SMBs are pouring more into marketing but still guessing at what works. New data shows rising budgets, AI growth, and shaky ...

Shoppers aren’t rushing anymore — they’re pacing. Retailers have taken notice, moving beyond one-day flash deals and stretching major sales events across multiple days or even weeks. Q3 digital ad ...

Virtual agents and AI chatbots will be eating into search engine volumes over the next two years, causing them to decline by 25%, according to a report released Monday by technology research and ...

With AI agents expected to account for 20% or more of e-commerce traffic in the next five years, digital merchants face a new wave of risks and opportunities. To help e-commerce businesses meet those ...

E-commerce in 2025 will face significant challenges, from ongoing supply chain disruptions and increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks to intensifying competition for customer trust and loyalty. At ...

Embedded finance is on the rise in both the business and consumer payments markets. Analysts project its revenue will reach $1.91 trillion as adoption expands by 2028. This steady acceptance is ...

AI-powered mobile apps are rapidly shaping the digital economy, driving consumer engagement and spending. However, as this trend accelerates, stronger trust in e-commerce platforms is essential to ...

Paradoxical tensions among consumers are making their behavior unpredictable and baffling many sellers, according to a report released Monday by a global strategy and management consulting firm.

As more consumers tap into artificial intelligence to enhance their online shopping experiences, new risks are being created for e-commerce merchants. To address those risks, a pair of e-commerce ...

One of the biggest challenges facing business-to-business (B2B) companies is how to keep up with rapidly advancing technology. Whether it is integrating artificial intelligence (AI), offering ...

One of the most successful direct-to-consumer shopping outlets for China-based vendors outside of China’s own Alibaba e-commerce platform is Amazon. This trend has been accelerating for years.

Online shopping returns cost retailers billions of dollars, pump tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and dump billions of pounds of waste into landfills, according to a global plastics ...