and Crypto Transform Holiday Spending, Visa Survey Says

Kale Havervold

A recent survey from Visa found that both AI and cryptocurrencies are expected to play a major role in U.S. ...