10 min read - Just two days after Magento 2.4.9 reached General Availability, Adobe released APSB26-49 - a critical security bulletin for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source addressing...

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58 min read - Traffic is the foundation of every eCommerce growth strategy. No matter how optimised a store is, conversions and revenue cannot happen without the right visitors coming in consistently. As competition increases and acquisition costs rise, merchants are under growing pressure not just to drive more traffic, but to invest in channels that attract high-intent...

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10 min read - Google announced on May 8 that it will no longer support FAQ rich results in search, and the corresponding Search Console reporting features will be removed. For eCommerce merchants who invested significant time and resources into FAQ schema markup, this is more than a minor format change - it's another signal that Google is fundamentally restructuring...

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26 min read - Magento Open Source 2.4.8 and Adobe Commerce 2.4.8, released simultaneously in early 2025, bring several important updates that can help you optimise your online store and stay ahead in a competitive market. This release includes enhanced security patches, performance improvements, bug fixes, and updated support for the PHP 8.4 version. In...

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10 min read - On the surface, the consumer spending picture looks encouraging. Retail sales were up 8.4% year over year in March. Credit and debit card payment volumes remain healthy. Employment is solid. But peel back one layer and a much more complex, and strategically important, story emerges for eCommerce merchants....

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11 min read - Magento 2.4.6 and earlier are now operating without ongoing security coverage following MySQL 8.0 reaching End of Support on 30 April 2026. For many merchants, upgrading is no longer optional. It is becoming a business-critical requirement. Magento 2.4.9 is also far more than a routine update. The release...

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18 min read - A new Linux kernel vulnerability called Dirty Frag went public on 7 May 2026, and if you run Magento or Adobe Commerce on any flavour of Linux (which is virtually all of you), it demands your immediate attention. This is not an Adobe or Magento application patch; it is an operating-system-level flaw that lets anyone with even the most...

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8 min read - If you have ever duplicated a product just to hide one variant from your B2B catalogue, or built a workaround to stop a limited-edition colourway appearing on the wrong channel, you already know the problem. Shopify's publishing model has always worked at the product level, meaning every variant went wherever the product went. That changes with Product...

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12 min read - A significant new EU consumer rights directive is about to change online checkout and post-purchase experiences across Europe, and it applies to UK-based merchants whether they realise it or not. Directive (EU) 2023/2673 requires every online store selling to EU consumers to provide a clearly labelled, digital withdrawal function - a "Cancel my contract"...

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14 min read - A new report from ICSC and McKinsey & Company has put a number on the agentic commerce opportunity that should make every eCommerce operator pay attention: US business-to-consumer agentic commerce revenue is forecast to reach ...

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10 min read - Google has just expanded its AI Max framework to standard...

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9 min read - For years, eCommerce SEO rewarded scale. More category pages, more blog posts, more long-tail coverage. But the economics of organic growth are changing quickly. As AI reshapes how search engines evaluate and surface information, many brands are discovering that publishing more content no longer creates more visibility. In fact, excessive content is...

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8 min read - If you run a B2B Magento store with guest checkout disabled, your checkout may have been silently broken for longer than you realise. Version 1.3.10 fixes three live issues: Alpine.js CSP errors disrupting JavaScript execution, a modal that closes unexpectedly during address entry, and an Enter key that fails to submit the address form. None of these...

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9 min read - If your Hydrogen dev server has ever broken HMR mid-session, this release is the fix you didn't know you were waiting for. The @shopify/[email protected] update quietly rebuilds Mini Oxygen's development server around Vite's Environment API, shipping full support for Vite 7 and Vite 8 whilst...

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10 min read - Something is shifting in eCommerce operations as merchants with no coding background are now building their own internal tools using natural language and AI coding assistants. Tasks that once required developers or clunky spreadsheets, from inventory alerts to pricing calculators and reporting dashboards, can now be created in an afternoon through simple...

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7 min read - If you rely on Google for eCommerce traffic, recent developments deserve your full attention. In a short period of time, three changes landed: a core update that reshuffled most search results, a new framework for how AI agents evaluate content, and a shift in how Google runs ads. Together, they point in the same direction. Google is no longer...

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9 min read - UBS analysts dropped a sobering forecast this week: more than 40,000 retail stores could close in the United States over the next five years. The drivers are familiar, accelerating eCommerce adoption (supercharged by AI), shifting consumer behaviour, and macro pressures from tariffs and immigration policy, but the scale of the projection demands that...

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10 min read - Shopify just made its native B2B features available to Basic, Grow, and Advanced plan merchants. As of April 2, 2026, tools that previously required a Shopify...

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8 min read - This week's Mage Dispatch newsletter delivered a notable signal about where the Adobe Commerce and Magento ecosystem is heading: AI-powered development tools are moving from experimental to operational. Among the most interesting items in this week's roundup is the emergence of Claude Code Skills specifically designed for Magento store operations, alongside...

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9 min read - Two stories emerged this week that, taken together, paint a picture of a seismic shift in how eCommerce traffic will work over the next few years. The first: new Adobe data shows AI-driven traffic to U.S. retail sites is not only growing rapidly but converting at higher rates than traditional channels, including paid search. The second: OpenAI has begun...

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