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Stripe Just Posted Its Fastest Growth Since 2021. The Reason Is Not What You Would Expect.

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Stripe Just Posted Its Fastest Growth Since 2021. The Reason Is Not What You Would Expect.

Ivana Soldat

Stripe’s 2025 results are impressive by any absolute measure. Revenue of $6.8 billion, up roughly a third year over year, ...

China’s Online Shopping Festivals are Running Out of Growth

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China’s Online Shopping Festivals are Running Out of Growth

Ivana Soldat

There is a pattern in how economic weakness shows up in ecommerce data before it shows up in headline retail ...

China Threatens Retaliatory Measures Against France for Anti-Fast-Fashion Law

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China Threatens Retaliatory Measures Against France for Anti-Fast-Fashion Law

Kale Havervold

This is only the latest in a long string of issues between France and low-cost ecommerce platforms like Temu and ...

New Jersey Just Made It Illegal to Charge You More Because an Algorithm Decided You Would Pay It

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New Jersey Just Made It Illegal to Charge You More Because an Algorithm Decided You Would Pay It

Ivana Soldat

Surveillance pricing has been one of those practices that everyone in ecommerce knew was happening and nobody could quite prove ...

India Relaxes Ecommerce Rules That Were Worrying Local Retailers

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India Relaxes Ecommerce Rules That Were Worrying Local Retailers

Kale Havervold

In an uncharacteristic move for the tightly controlled ecommerce industry in India, the country’s government eased and relaxed foreign investment ...

Costco Partners With JD.com For Faster Ecommerce Deliveries in China

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Costco Partners With JD.com For Faster Ecommerce Deliveries in China

Kale Havervold

In an effort to scale more effectively in China and offer fast delivery nationwide, Costco has partnered with JD.com. The ...

Temu Lost 3.6 Million Polish Users in Six Months. Allegro Is Back in the Lead.

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Temu Lost 3.6 Million Polish Users in Six Months. Allegro Is Back in the Lead.

Ivana Soldat

The Polish ecommerce market has been one of the most closely watched battlegrounds in European digital commerce for the past ...

AI Killed Half of Publishers' Search Traffic. The Pivot They Keep Ignoring Is Ecommerce.

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AI Killed Half of Publishers’ Search Traffic. The Pivot They Keep Ignoring Is Ecommerce.

Ivana Soldat

AI-generated search summaries and chat are reducing the number of visitors to publishers’ websites. Reports from the Pew Research Center, ...

The Trump Administration Enacted a New 10%-12.5% Tariff on Imports from 60 Nations

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The Trump Administration Enacted a New 10%-12.5% Tariff on Imports from 60 Nations

Ivana Soldat

The Trump administration’s tariff program has been a study in legal persistence. The original Liberation Day tariffs, imposed under the ...

The Digital Products Market Is Worth $157 Billion. The Platform You Use to Sell Into It Will Make or Break Your Margins.

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The Digital Products Market Is Worth $157 Billion. The Platform You Use to Sell Into It Will Make or Break Your Margins.

Ivana Soldat

There is a version of selling digital products that feels like printing money. You make the thing once. You sell ...