Our yearly super-sized episode featuring an extended conversation with the gang about the biggest stories of the year as well as trends and predictions for 2020. 

- Alibaba Singles Day

- Mailchimp and Shopify break Up

- The Away.com Fiasco

- Subscription Boxes: Winners and Losers

- eCommerce and The Pharma Business

- Food Delivery and Ghost Kitchens

- Toys R Us is Reborn (again)

- That Peloton Ad

- Walmart's Cocaine Sweater

- Baby Yoda knockoffs

- Where are the Baby Yoda Toys?

Trends and Predictions

- Magento 1 Sundown

- Voice Commerce: Wil It Ever Take Off?

- D2C/Bricks and Clicks

- The Rise of Sustainable Brands

- The CBD/Weed Business

- Bitcoin as Payment

- Amazon Passes UPS and FedEx by 2022

- Social Commerce is Rising 

The eCommerce Minute will return for Season 4 with new episodes on January 8, 2020.

The rental-car service will allow customers to rent a vehicle directly from the Lyft app.

The Instant Gift Exchange program allows gift recipients to immediately browse a site and repurchase a preferred item before returning their original item. 

The Kroger Delivery Kitchen Powered by ClusterTruck will offer meals on-demand without any delivery or service fees. 

The feature will allow customers to set up their own medication reminders and request voice refills using their prescription information.

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Philadelphia-area shoppers can now reserve parking spots at the always crowded King of Prussia Mall. 

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The successful D2C brand will open temporary pop-up stores in select Nordstrom locations.

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Albertsons Companies is shifting the Plated platform from a subscription-based meal kit service to an in-store brand.

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eBay has agreed to sell its StubHub ticketing business to Swiss ticket reseller Viagogo Entertainment Inc. for $4.05 billion in cash.

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The new customer experience makes it easier and more convenient than ever to shop across eco-friendly brands. 

Zappos Goods for Goods

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