The Digital Commerce Daily
Your 8-minute briefing on the platforms, players, and profits driving digital commerce today. Hosted by Marco and Klara.
TikTok & Amazon Challenge Ad Measurement, Healf Tops Europe
TikTok and Amazon are both rewriting how they count ad results — and brands are caught in the middle. Plus, a UK wellness marketplace just outgrew every AI and fintech startup in Europe.
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TikTok is rolling out its own attribution framework to challenge last-click measurement, entering a space already destabilised by Apple's iOS privacy changes and competing platform-reported numbers from Meta and Google. Amazon is claiming its ads generate sales beyond standard attribution windows, but agencies are demanding independent proof, arguing the company has an obvious financial interest in inflating its own ROAS figures. He...Temu & Shein Own 90% of EU Cross-Border Spend, ChatGPT Enters Shopping
Temu, Shein and AliExpress now control nine in every ten euros Europeans spend abroad online — and ChatGPT just launched virtual try-on and wishlists, making it a direct rival to Google Shopping and Zalando.
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New data shows European consumers sent nearly €49.7 billion outside the EU via cross-border ecommerce in 2025, with over 90% of that spend captured by just three Chinese platforms: Temu, Shein, and AliExpress. Austria introduced a €2-per-parcel national levy on large online sellers and marketplaces effective 1 October 2026, drawing immediate criticism from industry bodies who warn it raises consumer costs and disadvantages compliant domestic retail...Apple Blocks The Trade Desk, Whoop's 300K Unit Surprise
Apple just blocked The Trade Desk from serving ads on Safari — and peak season is weeks away. Plus, Whoop nearly broke its supply chain by growing too fast.
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Apple's latest iOS update is actively blocking The Trade Desk from serving programmatic ads on Safari, cutting off a significant slice of open-web ad inventory for performance marketers heading into peak season. Whoop's pivot from elite athletes to everyday consumers drove 85% membership growth in a single year, but a surprise 300,000-unit holiday order exposed serious demand planning vulnerabilities in its DTC supply chain. A new st...DoorDash Enters Returns, Kroger Scores Ad Creative with AI
DoorDash is coming for UPS and FedEx's returns business. Kroger is predicting which ads will sell before they go live. And Europe's 5% ecommerce growth figure is hiding a much bigger story underneath.
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DoorDash announced a nationwide returns service at its Dash Forward event on September 29, putting it in direct competition with UPS, FedEx, and Amazon's return infrastructure while simultaneously adding new retail partners to its marketplace. Kroger Precision Marketing is using AI-driven predictive scoring to evaluate which creative assets are most likely to drive in-store and online conversion before campaigns launch, closing the...Shein Profits Halve, Amazon & Meta Rebuild Ad Buying With AI
Europe's parcel tax just produced its first hard numbers — and Shein's profits are down 50% in six months. Meanwhile Amazon and Meta are both racing to hand ad budget decisions to AI. Here's what that means for your business.
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Shein's operating profit was cut in half in the first half of 2026 after the EU's new parcel tax on low-value shipments forced the ultra-low-cost retailer to raise prices, directly undermining its core competitive advantage in European markets. At its annual unBoxed conference, Amazon Ads launched Full-Funnel Campaigns and an upgraded DVA+ product, collapsing previously separate sp...Shopify Opens Checkout to AI Agents, Amazon Expands to Europe
Shopify just rewired its checkout for AI agents — any browser-based agent can now complete a purchase. Plus Adobe's $275B holiday forecast and Amazon threatening Europe's 3PL market.
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Shopify has expanded WebMCP support into its checkout layer, allowing browser-based AI agents to update order details and complete purchases with buyer authorisation — open infrastructure any agent can use, not a single-platform deal. Adobe projects US holiday ecommerce will hit $275 billion in 2026, with AI-assisted discovery and buy-now-pay-later driving growth even as consumers face financial strain — signalling the competitive edge shifts to conversion tools, not reach. Amazon has co...DHL Buys Into Eastern Europe, Pieces Opens 45 Stores
DHL eCommerce is buying up last-mile carriers across Eastern Europe's fastest-growing markets. And Pieces is opening 45 physical stores in Benelux while rivals go digital-only. Here's what both moves mean for your business.
