The Digital Commerce Daily

The Digital Commerce Daily — September 11, 2026

In this episode:

• Primark — the last major holdout against ecommerce — has reversed course and is launching UK home delivery, reshaping the competitive landscape for fast-fashion online.

• Amazon has struck a deal to place its DSP advertisers inside ChatGPT, making it the first major retail ad network to buy into the AI chatbot ad ecosystem at scale.

• New data shows beauty is overtaking fashion as the dominant category in European ecommerce, with major implications for where brands and platforms invest next.

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 — September 10, 2026

In this episode:

• New ECDB data confirms Bol is pulling further ahead of Amazon in the Dutch market — directly relevant context given Kaufland.nl just went live this week.

• The FTC is accusing Amazon of deceptive ad auction practices — and the case is forcing ecommerce advertisers to confront how little they actually know about where their sponsored product budgets go.

• Vinted is building out its own last-mile logistics infrastructure across Europe, and the Netherlands expansion signals the platform is moving well beyond peer-to-peer fashion into full-stack ecommerce.

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 — September 09, 2026

In this episode:

• Lidl's sister chain Kaufland has launched a live Dutch marketplace with 9 million products, directly taking on Bol and Amazon in one of Europe's most competitive ecommerce markets.

• Wolt's latest data reveals that non-food retail now accounts for more than a quarter of orders on its rapid-delivery platform across 30 European countries — a structural shift that redefines what quick commerce actually is.

• As retail media networks multiply across Europe, a new analysis finds they are becoming indistinguishable from one another — creating a serious differentiation problem for both networks and the brands spending on them.

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 — September 08, 2026

In this episode:

• TikTok Shop is quietly building a pan-European commerce infrastructure, letting sellers from eight EU countries now reach UK buyers and vice versa — a structural shift for cross-border ecommerce.

• A Sistrix study reveals Germany's leading online retailers have lost nearly a fifth of their organic search visibility as Google AI Overviews reshape the DACH ecommerce search landscape.

• New data shows the vast majority of influencer posts promoting products still lack proper disclosure — a compliance and brand risk that ecommerce teams running affiliate or creator programs can no longer ignore.

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 — September 07, 2026

In this episode:

• A new analysis maps out which players — from Amazon to ChatGPT to on-site tools — are winning the battle to become shoppers' default AI buying interface.

• David's Bridal's deployment of Forter's fraud-prevention platform delivers a near-perfect transaction approval rate — and reframes fraud tools as a revenue driver, not just a cost centre.

• DTC pet tech brand Halo Collar is using incrementality testing and first-party data to bridge the gap between performance marketing and retail expansion — a playbook other scaling DTC brands can learn from.

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 — September 06, 2026

In this episode:

• Amazon is quietly turning Alexa into a proactive AI shopping agent — and it signals a major shift in how consumers will discover and buy products.

• Google escapes a forced breakup of its ad tech stack — a ruling with immediate consequences for every ecommerce advertiser buying programmatic display and Shopping inventory.

• Clearco's revenue-based financing model is having a quiet renaissance as DTC brands get shut out of traditional funding — and it reveals how ecommerce capital is being restructured in 2026.

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 — September 05, 2026

In this episode:

• Sephora is launching a dedicated 'Drop Shop' experience on TikTok Shop, turning product launches into monetised live commerce events — a major signal that prestige beauty is fully committing to social commerce.

• OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT advertising globally and building a full ad stack — making it the most significant new entrant to the performance marketing landscape since TikTok.

• Compare Group — one of Europe's largest price comparison operators — is launching in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Austria simultaneously, reshaping the price discovery landscape for ecommerce sellers across southern and central 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 — September 04, 2026

In this episode:

• Ace Hardware's RedVest Media network is adding weather-triggered programmatic ads — a concrete signal that second-tier retail media networks are racing to out-innovate Amazon with contextual relevance.

• Barilla's acquisition of DTC-native Goodles is the latest proof that legacy CPG giants are buying their way into direct commerce and Gen Z relevance rather than building it.

• New data from Digital Commerce 360 maps which AI platforms are actually driving measurable referral traffic to online retailers — and the rankings are shifting fast enough to matter for every brand's acquisition strategy.

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 — September 03, 2026

In this episode:

• Shein's stock market debut flopped on day one — shares fell 9% — and the reasons why matter deeply for every brand competing in fast fashion ecommerce.

• European fashion industry groups are pushing to quadruple the new customs duty on ultra-low-cost parcels from Shein and Temu, arguing the current 3-euro charge doesn't come close to levelling the playing field.

• Beauty Pie just replatformed to Shopify ahead of international expansion — and its move toward physical retail signals a broader strategic pivot for DTC subscription brands that built their entire model online.

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 — September 02, 2026

In this episode:

• Kohl's is a live case study in how AI-powered on-site tools can grow digital revenue even when a retailer's total sales are falling — a tension every ecommerce operator needs to understand heading into BFCM.

• A new survey of German retailers reveals a stark contradiction at the heart of European ecommerce: revenue expectations are rising but profit margins are shrinking, driven by shifting payment preferences and rising processing costs.

• Snapchat is rolling out its simplified mobile measurement offering globally, making a direct play for ecommerce ad budgets by reducing the attribution complexity that has kept many performance marketers on the sidelines.

Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.

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