9 min read - Hyvä has quietly shipped one of the most commercially significant modules in its checkout ecosystem: a first-party Klaviyo Reclaim integration for Hyvä Checkout. Released on 9 June 2026 as version 1.0.0, the ...

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11 min read - Shopify released a significant platform update on 17 June 2026, covering headless commerce, AI tooling, storefront architecture, and API performance. Three changes stand out: Hydrogen moves to a framework-agnostic core, opening headless development to any JavaScript framework; Sidekick app extensions reach General Availability with...

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7 min read - OpenAI has opened its ChatGPT Ads Manager beta to UK advertisers, marking the first significant international expansion of what may become one of the most consequential new advertising channels in a decade. With brands like Tesco, Hilton, Hiscox, and Next among the early UK participants, the pilot is moving beyond Silicon Valley experimentation...

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11 min read - Connecticut has become the second US state to enact legislation restricting how retailers can use customer data to set personalised prices. As ...

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9 min read - Shopify has released Hydrogen 2026.4.3, and while it is a patch release, it includes a fix that could silently degrade the visual experience on thousands of headless Shopify storefronts. If you are running a Hydrogen-powered store, this one deserves your immediate attention. The blurry image problem...

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9 min read - On June 16th, 2026, two announcements landed that together paint a picture eCommerce merchants can no longer afford to ignore: Meta launched AI Mode in Facebook search, and Microsoft rolled out significant AI reporting features in Bing Webmaster Tools. Taken separately, they're interesting platform updates. Taken together...

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12 min read - In a single week, three of the most consequential platforms in eCommerce advertising each made a move that, taken individually, would be worth paying attention to. Taken together, they amount to a structural shift: the path from product discovery to purchase is being rebuilt around AI, and every major platform is racing to own a piece of that journey...

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21 min read - Cookie rules are being rewritten, and your store needs to adapt The European Commission's ...

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8 min read - Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince predicted that bots would outnumber human visitors by 2027. He was wrong. It happened two years early. According to ...

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10 min read - Target just confirmed that its Target Circle Deal Days will run from 23 to 26 June, the exact same dates as Amazon Prime Day 2026. This is not a coincidence. It is a deliberate strategic choice, and one that reveals how fundamentally the economics of retail promotions have shifted. For mid-market eCommerce merchants, the implications extend well beyond...

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9 min read - Three major retailers just described, in unusually specific terms, how AI is reshaping their businesses from the inside out. During their Q1 2026 earnings calls, Best Buy, Gap, and Dick's Sporting Goods each detailed AI investments that go well beyond chatbots and product recommendations. For eCommerce merchants evaluating their own AI roadmaps, these...

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8 min read - The Hyvä ecosystem continues to mature with a release that, while seemingly incremental, addresses a critical compatibility gap for merchants planning their Magento 2.4.9 upgrade. The Magento2-smile-elasticsuite compatibility module has been updated to version 1.2.8, delivering first-time support for both Magento 2.4.9 and ElasticSuite 2.12.x...

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13 min read - Walmart's latest earnings call delivered a number that should be on every eCommerce operator's whiteboard: over 36% of store-fulfilled deliveries now arrive in three hours or less. The sub-hour tier is growing fastest of all. "We can now reach approximately 60% of the U.S. population in 30 minutes or less,"...

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11 min read - On 1 June, Hyvä Themes shipped a coordinated release across its entire internationalisation (i18n) portfolio, bumping 18 locale packages to version 1.4.0 in a single day. If you are running Hyvä on an international Magento store, this is one of the most significant translation updates in recent memory, and it deserves your attention. ...

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68 min read - eCommerce tools are software applications that help businesses build, run, and grow an online store, covering everything from storefronts and payments to marketing, inventory, and customer support. Together, they form what people call your eCommerce stack. Now, we don't want to overwhelm you with a list...

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10 min read - Costco just proved, with hard numbers, that personalisation isn't a nice-to-have; it's a revenue engine. The warehouse club's CFO, Gary Millerchip, revealed on their Q3 2026 earnings call that personalised product recommendation carousels contributed ...

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8 min read - Consumer sentiment has plunged to a record low, and the ripple effects are reshaping eCommerce strategy in real time. If you are a merchant operating in the mid-market, the data from the past week should be a wake-up call, and the diverging fortunes of Dollar Tree and Gap Inc.'s Old Navy tell a story every eCommerce professional needs to understand...

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8 min read - On 28 May 2026, Hyvä released a new checkout integration that Magento merchants selling internationally should pay close attention to: the Hyvä Checkout Airwallex integration, now at version 1.0.0. While this might look like a routine payment gateway addition, it represents something more significant in the context of the Hyvä ecosystem's...

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10 min read - The Mage-OS project has reached a major milestone. On 18 May 2026, the community-driven Magento distribution released Mage-OS 3.0 - a version number that signals this is no longer a mirror or a patch. It is a platform making bold moves on its own terms. Combined with Hyvä Theme's continued evolution and ...

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45 min read - A Magento POS for iPad, point-of-sale software that runs on iPad devices, frees businesses from being confined to a clunky desktop POS system. This POS solution gives users more flexibility and mobility to process sales faster on the counter, at tables, or anywhere outside the stores. Besides, it also comes with many other features to help merchants...

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