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  1. Google just merged Google Tag and Tag Manager, and eCommerce merchants who ignore this will pay for it in broken tracking
    Insight | September 08, 2026

    Google just merged Google Tag and Tag Manager, and eCommerce merchants who ignore this will pay for it in broken tracking

    9 min read - Google has announced a significant change to its measurement infrastructure: Google Tag and Google Tag Manager are being unified into a single platform, with no-code event tracking and faster data transmission. As ...

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  2. Retail media just hit $200 billion, but the 'enshittification' warning should worry every eCommerce advertiser
    Insight | September 07, 2026

    Retail media just hit $200 billion, but the 'enshittification' warning should worry every eCommerce advertiser

    9 min read - The global retail media market will reach $200.4 billion in 2026, according to ...

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  3. Hyvä Checkout's Amazon Pay integration closes a critical gap for Magento merchants
    Hyvä | September 04, 2026

    Hyvä Checkout's Amazon Pay integration closes a critical gap for Magento merchants

    13 min read - As of 4 September 2026, Hyvä’s public integration tracker showed its Amazon Pay integration for Hyvä Checkout as a work in progress, with a usable version available from the development branch. Hyvä noted that the integration might require fine-tuning for individual site requirements. ...

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  4. Shopify script tags die in six months, and most merchants do not know their apps are affected
    Shopify | September 04, 2026

    Shopify script tags die in six months, and most merchants do not know their apps are affected

    9 min read - On August 2026, Shopify published a deprecation notice...

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  5. Walmart's Q2 proves that the future of eCommerce is not online: it is omnichannel infrastructure
    Insight | August 28, 2026

    Walmart's Q2 proves that the future of eCommerce is not online: it is omnichannel infrastructure

    8 min read - Walmart released its Q2 FY27 earnings on 20 August 2026, and the numbers tell a story that every eCommerce merchant should read carefully. Not because they need to match Walmart's scale, but because the results reveal where the competitive bar is being set. As the ...

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  6. Shopify's store credit cancellation refund removes a friction point merchants have been working around for years
    Shopify | August 27, 2026

    Shopify's store credit cancellation refund removes a friction point merchants have been working around for years

    8 min read - If you have ever cancelled a Shopify order and wished you could issue store credit instead of sending money back to the customer's bank account, you are not alone. As of this week, Shopify has added store credit as a refund method when cancelling an order, a seemingly small change that has significant implications for how merchants handle cancellations...

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  7. The EU's €3 customs duty just changed the maths on cross-border eCommerce, and the Golden Quarter will prove it
    Insight | August 26, 2026

    The EU's €3 customs duty just changed the maths on cross-border eCommerce, and the Golden Quarter will prove it

    8 min read - The EU's €3 customs duty just changed the maths on cross-border eCommerce, and the Golden Quarter will prove it Since 1 July 2026, every parcel entering the European Union valued under €150 now carries a flat customs duty of €3 per item type. The previous exemption, which allowed low-value...

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  8. The UK subscription trap crackdown is coming three months early: Every eCommerce business with recurring revenue should be preparing
    Insight | August 25, 2026

    The UK subscription trap crackdown is coming three months early: Every eCommerce business with recurring revenue should be preparing

    13 min read - UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced on August 9, 2026, that a package of consumer protection measures, including a crackdown on so-called "subscription traps", would be brought forward. The legislation, which requires businesses to make subscriptions easy to cancel and to clearly warn customers before auto-renewals, was originally...

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  9. Hyvä Checkout's A/B testing module lets Magento merchants prove the business case before they commit
    Hyvä | August 24, 2026

    Hyvä Checkout's A/B testing module lets Magento merchants prove the business case before they commit

    20 min read - For Magento merchants considering a checkout migration, one of the most useful questions to answer is simple: how does the new checkout perform on your own store? The open-source ...

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  10. Magento 2 POS extensions
    Magento | August 21, 2026

    Best 6 Magento 2 POS extensions for Magento eCommerce store

    59 min read - Many POS options can connect with or run inside Magento. The depth of integration between these solutions and the eCommerce platform might affect the business’s data accuracy, scalability, and long-term stability. Therefore, it’s little wonder merchants often prefer Magento-native POS for their...

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  11. Sezzle wants a bank charter, and every eCommerce merchant using BNPL should understand why
    Insight | August 21, 2026

    Sezzle wants a bank charter, and every eCommerce merchant using BNPL should understand why

    8 min read - Sezzle, the buy now, pay later provider, announced on 13 August that it is pursuing a national bank charter. As Banking Dive reported...

