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  1. Magento 2.4.9 patch releases signal a platform in transition: What merchants need to know
    Magento | August 12, 2026

    Magento 2.4.9 patch releases signal a platform in transition: What merchants need to know

    12 min read - Adobe’s July and August...

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  2. magento security patches
    Magento | August 12, 2026

    Magento security patches: A long-term guide for stability and growth

    38 min read - Security patches are one of the most important yet often underestimated aspects of running a Magento store. They are the backbone of a stable, high-performing and secure eCommerce platform, protecting your business from vulnerabilities, ensuring compliance, and maintaining customer trust. Failing to keep up with them can quickly turn minor issues into...

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  3. Magento versions timeline
    Magento | August 12, 2026

    Magento versions timeline: Milestones, key updates and future insights

    110 min read - Magento is known as one of the most flexible eCommerce platforms on the market. Over the years, it has evolved into a suite of solutions, from free, open-source editions to fully managed, cloud-native Adobe Commerce. However, this flexibility also brings complexity. With multiple editions, deployment models, and a layered versioning...

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  4. New Jersey just banned dynamic pricing, and every eCommerce business should be watching what happens next
    Insight | August 11, 2026

    New Jersey just banned dynamic pricing, and every eCommerce business should be watching what happens next

    9 min read - On 23 July 2026, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the Fair Price Protection Act into law. As the ...

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  5. Magento latest version
    Magento | August 11, 2026

    Magento latest version: Key features you shouldn't miss

    30 min read - Magento Open Source 2.4.9 and Adobe Commerce 2.4.9 are now the official stable latest version (released May 12, 2026). This landmark update delivers PHP 8.5 support, replaces three core framework components, introduces over 560 fixes, and sets strict new infrastructure requirements that every merchant needs to plan for...

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  6. Adobe Commerce 2.4.5 and 2.4.6 lose support in six days: What merchants need to do now
    Magento | August 10, 2026

    Adobe Commerce 2.4.5 and 2.4.6 lose support in six days: What merchants need to do now

    10 min read - Adobe Commerce customers on 2.4.6 have extended support for core quality and security fixes through 31 August 2027, followed by a limited security-only period through 31 May 2028. For 2.4.5, the security-only period runs through 31 May 2027. ...

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  7. Shopify Collective expands to 36 new countries, and it changes the cross-border calculus for merchants
    Shopify | August 06, 2026

    Shopify Collective expands to 36 new countries, and it changes the cross-border calculus for merchants

    7 min read - On 31 July 2026, Shopify announced that Collective, its retailer-to-retailer product sharing feature, is now available in 36 additional countries. What started as a US-only capability has become a genuinely international infrastructure, and for Shopify merchants considering cross-border growth, this changes the traditional expansion playbook in ways...

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  8. Ghost citations: AI search is using your content, but not your brand, and most eCommerce businesses do not know it
    Insight | August 05, 2026

    Ghost citations: AI search is using your content, but not your brand, and most eCommerce businesses do not know it

    10 min read - There is a growing problem in AI-powered search that most eCommerce businesses have not noticed yet: AI platforms are citing your content as a source but never mentioning your brand name in the answer. Your information is being used to help shoppers make purchasing decisions, but those shoppers have no idea it came from you. ...

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  9. Attribution tells you who converted. Incrementality tells you why it matters.
    Insight | August 04, 2026

    Attribution tells you who converted. Incrementality tells you why it matters.

    11 min read - Every eCommerce business tracks conversions. Most can tell you which channels, campaigns, and ads drove those conversions, at least according to their attribution model. But here is the uncomfortable question most attribution dashboards cannot answer: would those customers have bought anyway? That question...

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  10. Shopify's DoorDash integration turns every physical store into a same-day delivery hub
    Shopify | August 03, 2026

    Shopify's DoorDash integration turns every physical store into a same-day delivery hub

    8 min read - Shopify has launched a native integration with DoorDash that allows eligible US merchants with physical stores to list products on the DoorDash marketplace and offer on-demand delivery, without separate onboarding, additional platforms, or custom development work. As ...

