The Ultimate Guide to eCommerce
A curated American edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for eCommerce.
What to know about eCommerce
eCommerce represents the dynamic world of buying and selling goods and services online. It is rapidly evolving with major advances in technology, logistics, payment systems, and customer experience strategies shaping the way businesses operate and consumers shop.
This tag covers a broad range of stories including security certifications for apps, the rise of marketplaces as sales channels, innovations in warehouse and inventory management, AI-driven tools for personalization and fraud prevention, expansions by fintech and shipping companies, as well as insights into consumer behaviors and trends.
Readers exploring our eCommerce tag will discover the latest developments influencing retailers, brands, and technology providers around the globe. Whether you are a business owner, marketer, or someone passionate about the future of retail, these stories offer valuable knowledge about leveraging technology, overcoming challenges like fraud and delivery expectations, and succeeding in a competitive digital marketplace.
American eCommerce News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
InteGreat wins integration deal with Codeless Platforms
The deal underscores how smaller manufacturers can link online storefronts to old back-office systems without costly replacement projects.
Attentive unveils AI tools to widen omnichannel push
Brands are being pushed to consolidate marketing tools as Attentive adds agentic AI features across SMS, email, RCS and push notifications.
Equifax & GBG expand fraud partnership to US market
Businesses in the US will gain broader identity checks as Equifax data is added to GBG Go, while reciprocal tools will aid Equifax's fraud screening.
Mercury raises USD $200 million in Series D led by TCV
Strong application growth and a push beyond startups helped Mercury secure new funding as it moves towards becoming a nationally regulated bank.
Zip US teams with InComm on gift cards in instalments
Shoppers can now spread the cost of gift cards in Zip's app, as buy now, pay later usage keeps widening across the US.
Primer raises USD $100 million to boost AI & US growth
The payments infrastructure firm plans to hire up to 50 people in the US as it channels fresh capital into AI tools and expansion.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to eCommerce
Consumers trust marketplaces more than brands online
Carwow names Chief Technology Officer & adds Sheth
Constructor posts surge on AI retail search momentum
SEON unveils global partner initiative for AI fraud fight
Constructor earns sole Customers' Choice in Gartner report
Featured News
Google sees retail success with agentic commerce push
Retailers are using Google’s new AI suite to speed up shopping and support, with Bunnings already live and UCP adoption starting to grow.
Elastic says AI search & context now decide customer loyalty
Elastic argues that in an AI-obsessed market, robust search across messy data is the real foundation of trustworthy, profitable experiences.
Expert Columns
Why you need to treat your fulfilment strategy like a marketing campaign
Address data is the retail superpower
The 70% problem: Why checkout is still where eCommerce goes to die
5 eCommerce trends set to define 2026
Why email automation fails without clean and verified data
Brands are losing the Buy Box and up to 80% of marketplace sales with it
5 mobile-first strategies to ensure contact data quality
Adapting to change: How SEO specialists can leverage Google's generative AI update
From complexity to clarity: Why eCommerce needs clean customer data
Trust, transformation and the women leading modern client partnerships
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent eCommerce News
Loyalty schemes shape repeat buying, study finds
US shoppers are making loyalty programmes part of weekly spending, with 91% saying they influence whether they buy again.
Boot Barn rolls out Aptos POS across 500 US stores
The retailer aims to cut technical debt and support expansion to 1,200 stores with cloud POS that also handles rodeo and festival pop-ups.
Decile's Luma turns analytics into audiences in minutes
Ecommerce teams can now turn natural-language queries into campaign-ready customer segments in minutes, cutting delays between analysis and activation.
Address data is the retail superpower
Cleaner address records can cut failed deliveries, trim costs and lift conversions as retailers chase faster, more reliable eCommerce fulfilment.
Scam losses more than double as fraud hits consumers
More consumers are losing larger sums to fraud as fake invoice and investment scams drive the biggest financial harm, F-Secure says.
ZyG raises USD $60 million to scale AI commerce tools
The cash will fund ZyG OS as online merchants seek AI systems to cut acquisition costs, unify data and scale faster.
KERV.ai launches Moment Match Engine for video ads
Advertisers could gain better timing and higher engagement as KERV.ai links scene-level cues in video to shopping prompts.
Constructor wins retail company of year for second time
Judges cited measurable gains in shopper activity and sales as Constructor won a second straight Retail Company of the Year award.
Feedonomics launches AI catalogue exports for merchants
Large merchants can now push product catalogues into AI shopping tools, with Dell among the first to test the new service.
Markable launches free AI tools to widen creator access
Greater competition in social commerce is prompting Markable to offer AI shopping tools free, as it targets faster growth from more creators.
Ulta Beauty adds Google AI shopping tools for customers
Shoppers can now buy eligible beauty products in Google’s AI tools, as Ulta pushes discovery and checkout into conversational search.
Home Depot rolls out AI voice agents across US stores
Callers will reach help faster at the retailer as AI now handles routine queries and service requests in US stores, while staff focus on shoppers.
Macy's launches AI shopping assistant on website & app
Shoppers can now get tailored product advice online as the retailer’s new tool expands from beta to all users after brisk testing.
Adobe says AI retail traffic surges as readability lags
Shoppers using AI tools are increasingly valuable to retailers, even as Adobe finds product pages still lag in machine readability.
Wayvia updates Shoppable platform to track retail sales
Brands can now tie ad spend more closely to real purchases, as Wayvia adds confirmed retail sales data to its updated shoppable platform.
Slash raises USD $100 million at USD $1.4 billion valuation
The fintech's broader banking push now reaches more than 5,000 businesses, after three quarters of GAAP profitability and rapid revenue growth.
Neato raises USD $25 million to expand beyond Amazon
The funding will open new warehouses in Las Vegas and Chicago as the company pushes its marketplace model into more sales channels.
Maestra posts USD $833,000 in new ARR on demand shift
Brands shifting away from fragmented marketing tools helped Maestra add USD $833,000 in new annual recurring revenue last quarter.
Paysafe launches crypto deposits for US iGaming brands
US iGaming operators can now let players deposit crypto and stablecoins, converting funds to dollars after verification through Paysafe’s new service.
Ramp deepens Visa partnership as enterprise base grows
Demand from larger businesses has lifted Ramp’s enterprise customer base 133% in 2025, as Visa adopts its software too.