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  12. Shopify Managed Markets DDU shutdown forces international merchants to rethink cross-border checkout before 24 August
    Shopify | August 20, 2026

    Shopify Managed Markets DDU shutdown forces international merchants to rethink cross-border checkout before 24 August

    7 min read - On 11 August, Shopify announced a change that will reshape the checkout experience for every merchant selling internationally through Managed Markets: from 24 August 2026, Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU) support ends in every country and region where Managed Markets supports Delivered Duty Paid (DDP). Affected markets will automatically switch to duties...

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  13. When AI Overviews contradict your paid search ads, who wins the click?
    Insight | August 19, 2026

    When AI Overviews contradict your paid search ads, who wins the click?

    9 min read - You are spending money on paid search. Your Shopping ads are running, your product listings are optimised, and your bidding strategy is dialled in. Then Google's AI Overview appears above your ad, recommends a different product, or suggests that the category you are advertising might not be the right solution for the shopper's query. ...

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  14. Hyvä Checkout's EAV attribute support is the Magento checkout customisation B2B merchants have been waiting for
    Hyvä | August 19, 2026

    Hyvä Checkout's EAV attribute support is the Magento checkout customisation B2B merchants have been waiting for

    19 min read - Hyvä Checkout expanded its support for customer and customer address EAV attributes in checkout address forms on 3 August 2026, when Hyvä released 1.4.0-beta3 and the parallel 1.3.1000-beta1 beta for the 1.3.x line. The change allows Hyvä Checkout to render and validate additional EAV-backed...

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  15. Dunelm, Morrisons, and the quiet shift: AI shopping agents are moving from experiment to infrastructure
    Insight | August 17, 2026

    Dunelm, Morrisons, and the quiet shift: AI shopping agents are moving from experiment to infrastructure

    6 min read - In the first week of August 2026, three significant AI deployments landed within days of each other. Dunelm launched "Ask Dunelm," an AI-powered shopping assistant built with Google Cloud, now live in its iOS app. Morrisons rolled out Evercheck AI-powered self-checkout technology across 200 stores. And across the Atlantic, Kohl's deployed a Gemini-powered...

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  16. Mage Camp 2026: Your playbook for getting the most out of the new Magento and Adobe Commerce merchant event
    Events | August 14, 2026

    Mage Camp 2026: Your playbook for getting the most out of the new Magento and Adobe Commerce merchant event

    14 min read - A new, merchant-first event is coming, and it is free The Magento and Adobe Commerce ecosystem has no shortage of conferences, but most are built around vendor showcases, partner pitches, and developer deep-dives. Merchants, the people actually running stores, often come away with a stack of business...

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  17. Visa's $2.4 billion BioCatch acquisition tells eCommerce merchants where fraud prevention is heading
    Insight | August 13, 2026

    Visa's $2.4 billion BioCatch acquisition tells eCommerce merchants where fraud prevention is heading

    9 min read - When the world's largest payment network spends $2.4 billion on a single acquisition, it is worth asking what they are buying and why they could not build it themselves. On 3 August 2026, Visa ...

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  18. Shopify Hydrogen's Vue support changes the headless commerce build-or-wait calculation
    Shopify | August 13, 2026

    Shopify Hydrogen's Vue support changes the headless commerce build-or-wait calculation

    9 min read - Shopify's Hydrogen developer preview just received its most significant update yet, and the headline feature is not a Shopify-specific commerce tool. It is Vue.js support. That might sound like a developer detail, but for merchants and technical leaders evaluating headless commerce, it fundamentally changes the calculation. ...

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  19. Google's August 17 bidding change: What eCommerce advertisers need to know
    Insight | August 12, 2026

    Google's August 17 bidding change: What eCommerce advertisers need to know

    11 min read - In five days, Google is changing how its Smart Bidding system behaves when campaigns are limited by budget, and the eCommerce advertisers who stand to lose the most are, counterintuitively, the ones whose campaigns are currently performing the best. Starting August 17, campaigns using Target CPA or Target...

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  20. apsb26-92-security-patch
    Magento | August 12, 2026

    Patch now: Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source get a critical security update (APSB26-92)

    14 min read - If you run Adobe Commerce, Adobe Commerce B2B or Magento Open Source, check whether the August 2026 security update has been applied. Adobe published security bulletin APSB26-92 on 11 August...

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