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DHL eCommerce is actively seeking further acquisition targets across Eastern Europe following its planned purchase of Baltic carrier Venipak, betting that owning last-mile infrastructure outright is the only way to compete in the continent's fastest-growing ecommerce markets. A Practical Ecommerce framework argues that platform-reported ROAS is increasingly unreliable as AI-optimised campaigns claim credit for sales that would have happened anyway — and pr...JLP Challenges Amazon, Best Buy Bets on AI Conversion
John Lewis Partnership is quietly building an ad business to rival Amazon in the UK. Best Buy is using AI not to cut costs but to convert shoppers. And one measurement firm just made its forecasting model free — putting every expensive MMM vendor on notice.
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John Lewis Partnership is building a closed-loop retail media network anchored in first-party data from both Waitrose and John Lewis, giving it a rare cross-category customer profile that few UK retailers can match. Best Buy has outlined a 2026 AI roadmap spanning customer service, product discovery, and logistics — framing arti...Fanatics Picks Afterpay, AI Agents Attack Shops for $25
Fanatics is going all-in on Afterpay as its exclusive BNPL partner — and AI agents are now targeting online shops for just $25 a hit. Two stories every ecommerce operator needs today.
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Fanatics has named Afterpay — owned by Block — as its single preferred BNPL partner across its ecommerce stores, betting on deep checkout integration over a multi-provider menu. Autonomous AI agents can now be deployed to scan and exploit ecommerce shop vulnerabilities for as little as $25 per target, enabling price scraping, inventory manipulation, account takeovers, and checkout fraud at scale. Essendant has sold its Boardwalk, Gen, a...Sephora Goes TikTok-Exclusive, Shopify Welcomes Meta Muse
Sephora just made TikTok Shop a premiere launch destination — and Shopify handed its merchants an AI shopping channel Amazon sellers can't access. Both moves redefine where premium commerce happens.
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Sephora, owned by LVMH, released a beauty set exclusively on TikTok Shop — bypassing its own website and all other retailers — signalling the platform has matured into a credible first-to-market launch vehicle for premium beauty brands. Profit margin has overtaken net sales volume as the primary success metric for marketplace sellers across Europe, as rising platform fees, ad costs, and return rates force sellers on Amazon...Best Buy Sells Amazon Fire TV Ads, EU Hits Temu With €2 Fee
Best Buy is now selling Amazon's streaming ads — a genuinely strange new chapter in retail media. Plus, the EU's €2 parcel fee could gut Temu and Shein's pricing model overnight.
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Best Buy struck a deal to resell Amazon Fire TV streaming ad inventory, marking one of the first times a major retailer has sold another major retailer's media, while also adding more in-store ad placements. Norwegian startup Famme, co-created by entrepreneur Greg Taube, is launching an all-in-one Shopify alternative built specifically for European merchants, bundling storefront, payments and operations with native EU compliance. The Euro...The Digital Commerce Daily | Amazon versus Meta: the first big | E-commerce is growing the fastest in | How MCM Turned TikTok Growth Into
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 23, 2026 In this episode: • Amazon has blocked Meta's AI shopping agent Muse from its platform, and the implications for who controls the agentic commerce layer are enormous. • New data shows total European ecommerce hit €911 billion last year, but the growth story has decisively shifted south and east — away from the mature markets most Western brands are already fighting over. • Luxury accessories brand MCM cracked the code on converting TikTok organic reach into actual US ecommerce revenue — and their playbook is worth unpacking. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmar...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Temu ranks first in four European | Amazons neues Werbe-Tool: Eine Karte zeigt, | Digital euro pilot: ECB opens call
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 22, 2026 In this episode: • Temu has moved from disruptor to market leader across Europe faster than almost any marketplace in history — and the data now proves it. • Amazon is rolling out Geographic Insights and Activation in Germany — a new ad tool that lets brands see and act on regional performance gaps directly inside Amazon Ads. • The European Central Bank is actively recruiting ecommerce and mobile commerce merchants to join its digital euro pilot — with an application deadline of 27 October 2026. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Infillion Acquires Foursquare, Adding More Location | Amazon Benelux looks for new leader | Creator content preferred in AI recommendations:
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 21, 2026 In this episode: • Infillion's acquisition of Foursquare hands a major ad tech player one of the richest location intelligence datasets in the industry, with direct implications for retail media targeting and in-store attribution. • The exit of Amazon's Benelux country manager — the person who launched Amazon.com.be — signals a leadership vacuum in one of Europe's most competitive ecommerce markets at a critical moment. • New data shows AI recommendation engines are favouring creator-generated content over brand content, with direct consequences for how DTC brands should be allocating their content investment. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekda...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Meta streamlines creator, brand tie-ups with | Ecommerce Trends: How marketing budgets are | Behind the Click Podcast with Dr.
