The Digital Commerce Daily — July 22, 2026

In this episode:

• Amazon's own Seller Growth Summit became the backdrop for a seller revolt, with the Million Dollar Sellers group publicly challenging the platform's fee structures and policies.

• Allegro's 13.7% GMV growth in Q2 makes it one of the fastest-growing large marketplaces in Europe, at a time when most Western platforms are reporting single-digit gains.

• New research from Savvy unpacks the psychological mechanics behind why Gen Z converts on TikTok Shop at rates that traditional ecommerce channels struggle to match.

Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.

Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 21, 2026

In this episode:

• Reformation's IPO push is the most significant DTC brand public market test of 2026, signalling whether sustainable fashion can command a billion-dollar valuation.

• Germany's H1 2026 ecommerce data gives us the clearest read yet on whether Europe's largest market is returning to meaningful growth after two years of stagnation.

• The Dutch Consumer Association is taking direct legal action against both Bol and Amazon over fake discount practices, which could trigger platform-wide pricing rule changes across Europe.

Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.

Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 20, 2026

In this episode:

• Google is giving ecommerce advertisers something they've been demanding for years: granular product-level reporting across every channel inside Performance Max.

• European payments fintech Mollie is deploying €350 million to deepen its grip on the SME ecommerce market across Europe, at exactly the moment the checkout layer is becoming a commerce platform battleground.

• AI is now enabling a new wave of ecommerce return fraud — fraudsters can generate convincing fake product damage images at scale, and most merchant returns policies aren't built to catch it.

Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.

Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 19, 2026

In this episode:

• A forensic breakdown of how Meta, Google, and other ad platforms each measure conversions differently — and why that gap is costing ecommerce advertisers real money.

• GameStop is now live on Uber Eats for on-demand delivery of consoles and games — a survival pivot that tells you everything about where distressed physical retailers are being forced to look for volume.

• Liquid I.V. hit No. 2 on Amazon's Prime Day best-sellers list for the fourth consecutive year — concrete proof that a Unilever-owned DTC brand can dominate marketplace commerce without losing its identity.

Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.

Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 18, 2026

In this episode:

• Amazon is embedding its pharmacy directly into the point of prescription, turning healthcare providers into an upstream commerce channel.

• New data from over 10,000 creator storefronts exposes a structural conversion gap between influencer-driven traffic and the landing pages brands send them to.

• The EU's ban on destroying unsold fashion inventory kicks in this weekend, forcing large ecommerce and fashion brands to fundamentally rethink returns, overstock, and fulfilment strategies.

Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.

Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 17, 2026

In this episode:

• TikTok Shop is rolling out AI-generated shopping videos — and both brands and creators are pushing back hard.

• New data shows European retail media is outpacing overall digital ad growth by a factor of nearly two-to-one, cementing it as the continent's fastest-growing ad channel.

• Uber's €13 billion acquisition of Delivery Hero dramatically reshapes the European quick-commerce and delivery landscape — with major implications for brands advertising on delivery platforms.

Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.

Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 16, 2026

In this episode:

• A $53 billion bid to merge Stripe and PayPal would create the dominant payments infrastructure layer underneath virtually all of western ecommerce.

• Kristi Argyilan — the executive who literally built Target's Roundel retail media network — is now at The Trade Desk, signalling a serious push into retail media from the buy-side's most powerful independent DSP.

• UK ecommerce parcel volumes were flat in Q2 2026, but the data reveals a deliberate consumer shift toward high-value, considered purchases — with real implications for how brands should allocate ad spend by category.

Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.

Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 15, 2026

In this episode:

• British subscription beauty brand Beauty Pie has migrated its entire ecommerce operation to Shopify as it gears up for its next growth phase — a real-world signal of how DTC brands are consolidating on fewer, more powerful platforms.

• Tractor Supply is joining the Instacart Marketplace to offer one-hour delivery across the US — a move that extends rapid delivery into a product category most people assumed would never need it.

• Sky's proposed acquisition of ITV's media business could reshape the UK retail media landscape by creating a dominant CTV advertising player that retailers and ecommerce brands would have no choice but to engage with.

Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.

Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 14, 2026

In this episode:

• PayPal Ads is making a structural case that its cross-merchant transaction data gives it a retail media signal no single retailer can replicate.

• A data breach at Lidl's Benelux ecommerce operation is a sharp reminder that grocery retailers expanding online carry cybersecurity exposure that pure-play digital brands have long had to manage.

• A K-beauty brand is ditching the traditional awareness-to-conversion funnel in favour of a single-moment commerce strategy built for how US shoppers actually discover and buy beauty products today.

Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.

Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 13, 2026

Your 8-minute briefing on ecommerce, social commerce, and digital marketing.

In today's episode:

• Conagra Brands appointing WPP's Barrows as its dedicated commerce marketing agency signals that major CPG players are treating commerce as a distinct discipline requiring specialist infrastructure.

• New research shows advertisers are comfortable using AI in social and retail media but are pumping the brakes on AI for influencer and CTV — revealing a confidence gap that directly shapes where ecommerce budgets flow.

• A $100 million investment thesis built entirely around founder-led creator agencies is a direct bet that the creator economy's next phase is consolidation — and that social commerce will be the primary revenue engine justifying those valuations.

Hosted by Marco and Klara.