#e-commerce

#e-commerce

"Everything in today's e-commerce environment is being driven by increased intensity of the research phase and true generational divides during the current macroeconomic environment," said Jaysen Gillespie, VP of product marketing and analytics at RTB House.

I'm the general manager of Paze, one of the business units of Early Warning Services. The mandate is really to take Paze and bring this new payment checkout system to the masses - both on the consumer side and on the merchant side - really making sure that our goal of becoming one of the top three wallets for checkout in the next five years becomes reality.

In this test, there is a huge section of sponsored products in a double-rowed carousel along with some cards from individual websites (organic).

Total net revenues reached RMB 3.2 billion, a 6% increase, with e-commerce revenue at RMB 2.6 billion, up 2.5%, and brand management revenue at RMB 664 million, up 24%.

Quince, a company that has built its entire identity around selling familiar-looking wardrobe staples - cashmere sweaters, leather bags, silk slip dresses, etc. - at prices that feel suspiciously low. A report by once described the brand as a "one-stop dupe shop for a new generation of discerning, albeit weary, consumers." In other words: Millennials who like nice things but are increasingly unwilling to overpay for them.

Amazon has "provided strong evidence" that Perplexity's Comet browser accesses user accounts "without authorization" from the retail giant. Amazon sued Perplexity in November, alleging that it "repeatedly requested" that the AI startup stop letting its agents buy products for customers, accusing Perplexity of "intruding" into its marketplace and user accounts with Comet's agentic shopping feature, in violation of computer fraud and abuse laws.

Keen to ditch an over-reliance on discounting in favour of stronger brand-led campaigns, Launch partnered with Weird Fish on a multichannel performance strategy to drive website sales, elevate brand reputation and wean customers off discounts to improve margins.

According to outage tracker Downdetector, reports of issues surged Thursday afternoon, reaching about 20,000 by 3:49 p.m. ET on March 5. Complaints first spiked around 2:30 p.m., when roughly 18,000 users reported problems. The number briefly dipped to around 16,000 before climbing again.

We're still increasing pricing based on the most up-to-date tariff announcements from India and the U.S., because it's not going back down to zero. It's still elevated. The cost of our goods has also shot up, because gold has almost doubled since last year.

The outlook for 2026 I'm watching 2026 with equal parts optimism and urgency. Optimism because consumer demand is still there. Retail sales have remained resilient in recent data. Urgency because the operating environment is only getting tighter. Coming out of FY2025, large retailers demonstrated resilience amid inflation pressure, shifting consumer behavior, and global supply-chain complexity. Walmart raised its outlook and leaned further into a model that blends physical stores, e-commerce scale, and execution discipline.