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 20, 2026 In this episode: • Meta is consolidating creator-brand partnerships into a single hub, making it easier for ecommerce advertisers to activate influencer-driven shopping campaigns at scale. • New data shows retailers are actively reallocating marketing budgets in response to AI platforms influencing purchase decisions — a structural shift in how ecommerce spend is planned. • eBay is making a serious push into live shopping in Germany, with its Head of eBay Live arguing that the auction-room energy of live commerce is exactly what the European market needs. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail med...
The Digital Commerce Daily | [Analysis] Will Europe allow JD.com to | Why Dr. Squatch starts Cyber 5 | IAB Europe advances in-store and travel
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 19, 2026 In this episode: • JD.com's potential acquisition of MediaMarkt and Saturn's parent company would hand China's second-largest ecommerce giant a massive physical and digital retail foothold across Europe. • Dr. Squatch's decision to begin Black Friday and Cyber Monday planning in January — including Amazon Prime Day as a rehearsal — reveals how DTC health and beauty brands are fundamentally restructuring their annual marketing calendars around peak commerce moments. • IAB Europe is pushing to standardise how commerce media is measured beyond the digital shelf — opening in-store and travel media to the same rigour applied to online retail media networks. Host...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Nearly all luxury resale transactions on | Sam's Club Debuts Ad Targeting Products | Google removes product carousels in Europe
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 18, 2026 In this episode: • A single data point — 94% of luxury resale revenue on TikTok Shop coming from livestreams — reframes what live shopping is actually capable of selling. • Sam's Club is launching predictive purchase-intent targeting inside its retail media network — a direct challenge to Amazon's closed-loop ad advantage. • Google has stripped out product carousels from shopping-related search results across the EEA — a structural change that directly threatens organic and paid visibility for European ecommerce merchants. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing
The Digital Commerce Daily | How Crocs Became One of TikTok | Amazon catches up with Boozt in | Kim Gravel Wants to Make Live
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 17, 2026 In this episode: • Crocs' CMO revealed the exact TikTok Shop playbook that made a legacy footwear brand one of the platform's top-performing sellers — and it's a replicable model for any DTC brand. • New data shows Amazon has closed the gap on Scandinavian fashion leader Boozt in Denmark, signalling the next front in Amazon's European marketplace expansion. • QVC veteran Kim Gravel is launching her own independent live shopping platform, betting that appointment-style live commerce can work outside the TikTok and Amazon ecosystem. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Wa...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Why Lowe's CMO Jen Wilson added | The Meta Settlement Defined Which Online | Holidays, made-to-order process drive Polywood sales
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 16, 2026 In this episode: • Lowe's is formally merging marketing and digital commerce under one executive — a structural signal that the CMO role is being redefined around ecommerce ownership. • Meta's $17–18 billion settlement with US states sets new guardrails on teen-targeted advertising that every ecommerce brand running Meta campaigns needs to understand now. • Outdoor furniture brand Polywood has hit 75% of revenue through ecommerce — a DTC data point that reframes how seasonal and made-to-order brands should think about digital-first strategy heading into BFCM. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strat...
