Last updated May 20, 2026
Hi Shopifreaks The biggest news this week -- my daughter turned 3 years old on Sunday! Happy Birthday to Mia! How quickly time flies. It simultaneously feels like Mia just arrived, but also that...
USPS is taking a phased approach to its new Parcel Dimension Compliance rule, which will require accurate length, width, and height on all commercial manifested parcels starting July 12, 2026, but...
Hi Shopifreaks Lots of e-commerce news and big announcements from Shoptalk 2026 this week. The edition after Shoptalk each year is always a big one! The overall trend of this week's edition seems to...
The U.S. Postal Service has proposed an 8% surcharge on base postage prices for Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage, and Parcel Select, citing rising transportation costs,...
Amazon, which is the Postal Service's biggest customer, is planning to reduce the number of packages it sends through USPS by at least two-thirds after failing to reach agreement on business terms,...
Hi Shopifreaks Before we get started, I just wanted to say thank you for your readership. Many of you have been with me since the very beginning when I launched Shopifreaks in January 2021 -- which...
Amazon, widely considered the Postal Service's biggest customer, plans to sharply reduce the number of packages it sends through USPS after failing to reach agreement on business terms, with cuts of...
Hi Shopifreaks I've got a big edition today jam-packed with stories about AI commerce -- what it could've been, and what it actually is in 2026. Is agentic commerce a solution looking for a problem?...
FedEx is pulling back from chasing general e-commerce volume to focus on more profitable “specialized” B2C and B2B segments such as healthcare, automotive, aerospace, data centers, and the premium...
Hi Shopifreaks I'd like to give a quick shoutout to my sponsors before we get started, including Go Fish Digital, Doola, TaxCloud, Cloudways, Napster, and Seguno, as well as the companies that have...
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