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e-commerce

A conveyor belt of cursors fall into shopping bags

How Google’s A.I. Overviews Are Rewriting the Rules of Digital Commerce

Phillip Thune, CEO of Adthena, examines how Google’s A.I. Overviews are transforming the search landscape, from where ads appear to how consumers form intent. Thune argues that generative search represents a structural shift in digital commerce that compresses the funnel, challenges measurement and forces brands to rethink how visibility, authority and performance are earned in an A.I.-mediated world.
By Phillip Thune
Cursors hover over shopping baskets

2026: The Year Retail Stops Searching and Starts Thinking

Sam Atkinson, co-founder of Swap and a former strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company, examines why 2026 marks a decisive break from the search-driven e-commerce model that has defined retail for decades. Atkinson argues that agentic commerce, where intelligent systems discover, evaluate and transact on consumers’ behalf, is becoming retail’s new operating system.
By Sam Atkinson
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Bill Gates’ Youngest Daughter Launches A.I. Startup—and Isn’t Calling Dad for Advice

Bill Gates’ daughter is taking on e-commerce with a dorm-born A.I. shopping assistant called Phia.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
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Mark Carney Could Have Run Shopify—Instead, He’s Running Canada

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Shein IPO

Why Fast Fashion Giant Shein Is Going Public in London Instead of New York

By Shreyas Sinha

Why Temu’s E-Commerce Model Is a Threat to U.S. Patent Holders

By Dan Cass
Deadline Studio at SXSW 2024

SXSW: Google, J.Crew Execs Discuss Online Shopping In the Age of A.I.

By Nhari Djan
Temu Photo Illustrations

The Real Billionaires Behind Temu, The Startup Whose ‘Shop Like a Billionaire’ Ads Flooded the Super Bowl

By Shreyas Sinha
In this photo illustration, the Pinterest logo is displayed

Pinterest’s New York Pop-up Features Top 2024 Trends That CEO Claims Are 80% Accurate

By Nhari Djan
Shein

Shein’s US IPO Will Shed Rare Light On Mysterious CEO Sky Xu and His Team

By Nhari Djan
Marc Lore

E-Commerce Mogul Marc Lore Scoops Up Blue Apron at a Deep, Deep Discount

By Sissi Cao
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Auction House Phillips’ New E-Commerce Platform Brings Artists into the Fold

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Amazon boxes are stacked, all with the arrow icon visible.

What Does Amazon Do With Your Data?

By Rachyl Jones
Close-up of Andy Jassy, raising a finger, while dressed in a navy blue blazer and blue jeans.

Amazon Layoffs May Reach 20,000, Double The Number Initially Reported

By Courtney Vinopal
People walk past an Amazon Go store in the Financial District in New York City.

Amazon Stock Sinks 20% On Weak Quarterly Earnings, Further Slowdown Warning

By Sissi Cao
Jenny Fleiss and Nate Faust

E-Commerce Unicorn Founders Jenny Fleiss and Nate Faust Are In Search of Their Next Big Thing

By Sissi Cao
Crowds outside a Shein pop-up store in Madrid.

Chinese Fast Fashion Retailer Shein Is Valued at an Eye-Popping $100 Billion—But What Is It Really Worth?

By Sissi Cao

Amazon Loses Money Again, Due to Rivian Investment

By Sissi Cao
A person looks at a phone while standing in front of a green background with the Shopify logo.

Shopify Plans to Lay Off 10 Percent of its Global Workforce as Pandemic Spending Wanes

By Courtney Vinopal

Prime Day May Never Regain Its Pre-Pandemic Impact for a Slumping Amazon

By Sissi Cao

Why Shein, a Fast Fashion Company, Is Now Worth $100 Billion

By Sissi Cao

A Covid-19 Lockdown in China’s Commerce Hub is Rattling Global Supply Chains

By Sissi Cao

Amazon’s Huge Q4 Profit Has Nothing To Do With Its Core Online Retail Business

By Sissi Cao

Amazon Reportedly Plans Department Stores, Doubling Down on Retail Strategy

By Sissi Cao
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