The Digital Commerce Daily | OpenAI's next ChatGPT ad format: click | Shein expands U.S. fulfillment network with | Allegro brings tools and services to
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 15, 2026 In this episode: • OpenAI is launching a new ad unit that replaces the click-to-site model with a click-to-AI-conversation format — a fundamental shift in how brands intercept purchase intent. • Just days after its Hong Kong IPO, Shein is making its most aggressive U.S. logistics move yet — signalling it is building for the long term in America despite the tariff environment. • Allegro — Central Europe's dominant marketplace — is opening up its logistics, financial, and seller tools for use outside its own platform, a move that turns it from a marketplace into a commerce infrastructure provider. Hosted by Marco & Klara. N...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Google Ads data shows query length | FedEx targets cross-border ecommerce challenges with | Circle-Tazapay deal aims to accelerate USDC
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 14, 2026 In this episode: • Concrete Google Ads data reveals how AI Mode is changing the way shoppers search — with longer, more conversational queries reshaping keyword strategy for ecommerce advertisers. • FedEx is launching dedicated digital tools to help ecommerce merchants navigate tariffs and customs in real time — a direct response to the cross-border complexity crushing DTC brands right now. • Circle's acquisition of B2B payments firm Tazapay signals stablecoin infrastructure is moving into mainstream ecommerce payment rails — a shift that could reshape how cross-border merchants settle transactions. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commer...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Snapchat promises advertisers faster conversions for | idealo enhances its retail media offering | Amazon's reach in the EU levels
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 13, 2026 In this episode: • Snapchat is making a direct pitch for holiday ad budgets with new conversion-speed commitments — a platform that rarely gets airtime in the social commerce conversation is now competing head-on with TikTok and Meta for performance dollars. • German price-comparison giant idealo is expanding its retail media proposition into Ireland and Switzerland, targeting shoppers at the precise moment they are evaluating competing products — a high-intent inventory that most retail media networks simply cannot replicate. • New data shows Amazon's EU user base actually shrank in the first half of 2026 — a rare sign of market saturation that has major...
The Digital Commerce Daily | YouTube debutes Shopping in the Netherlands | Instacart launches custom AI assistants for | Nine out of 10 returned items
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 12, 2026 In this episode: • YouTube Shopping has just launched its affiliate program in the Netherlands, partnering with Bol — making the Dutch market a live test case for social commerce at European scale. • Instacart is giving retailers their own branded AI shopping assistants — a direct move to compete with Walmart, Kroger, and Amazon on conversational commerce infrastructure. • New research reveals that 90% of returned ecommerce items lose value the moment they come back — a profitability crisis that is quietly eating DTC and marketplace margins heading into peak season. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commer...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Primark to launch online delivery in | Amazon Ads brings advertisers to ChatGPT, | [Analysis] Fashion makes way for beauty
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 11, 2026 In this episode: • Primark — the last major holdout against ecommerce — has reversed course and is launching UK home delivery, reshaping the competitive landscape for fast-fashion online. • Amazon has struck a deal to place its DSP advertisers inside ChatGPT, making it the first major retail ad network to buy into the AI chatbot ad ecosystem at scale. • New data shows beauty is overtaking fashion as the dominant category in European ecommerce, with major implications for where brands and platforms invest next. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, pla...
The Digital Commerce Daily | ECDB: Bol widens lead over Amazon.nl | 'Frogs in the boiling water': The | Vinted adds Budbee package lockers in
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 10, 2026 In this episode: • New ECDB data confirms Bol is pulling further ahead of Amazon in the Dutch market — directly relevant context given Kaufland.nl just went live this week. • The FTC is accusing Amazon of deceptive ad auction practices — and the case is forcing ecommerce advertisers to confront how little they actually know about where their sponsored product budgets go. • Vinted is building out its own last-mile logistics infrastructure across Europe, and the Netherlands expansion signals the platform is moving well beyond peer-to-peer fashion into full-stack ecommerce. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecomme...
The Digital Commerce Daily | How Kaufland is challenging Bol and | New data shows the rise of | Retail media has an identity crisis:
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 09, 2026 In this episode: • Lidl's sister chain Kaufland has launched a live Dutch marketplace with 9 million products, directly taking on Bol and Amazon in one of Europe's most competitive ecommerce markets. • Wolt's latest data reveals that non-food retail now accounts for more than a quarter of orders on its rapid-delivery platform across 30 European countries — a structural shift that redefines what quick commerce actually is. • As retail media networks multiply across Europe, a new analysis finds they are becoming indistinguishable from one another — creating a serious differentiation problem for both networks and the brands spending on them. Hosted by Ma...
The Digital Commerce Daily | TikTok Shop opens cross-border sales between | AI Overviews visibility: Why top German | Influencers Mostly Skip Disclosure
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 08, 2026 In this episode: • TikTok Shop is quietly building a pan-European commerce infrastructure, letting sellers from eight EU countries now reach UK buyers and vice versa — a structural shift for cross-border ecommerce. • A Sistrix study reveals Germany's leading online retailers have lost nearly a fifth of their organic search visibility as Google AI Overviews reshape the DACH ecommerce search landscape. • New data shows the vast majority of influencer posts promoting products still lack proper disclosure — a compliance and brand risk that ecommerce teams running affiliate or creator programs can no longer ignore. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode...
