Shopify News & Updates
Last updated October 29, 2026
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke says he may ban Claude Code until it reads AGENTS.md, a request Anthropic closed as not planned
Shopify’s Tobi Lütke says he’ll build the AI-native Shopify himself, and Sam Altman says not every business is up for grabs
Meta is preparing to launch Hatch, a consumer AI agent trained to shop and act on sites including DoorDash, Etsy, and Yelp
TikTok cuts 75 jobs at its Bellevue e-commerce hub, with nearly all of the roles tied to TikTok Shop and global e-commerce
20% of Shopify store product descriptions appear word for word on a domain the brand doesn’t own, per a study of 1,000 stores
TikTok Shop recruits Whatnot’s biggest live-auction sellers as Whatnot’s 30-cent per-transaction fee becomes a sore point
Seguno launches tool to migrate customer data out of your old e-mail platform and into Shopify metafields that you can use across your store
Chief Media acquires Amazon agency AMZ Advisers three weeks after AMZ Advisers bought into TikTok Shop agency Reach Social
Shopify loses a second bid to dismiss a California class action alleging its checkout software quietly harvests shopper data
South Korean dopamine sites let people browse, cart, order, and track deliveries that never arrive and never cost anything
DataFeedWatch adds Shopify Metafield Translations and Metaobject support so structured product data can reach ad feeds
Thrive Capital discloses a $215M Amazon stake, extending a public-market push that already covers Shopify, Figma, and StubHub
Shopify powers the merch store of a Canadian group calling for mass deportations after quietly dropping its hateful content ban
Shopify says AI-referred sessions grew 197% and orders tripled in Q2, down sharply from the multiples it reported in Q1
TikTok Shop drives more US online spending than Target, Costco, and The Home Depot at roughly 2% of online retail spend
Shopify will push its Shop app through a longer multiphase marketing campaign this holiday season, a first for the app
TikTok Shop is now big enough that brands are building whole teams around it instead of treating it as one more social channel
TikTok Shop attracts bulky high-ticket brands, with pool and spa sales up 125% and outdoor furniture up 275% year-over-year
Perplexity’s agents can still shop on Amazon’s marketplaces
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