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Shopify Removes Key Enterprise Blocker With 2,048 Variant Update

Alyciah Beavers

Shopify has officially broken one of the most persistent structural limits in modern ecommerce. On January 13, 2026, as part ...

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Report Reveals US Ecommerce Order Volume is up 147%

Kale Havervold

Omnisend has just revealed the company’s 2026 ecommerce marketing report, which reviews extensive data from 2025 to highlight key statistics, ...

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Shopify Introduces the Agentic Plan

Kale Havervold

Shopify has revealed that the company is introducing the Agentic Plan, which lets companies sync products to AI chats and ...

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ChannelEngine Reveals Marketplace Shopping Behavior Report

Kale Havervold

Recently, marketplace management platform ChannelEngine released the company’s 2026 iteration of its marketplace shopping behavior report. This report highlighted the ...

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Microsoft is Integrating Shopping into Copilot

Kale Havervold

Microsoft recently introduced Copilot Checkout, a feature that lets customers make purchases right in Copilot chats. The company says this ...

Google Launches ‘Direct Offers’ to Negotiate Deals in AI Mode

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Google Launches ‘Direct Offers’ to Turn AI into a Salesperson

Tauras Sinkus

Google announced a new advertising feature called Direct Offers today. This tool is designed to negotiate deals with high-intent shoppers ...

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Shopify and Google Create the Standard for Agentic Commerce

Kale Havervold

Recently, Shopify and Google co-developed the Universal Commerce Protocol to set the standard for AI agents to connect and transact ...

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Salesforce Launches Agentforce 360 to Bring Two-Way Email Shopping to Retailers

Alyciah Beavers

Salesforce kicked off the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Monday morning with a strategic pivot that fundamentally alters the ...

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BigCommerce Joins Google to Launch Universal Commerce Protocol for AI Shopping

Alyciah Beavers

BigCommerce, in a high-stakes collaboration with Google, officially announced the launch of the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). The open-source standard ...

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Cross-Border Ecommerce Expected to Explode

Kale Havervold

Today, it’s possible to buy just about anything online, from anywhere around the world. However, this may only be the ...