The Digital Commerce Daily | The Race to Own AI Shopping | David's Bridal touts 99.78% approval rate | How Halo Collar Uses Data And
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 07, 2026 In this episode: • A new analysis maps out which players — from Amazon to ChatGPT to on-site tools — are winning the battle to become shoppers' default AI buying interface. • David's Bridal's deployment of Forter's fraud-prevention platform delivers a near-perfect transaction approval rate — and reframes fraud tools as a revenue driver, not just a cost centre. • DTC pet tech brand Halo Collar is using incrementality testing and first-party data to bridge the gap between performance marketing and retail expansion — a playbook other scaling DTC brands can learn from. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digit...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Amazon adds 'update me when' feature | Google Won't Have To Break Up | How The Fin Tech Clearco Finances
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 06, 2026 In this episode: • Amazon is quietly turning Alexa into a proactive AI shopping agent — and it signals a major shift in how consumers will discover and buy products. • Google escapes a forced breakup of its ad tech stack — a ruling with immediate consequences for every ecommerce advertiser buying programmatic display and Shopping inventory. • Clearco's revenue-based financing model is having a quiet renaissance as DTC brands get shut out of traditional funding — and it reveals how ecommerce capital is being restructured in 2026. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmar...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Sephora plans exclusive drops for TikTok | OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads globally and | Compare Group expands to 4 new
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 05, 2026 In this episode: • Sephora is launching a dedicated 'Drop Shop' experience on TikTok Shop, turning product launches into monetised live commerce events — a major signal that prestige beauty is fully committing to social commerce. • OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT advertising globally and building a full ad stack — making it the most significant new entrant to the performance marketing landscape since TikTok. • Compare Group — one of Europe's largest price comparison operators — is launching in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Austria simultaneously, reshaping the price discovery landscape for ecommerce sellers across southern and central Europe. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episo...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Ace Hardware adds weather-triggered programmatic ads | Pasta Powerhouse Barilla Helps Itself to | Ecommerce Trends: Which AI sources are
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 04, 2026 In this episode: • Ace Hardware's RedVest Media network is adding weather-triggered programmatic ads — a concrete signal that second-tier retail media networks are racing to out-innovate Amazon with contextual relevance. • Barilla's acquisition of DTC-native Goodles is the latest proof that legacy CPG giants are buying their way into direct commerce and Gen Z relevance rather than building it. • New data from Digital Commerce 360 maps which AI platforms are actually driving measurable referral traffic to online retailers — and the rankings are shifting fast enough to matter for every brand's acquisition strategy. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekda...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Tariffs, TikTok Shop and transparency concerns | European textile sector wants Shein and | ANALYSIS As Beauty Pie eyes stores,
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 03, 2026 In this episode: • Shein's stock market debut flopped on day one — shares fell 9% — and the reasons why matter deeply for every brand competing in fast fashion ecommerce. • European fashion industry groups are pushing to quadruple the new customs duty on ultra-low-cost parcels from Shein and Temu, arguing the current 3-euro charge doesn't come close to levelling the playing field. • Beauty Pie just replatformed to Shopify ahead of international expansion — and its move toward physical retail signals a broader strategic pivot for DTC subscription brands that built their entire model online. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Kohl's digital sales grow as AI | German retail payment trends 2026: What | Snapchat's bid to simplify mobile marketing
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 02, 2026 In this episode: • Kohl's is a live case study in how AI-powered on-site tools can grow digital revenue even when a retailer's total sales are falling — a tension every ecommerce operator needs to understand heading into BFCM. • A new survey of German retailers reveals a stark contradiction at the heart of European ecommerce: revenue expectations are rising but profit margins are shrinking, driven by shifting payment preferences and rising processing costs. • Snapchat is rolling out its simplified mobile measurement offering globally, making a direct play for ecommerce ad budgets by reducing the attribution complexity that has kept m...
