The Digital Commerce Daily — June 08, 2026

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 04, 2026

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 04, 2026 Your 8-minute briefing on ecommerce, social commerce, and digital marketing. In today's episode: • TikTok Shop is forcing major food and beverage companies to rethink product innovation cycles in real time — not just their marketing. • Nectar360 becoming the first UK retail media network to earn IAB Europe certification signals that measurement standardisation is finally arriving — and it will reshape how brands allocate retail media budgets. • Amazon crossing one million cargo bike deliveries in Belgium is a concrete European logistics milestone that signals how the company is building last-mile infrastructure to outpace local rivals on speed and sustainability. Hosted by Marco and Klara.

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 03, 2026

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 03, 2026 Your 8-minute briefing on ecommerce, social commerce, and digital marketing. In today's episode: • Amazon is raising the bar for self-fulfilling sellers in Germany, squeezing out merchants who can't meet tighter shipping standards — and it signals a broader marketplace quality push. • Google Ads CPCs are up 15% year-on-year — a concrete data point that reframes every conversation about paid search ROI heading into H2. • The EU's new €3-per-category parcel tax on non-EU packages only just took effect on July 1 — and Chinese platforms are already routing around it. Hosted by Marco and Klara.

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 02, 2026

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 02, 2026 Your 8-minute briefing on ecommerce, social commerce, and digital marketing. In today's episode: • Real brand case studies reveal how TikTok Shop is becoming the primary cross-border expansion vehicle for DTC brands entering the UK, Europe, and Japan. • Square integrating with ChatGPT and Claude means AI agents can now browse inventory, place orders, and process payments — bringing agentic commerce to millions of small and mid-sized merchants overnight. • Shopee and Meta teaming up on Instagram Affiliates is a significant social commerce power move that brings Southeast Asia's dominant marketplace model directly into Western Instagram feeds. Hosted by Marco and Klara.

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 01, 2026

The Digital Commerce Daily — July 01, 2026 Your 8-minute briefing on ecommerce, social commerce, and digital marketing. In today's episode: • Microsoft Ads is rolling out new Performance Max experiment types, giving ecommerce advertisers a rare ability to scientifically test automated campaigns against their existing setups — a meaningful capability gap Google hasn't closed. • The German government has cleared JD.com to acquire Ceconomy — owner of MediaMarkt and Saturn — handing China's second-largest ecommerce player a physical and digital retail footprint across Europe's biggest consumer electronics market. • New PSE Consulting research reveals a split consumer behaviour emerging: shoppers are willing to let AI find the product, but they still default to Amazon, Zalando, or established marketplaces to actually hand over their money. Hosted by Marco and Klara.

The Digital Commerce Daily — June 30, 2026

The Digital Commerce Daily — June 30, 2026 Your 8-minute briefing on ecommerce, social commerce, and digital marketing. In today's episode: • John Lewis and Waitrose are building a fully independent on-site retail media stack with Kevel — a significant move that signals UK department store retail media is finally getting serious infrastructure. • Amazon has rolled out its AI-powered Seller Assistant inside Seller Central in Germany, giving cross-border merchants a new tool to navigate one of Europe's most complex ecommerce markets. • Newegg's launch of a conversational AI shopping assistant on its ecommerce site is a real-world test of whether AI-guided discovery can actually convert in a high-consideration, spec-heavy product category. Hosted by Marco and Klara.