1. Nike Resumes Direct Sales on Amazon After Six-Year Hiatus Nike is set to restart direct sales of its products on Amazon's U.S. platform, ending a six-year break initiated due to concerns over brand control and counterfeit goods. This renewed partnership reflects Nike's strategic shift to...
1. Nike Returns to Amazon After Six-Year Hiatus Nike is set to resume selling its products on Amazon's U.S. platform after a six-year absence. The sportswear giant had previously pulled out due to concerns over counterfeit products and unauthorized sellers. This move signifies a strategic shift...
🏬 U.S. Retail Faces Unprecedented Store Closures Amid eCommerce Surge In 2025, over 15,000 brick-and-mortar stores in the United States are projected to close, doubling the number from the previous year. Major retailers such as JoAnn Fabrics, Walgreens, Macy’s, and Party City are scaling back operations...
🇺🇸 U.S.-China Tariff Reduction Provides Temporary Relief for eCommerce Retailers A recent agreement between the United States and China has temporarily reduced tariffs on low-value eCommerce packages from 145% to 30%. While the "de minimis" duty exemption for packages under $800 was not reinstated, this 90-day...
📦 Stord Secures $200M to Enhance eCommerce Fulfillment Atlanta-based logistics technology firm Stord has raised over $200 million in a Series E funding round, elevating its valuation to $1.5 billion. The investment, led by Strike Capital with participation from Silicon Valley Bank and ORIX USA, aims...
May 15, 2025 Agentic commerce, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), is set to revolutionize the way we search, find, and buy products online. This emerging form of commerce empowers AI agents to act on behalf of consumers, streamlining the buying process, enhancing personalization, and fundamentally transforming...
đź›’ Walmart Reports Strong Q1 eCommerce Growth Amid Tariff Concerns Walmart has reported a 21% increase in U.S. eCommerce sales for the first quarter of 2025, marking the first time its online business has achieved full-quarter profitability. This growth is attributed to higher-margin ventures such as...
🇺🇸 U.S. Reduces Tariffs on Low-Value Chinese Imports The U.S. government has announced a reduction in the "de minimis" tariff for low-value items imported from China. Effective May 14, the tariff will decrease from 120% to 54% for packages valued up to $800, with a flat...
May 13, 2025 GEO (Generative Engine Optimization): The AI-Driven Evolution Replacing SEO In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses have relied heavily on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to ensure their products are discoverable by potential customers. However, the rise of AI-driven shopping tools and conversational commerce is...
eCommerce News Briefing for Tuesday, May 13, 2025 May 13, 2025 🇺🇸 U.S. Reduces Tariffs on Low-Value Chinese Imports In a significant policy shift, the U.S. government announced a reduction in the "de minimis" tariff for low-value items imported from China. Effective May 14, the tariff will decrease...
ChatGPT will Buy Your Items for You - eCommerce Shopping Agentic Commerce May 9, 2025 In the ever-evolving landscape of eCommerce, groundbreaking technological advancements are continuously reshaping the way consumers find and purchase products online. Among these innovations, one of the most transformative is agentic commerce—a novel...
May 9, 2025 đź›’ Amazon and Walmart Revolutionize Retail with Robotics and AI Amazon and Walmart are intensifying their competition by investing heavily in robotics and artificial intelligence to enhance their retail operations. Amazon is deploying tactile robots like Vulcan to improve warehouse efficiency, while Walmart is...
Sell the "Best" - eCommerce SEO for Agentic Commerce May 8, 2025 In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital commerce, the keyword "Best" has always been a powerful player, but its value is set to skyrocket with the rise of agentic commerce. Agentic commerce, where intelligent AI...
May 8, 2025 Top eCommerce News Stories - USA Market (May 8, 2025) Here are noteworthy developments specifically impacting the eCommerce sector within the United States today: 1. USPS API Changes Could Impact Online Sellers: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is transitioning from its current Web Tools APIs...
