Digital commerce stories
From eCommerce and niche software to AI hardware and flight simulators, five Canadian tech heavyweights quietly power the global economy.
Retailers and brands could cut manual product-data work as the platform automates compliance checks, enrichment and syndication across channels.
Cathay Pacific deepens its Adyen tie-up, rolling out direct card acquiring across six key markets including Hong Kong, the US and India.
Constructor unveils Merchant Intelligence Agent, an AI copilot to explain, optimise and automate eCommerce search and merchandising decisions.
AliExpress boosts its UK Brand+ price promise, lifting per-item refunds to GBP £40 and monthly claim caps to GBP £160 on select goods.
AI is reshaping how shoppers discover products online, but Criteo data shows few trust it to handle checkout or share sensitive details.
Millennials, Gen Z and Baby Boomers want very different green data, forcing brands to tailor sustainability messaging by age group.
Pacvue to plug Reddit Ads into its commerce system, uniting community insights with retail media planning in one performance workflow.
Pattern appoints ex-Amazon eCommerce Specialist David Jennison as Europe MD to spearhead marketplace-driven growth and AI-powered expansion.
Kingfisher strikes multi-year Google Cloud deal to power AI-driven, conversational shopping across B&Q, Castorama and Brico Dépôt sites.
Ecommerce agency PushON hires Emma Gunn and Emily Harris to bolster its growing Manchester team after reporting 40% annual growth.
Manhattan wins the ABA100 Supply Chain Innovation Award in Australia for its AI-driven, cloud-native Active Warehouse Management platform.
Okanui turns to Oracle NetSuite to centralise inventory and finance as rapid global growth strains its legacy systems and warehouse capacity.
F5 and Skyfire partner to let online merchants admit verified AI agents while keeping malicious bots out of shopping and content flows.
Rising cross-border eCommerce returns and stricter marketplace refund rules are squeezing sellers' cashflow and heightening liquidity risk.
Token.io launches Account on File to make Pay by Bank a near one-tap checkout, cutting steps and boosting conversion for UK and EU merchants.
OpenAI's Instant Checkout retreat puts retailer sites back in focus, opening a data-led discovery window for fast-moving Australian brands.
AI agents are quietly reshaping retail, and sluggish loyalty platforms risk losing transactions long before shoppers know they've gone.
Pattern debuts LLM Access Audit and GEO Scorecard in Australia to help brands track and optimise visibility across generative AI tools.
Sluggish UK retail websites are prompting shoppers to abandon baskets, risking an estimated GBP £38 billion in lost eCommerce sales this year.