Latest E-commerce News & Updates
Last updated July 11, 2026
Shopify partners with Trustpilot to integrate customer reviews into stores
X rolls out its X Money payments service to Premium+ subscribers
Meta unveils new AI creative and creator tools at Cannes Lions 2026: Here’s a recap of what’s new
Amazon launches conversational display ads across the Internet that trigger Alexa chats with memory
Amazon still has an employee-access black market problem that stems back over a decade
Meta is building a prediction markets app called Arena at Mark Zuckerberg’s request to compete against Polymarket and Kalshi
Meta poaches three founders and team members from AI security startup Virtue AI to bolster agent safety at its Superintelligence Labs
Sezzle CEO argues BNPL is taking share from regional banks rather than Affirm or Klarna, as the stock climbs over 150% this year
TikTok pushes toward super-app status, adding hotel booking, a World Cup hub, and a Brazil fintech bid beyond TikTok Shop
Five Chinese firms now rank among the world’s 10 biggest ad sellers as commerce platforms displace traditional media, WPP finds
Illinois enacts a BNPL law requiring providers to register with the state, disclose loan costs, and assess ability to repay
AI is becoming an active participant in European online shopping as consumers split discovery from where they actually buy
Airwallex raises $320M Series H at an $11B valuation to build AI-native finance and agentic-commerce tools: T:0 and Airi
Mountain Dew sells commemorative cans for five cents exclusively on TikTok Shop in a nostalgia stunt marking its 1948 origins
Amazon’s AWS raises prices on its EC2 Capacity Blocks GPU-reservation service by 20%, its second hike this year amid AI demand
New York Times moves to amend its copyright suit, alleging Microsoft built a bespoke supercomputer to help OpenAI infringe
Trustpilot partners with Shopify to let merchants display and manage its reviews on their stores as AI reshapes online trust
A24 defends its Google DeepMind AI partnership after fan backlash, saying it wants a seat at the table shaping the tools
Anthropic’s Fable 5 model is on track to return soon as the Trump administration nears lifting a 15-day security blackout
Subscribe to the ecommerce news that matters
Our weekly newsletter is read religiously by 20,000+ e-commerce professionals.