Agentic Commerce: Revolutionizing Online Shopping with AI May 7, 2025. The eCommerce landscape is evolving rapidly, shaped profoundly by the integration of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI). One groundbreaking advancement is agentic commerce—a transformative approach wherein autonomous AI agents act on behalf of consumers to streamline shopping experiences,...
🇨🇳 Alibaba Partners with RedNote to Enhance Social Commerce Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba is partnering with popular content platform RedNote to allow users on RedNote to directly click on product links to shop on Alibaba's Taobao platform. The move essentially formalizes an app-to-app shopping connection between...
What Is Agentic Commerce? eCommerce Buying Online - Automated May 6, 2025. In the ever-evolving world of online shopping, a new concept called "agentic commerce" is emerging that could soon change the way you buy things forever. This revolutionary approach uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help you...
U.S. Ends De Minimis Tariff Exemption, Reshaping Cross-Border eCommerce The U.S. government has officially terminated the "de minimis" tariff exemption, which previously allowed imports under $800 from countries like China and Hong Kong to enter duty-free. This policy change imposes tariffs as high as 145% on...
The eCommerce Search Box is Dead - Agentic Commerce is Here May 5, 2025 In the rapidly evolving landscape of eCommerce, agentic commerce represents one of the most transformative trends reshaping how consumers interact with online retail. By leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) agents—autonomous digital assistants empowered to...
Top 3 News Stories in eCommerce (May 5, 2025) Here are three of the top news stories currently impacting the eCommerce landscape: 1. EU Intensifies Scrutiny on Large Tech Platforms Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA): The European Union continues its strong enforcement of the Digital Markets Act,...
Here is your curated daily e-commerce news briefing for Friday, May 2, 2025, focusing on the most impactful developments in the U.S. market.​ 🇺🇸 U.S. Ends Tariff Exemption for Small Parcels, Reshaping Cross-Border E-Commerce The U.S. government has officially terminated the "de minimis" tariff exemption, which previously...
This podcast/blog post was inspired by a recent discussion in the IMA eCommerce group forum. Â Take a look if you're in eCommerce and enjoy learning from your peers. Let's focus on business leverage today. Â Leverage is business. Â We're leveraging our knowledge, our time, our experiences and...
Are you selling in a Demand Constraint or Supply Constraint market? Â Most sellers probably don't even know. Â Let's find out. I have a minor degree in Economics while getting my MBA degree and so I have a good understanding of supply and demand and how important...
eCommerce brand build can be one of the most valuable tasks in your business. Â Your brand offers you sustainable value that returns to you in additional profits day after day after day. Â Building a valuable brand is the ultimate leverage you should be building in...
It sounds logical but most eCommerce sellers BREAK THIS RULE EVERY DAY! Â Don't be one of those sellers! This lesson falls into my quality vs quantity bucket where I watch so many sellers even new coaching clients always be chasing the next carrot before they've even...
Are you a Breaking Bad fan? I was late to the party being introduced to the show after noticing many friends on Facebook talking about how great the latest episode was and so I binge watched many seasons to catch up. Â Millions of people were...
Welcome to another episode of my eCommerce Story Time podcasts. This is Story Time episode 7 and I hope you’re enjoying my stories so far. If this is your first time here, you’ll want to go back and listen to past eCommerce stories where I share...
One of my most popular eCommerce podcasts was where I explain the difference between being an online seller and an online merchant so thought I’d expand on it today. Hope you enjoy. Online selling is a great way to start your eCommerce career. This may include...
You’re an eCommerce entrepreneur and a very successful one. You jumped out of the corporate-world airplane without a parachute and you landed on your feet. You ventured into the great unknown full of dragons, uncertainty and certain risk. Ultimately, you survived and even thrived and...
Product sourcing may be the single most important factor on the level of success (profit) you’ll achieve with your eCommerce business. We've talked about this before and I even have a 1 hour training DVD where I dive deep into the criteria I use when...
If you're a real entrepreneur then I'm sure you've watched an episode or two of Shark Tank. Â I've been a fan of the show since the beginning and have watched every episode. Â Sometimes my kids watch it with me and I enjoy the small business...