The Digital Commerce Daily | FTC Claims Amazon Pocketed Over $20 | Amazon expands listing requirements for Pan-EU | Ryan Breslow is raising up to
The Digital Commerce Daily — September 01, 2026 In this episode: • The FTC is accusing Amazon of secretly rigging its own ad auctions to inflate prices — a lawsuit that could reshape how brands and agencies trust Amazon's $50 billion ads business. • Amazon is mandating that all Pan-EU FBA sellers list on its Dutch marketplace — a quiet but significant policy shift that forces sellers to expand their European footprint whether they're ready or not. • Bolt — once valued at $11 billion as the checkout platform that would dethrone Shopify — is now scrambling for survival with a pay-to-play bridge round, and the story of its collapse is a cautionary tale...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Retail Roundup: Home Depot Finally Hires | How Amika's CMO Kept Product Launch | There's A Meta Diaspora Building The
The Digital Commerce Daily — August 31, 2026 In this episode: • Home Depot finally appointing a dedicated retail media leader signals that home improvement is the next frontier for sponsored placements and on-site ad revenue. • Amika's CMO deliberately launched its new product exclusively on its DTC site first — a channel-sequencing strategy that's increasingly rare and worth studying. • Ex-Meta engineers and executives are now leading ads product at OpenAI, TikTok, Amazon Ads, and Roku — and they're rebuilding the Meta playbook everywhere they land. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance
The Digital Commerce Daily | The Trade Desk's Zuma Update Adds | Snapchat Performance Summit 2026 Puts Measurement, | Gamers are Turning In-Game Finds Into
The Digital Commerce Daily — August 30, 2026 In this episode: • The Trade Desk just made programmatic buying significantly more autonomous with its biggest platform overhaul since Kokai launched in 2023 — and it matters for every DTC brand running upper-funnel campaigns outside walled gardens. • Snapchat is making a direct pitch to performance advertisers and ecommerce brands at its 2026 summit, signalling it wants a seat at the table alongside Meta and TikTok Shop as a measurable commerce channel. • New UK data shows gaming has quietly become one of the most effective product discovery channels for ecommerce brands, with highly engaged gamers converting in-game exposure into real purch...
The Digital Commerce Daily | BK Beauty Doubles Down on TikTok | 34% of SMEs on Temu have | Dentsu expands and consolidates its commerce
The Digital Commerce Daily — August 29, 2026 In this episode: • A real DTC brand that left TikTok Shop and came back tells us more about the platform's pull on beauty sellers than any industry report can. • One in three European small businesses on Temu say the platform has helped them sell internationally — a data point that reframes Temu from 'cheap Chinese imports threat' to 'cross-border launchpad' for local SMEs. • Dentsu is restructuring its entire commerce and retail media practice under new leadership — a signal that agency holding groups are now treating retail media as a standalone discipline, not an add-on to shopper marketing. H...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Google expands Demand Gen with messaging | The Largest Shopping Mall Operator Has | "Treat e-commerce less as a growth
The Digital Commerce Daily — August 28, 2026 In this episode: • Google is expanding Demand Gen into a full-funnel commerce engine — and the new AI video creation and messaging ad formats directly change how DTC brands build and deploy creative at scale. • Simon Property Group — owner of 190+ malls — has launched a data-driven retail media network, marking the moment physical retail infrastructure formally enters the commerce media arms race. • Kapten & Son's COO lays out a blunt counter-narrative to growth-at-all-costs DTC culture — and the operational lessons from scaling a German accessories brand profitably across European markets are directly applicable right now. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode ever...
The Digital Commerce Daily | TikTok Settles Children's Privacy Case for | How To Advertise In Google AI | The $265 billion mistake: How e-commerce
The Digital Commerce Daily — August 27, 2026 In this episode: • A $400 million privacy settlement is the largest ever against a social platform for children's data — and it has direct implications for TikTok Shop's ability to target younger audiences. • Google AI Mode is generating ads directly from product feeds — not ad copy — which means ecommerce merchants who haven't optimised their Merchant Center attributes are already invisible. • False payment declines are now costing ecommerce merchants more than global fraud itself — $265 billion lost by turning away legitimate customers at checkout. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platfor...
The Digital Commerce Daily | Amazon Prime Air launches in the | Marks & Spencer expands to 22 | Stockholm's eComID raises €14.6 million to
The Digital Commerce Daily — August 26, 2026 In this episode: • Amazon has officially switched on drone delivery in the UK, marking the first international rollout of Prime Air outside the US. • M&S is using Zalando as a pan-European distribution engine, reaching 22 markets in a single partnership move that reframes how British retailers can scale cross-border without building their own logistics. • A Stockholm startup just raised €14.6 million to build a portable shopper identity layer for AI commerce — essentially a universal profile that travels with consumers across every retailer they visit. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media...
