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Last updated August 8, 2026
Jeff Bezos predicts AI will trigger a labor shortage, not mass job losses, at a Paris tech conference
Walmart opens its US online marketplace to shoppers in Mexico, its first cross-border market, with a $2.37B regional investment
TikTok Shop revenue is dominated by products you wear, apply, or eat, not a broad catalog, according to Marketplace Pulse
Loox launches Reviewers.com, a sampling platform that gets Shopify brands video reviews from vetted shoppers
Carvana brings its all-online model to new cars, turning Stellantis dealerships into test-drive playgrounds
Pinterest expands its AI ad tools and one-click Shopify campaigns to help small merchants sell on the platform
Klarna links up with ride-hailing app Bolt to bring BNPL and pay-now options to rides and scooters in four countries
UK ministers weigh fast-tracking the end of a duty break on low-value Shein and Temu imports after retailer pressure
Amazon’s Prime Air drone deliveries spark protests in a Texas suburb over noise, low flights, and safety
BNPL is evolving into an everyday budgeting tool that competes with banks, not just checkout financing, according to PYMNTS
OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT for Japanese users, its newest market as it builds out an advertising business
Amazon is testing software that automatically reshuffles warehouse workers in real time to wring out labor hours
Google’s John Mueller says LLMs.txt won’t make sites discoverable by AI, despite publishers adopting it for that
Meta moves to dismiss Wixen’s $102M music-copyright suit, which claims Meta is cutting rates to swap songwriters for AI music
L’Oréal takes a majority stake in Innovist, betting on India’s fast-growing direct-to-consumer beauty market
Meta expands its livestream shopping push with new live ads, virtual cards, and emerging-market affiliate deals
Apple opens iPhones in Brazil to rival app stores and payments, its first DMA-style overhaul outside Europe
Amazon is in talks to sell its Trainium AI chips to outside data centers, expanding beyond AWS to challenge Nvidia
X moves to dismiss the music publishers’ $250M copyright suit, arguing the Supreme Court’s Cox ruling kills their last claim
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