 Things are starting to get REAL as I decide to take my selling on eBay hobby and turn it into a REAL BUSINESS. This was back in 1999 after spending 6-9 months selling items around the house and things I would purchase at thrift stores and...
Do you feel overwhelmed like there's too much to do and too little time to do it? Â You're not along. Â Every true entrepreneur feels the same way. Â The key is to harness this energy, focus your efforts, build a plan and execute towards your goals...
THE FASTER YOU LEARN THE FASTER YOU REACH YOUR GOALS! Â This is true in life and also true in growing your eCommerce business. This is episode 4 for eCommerce Story Time with Brandon. Â In this episode I'll share with you a simple but effective tip on...
Welcome to episode 3 of eCommerce Story Time with Brandon Dupsky. Â To be honest, I'm having fun putting these together and hope you enjoy hearing them. Â My goal is to highlight key events along my eCommerce selling career that either entertain or educate you on...
I love watching Thrift Hunters on Spike TV. Brian and Jason are good guys who have been doing this for a very long time. They know their stuff and their years of experience shines through on the show. Give it a watch if you've never...
I often get asked when I'm going to write my book with my story of how I started and grew my eCommerce business over the years sharing the golden nuggets of valuable lessons I learned along the way.  I want to be totally honest with you.  Writing...
This just happened to me yesterday and I feel the NEED to share it with you. It was during one of my routine but never the same eCommerce coaching calls that I was explaining to a valuable client the difference between becoming an “Online Seller” or becoming...
Last week I attended and presented at the 3rd annual ICE Retailer conference in Atlanta, it’s a can’t miss event for me as I always learn great tips and strategies to help grow my eCommerce business. I also enjoy networking with my eCommerce friends where...
On eCommerce I talk a lot about freeing your time so you can focus on the bigger picture of your business analyzing reports, finding pockets of opportunities to exploit and making adjustments towards bigger profits. The truth is, freeing your time is only part of...
I often get asked what are the best decisions I made for my eCommerce business and one of my top answers is when I decided to outsource my warehousing activities to a 3rd party fulfillment service designed specifically for eCommerce sellers. Prior to starting my eCommerce...
Letter to Griff & Lee @ eBay Radio: I enjoyed my time on the eBay Radio show yesterday (April 29th, 2014) talking about better managing your time. I have to admit with a 10-11 minute segment I didn't manage my time well enough to answer Griff’s...
It’s the end of the quarter and one statistic I like to review each quarter is how well my website is doing at driving free traffic from natural search. If you have your Google Webmaster account setup correctly it’s a huge resource with tons of...
How's your eCommerce bundling strategy going? Are you maximizing the full profit potential when a customer buys from your website? First lets talk about cross-selling. Â There are 2 basic types of cross-selling strategies 1) similar products & 2) related products. Â Don't get them confused. Similar products are...
You might be surprised at the answer. Â Unless you're the only seller in the entire online universe selling that exact product, the person buying from you is most likely buying from YOU because of your information more so than because of the product you have...
Yesterday I decided to write a blog post about something that I DON'T sell. Â I then thought it was such a great idea to blog about it I also created a custom built FAQ page about this same topic. Â But...
Find it hard to concentrate on your business plan? Â Do you feel like the noise is coming from all directions? Â Are you spending your day thinking about how to do this and how to do that? Â To find yourself at the end of the day...
It's simple math really, the more moving parts you place into your eCommerce business the more complex things become and the more time required for you to manage everything. Â This isn't rocket science however I fear very few eCommerce sellers spend enough time understanding this...
If someone offered to instantly add $1,000,000 to your bank account or magically add 1,000,000 minutes to your life, which one would you choose? Do you have to think about it? Â Are you crunching the numbers? 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 365...
Do you remember when you sold that first item? Â What was it? How long ago? Do you remember how long it took you to figure everything out? Â Did you spend hours or possibly days figuring out how to setup your account, taking a photo, writing a...