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  11. Michaels built an AI shopping assistant in six weeks: Here is what every retailer should learn from it
    Insight | July 31, 2026

    Michaels built an AI shopping assistant in six weeks: Here is what every retailer should learn from it

    10 min read - Michaels, North America's leading arts and crafts retailer, just launched "Ask Mike," an AI-powered shopping assistant built with Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience. What makes this story noteworthy is not the technology itself. It is the speed, the approach, and the early results, all of which carry practical lessons for eCommerce...

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  12. Nike's China digital reset: Why consolidating 1,000 online storefronts is a masterclass in distribution discipline
    Insight | July 30, 2026

    Nike's China digital reset: Why consolidating 1,000 online storefronts is a masterclass in distribution discipline

    10 min read - Nike announced on Tuesday that it is consolidating more than 1,000 digital storefronts across China's marketplace platforms down to a handful of official channels. By January 2027, the brand's online presence in China will rest within the Nike app, Nike.com.cn, and flagship experiences on Tmall, JD.com, and Douyin. Everything else closes. ...

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  13. eCommerce analytics tools
    Insight | July 30, 2026

    9 eCommerce Analytics Tools to Track, Optimise & Scale

    63 min read - Most eCommerce stores today run three to four analytics tools simultaneously. Gartner's...

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  14. The AI search visibility race: Why category framing and schema gaps are the new SEO battleground for eCommerce
    Insight | July 29, 2026

    The AI search visibility race: Why category framing and schema gaps are the new SEO battleground for eCommerce

    11 min read - On 21 July, Search Engine Land published a cluster of articles that, taken together, paint a picture of a fundamental shift in how eCommerce brands need to think about search visibility. The convergence of research on ChatGPT topic ownership, category framing in AI recommendations, schema markup for AI search, and Google's rollout of Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite...

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  15. Mastercard's new scam rules: What eCommerce businesses need to know
    Insight | July 29, 2026

    Mastercard's new scam rules: What eCommerce businesses need to know

    12 min read - On July 24, 2026, Mastercard's revised standards for scam merchant monitoring, sometimes called SMMP, took effect. The rules, laid out in Mastercard's ...

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  16. Shopify's Liquid July '26 preview: Block and partial tags signal a fundamental shift in theme architecture
    Shopify | July 28, 2026

    Shopify's Liquid July '26 preview: Block and partial tags signal a fundamental shift in theme architecture

    10 min read - Shopify dropped three significant developer changelog updates on 21 July. Still, one of them deserves particular attention from anyone building or maintaining Shopify storefronts: the Liquid July '26 developer preview, which introduces {% block %} and {% partial %} tags. This is not a minor feature addition. It is the beginning of a new composition...

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  17. Hyvä launches AI Anthropic module: what it means for Magento store owners
    Hyvä | July 27, 2026

    Hyvä launches AI Anthropic module: what it means for Magento store owners

    8 min read - Hyvä has released Hyva_AiAnthropic, a module that connects Anthropic’s Claude API to the Hyvä AI framework. For Magento merchants, it gives developers another provider option when building AI features for their stores. Why...

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  18. Google's Local Inventory Ads default: The quiet change that could reshape omnichannel advertising
    Insight | July 24, 2026

    Google's Local Inventory Ads default: The quiet change that could reshape omnichannel advertising

    12 min read - On 20 July, Google confirmed via the Google...

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  19. Your customers are bypassing your chatbot, and that should change your entire AI strategy
    Insight | July 24, 2026

    Your customers are bypassing your chatbot, and that should change your entire AI strategy

    11 min read - New research from Gartner reveals a striking disconnect in how consumers interact with AI for customer service: customers are now three times more likely to use a third-party generative AI tool such as ChatGPT or Claude than a brand's own chatbot. More telling still, while third-party AI tool usage has doubled in the past year, brand chatbot adoption...

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  20. Google AI mode is becoming a commerce platform, and the EU just ordered Google to open its data
    Insight | July 22, 2026

    Google AI mode is becoming a commerce platform, and the EU just ordered Google to open its data

    13 min read - Google AI mode is becoming a commerce platform, and the EU just ordered Google to open its data On July 16, two announcements landed within hours of each other, and together they sketch out eCommerce's near future. Google began rolling out Connected Apps in AI Mode, letting US users complete shopping, design...

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