In today's episode, John unpacks a busy day across the eCommerce landscape, from a major Hyvä performance release that eliminates layout shift on product pages to a startling Semrush study revealing just how unstable brand visibility is inside ChatGPT's reasoning modes. Plus, Shopify restructures how merchants manage international shipping, Google expands AI's role in both organic and paid search, and Dick's Sporting Goods makes its bet on paid loyalty. Whether you're a merchant, a marketer, or an agency leader, this episode is packed with insights you can act on today.

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• Shopify introduces market-driven shipping with October 2026 rollout

• Semrush study: 74.4% of ChatGPT brand citations change between reasoning modes

• GraphRAG and what entity-first retrieval means for eCommerce SEO

• Google adds Channel Diagnostics to Performance Max campaigns

• Google tests AI-generated summaries beneath Search ads

• Dick's Sporting Goods launches $99/year ScoreCard+ paid loyalty tier

• Nike's Q4: "kernels of progress" but revenues still falling
  

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