Marketing tech
fromFast Company
1 hour agoIn the age of AI agents, your customer may still buy from you, but they may no longer visit you
The rise of AI agents is shifting customer interactions away from traditional company-controlled interfaces.
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fromDigiday
6 hours agoAldi hires Instacart to power its U.S. website instead of developing it in-house
"This was a natural next step in a relationship that's already delivering for our customers," Aldi COO Dave Rinaldo said in an email. "Customers get a more seamless shopping experience while Aldi remains focused on what we do best - delivering high-quality groceries at the lowest possible prices."
E-Commerce
fromABC7 San Francisco
20 hours agoAmazon, UPS, FedEx, USPS add temporary fuel surcharges to offset extra costs
"Transportation costs are a big factor there. Every company that is involved and has logistics and they have to pay for gas, either they have to absorb this cost, or they will charge the third party that will provide this service. I'm not surprised this is happening, because at some point, Amazon will say we cannot absorb all this cost."
Alternative transportation
fromSilicon Canals
6 hours agoWhen militaries share data centers with banks: how Gulf strikes exposed a structural flaw in global cloud infrastructure - Silicon Canals
When civilian banks, logistics platforms, and payment processors share physical data center infrastructure with military AI systems, those facilities become legitimate military targets under international humanitarian law - and the civilian services housed inside lose their legal protection.
Information security
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European startups
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoQuick commerce has a $11.3B funding collapse and 40+ dead startups. Amazon is betting on it anyway. - Silicon Canals
Amazon launched a 30-minute delivery service in select U.S. locations, expanding its quick commerce offerings amid challenges in the retail landscape.
Science
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoSpaceX, Amazon, and Google want orbital data centers - four engineering barriers reveal who really benefits - Silicon Canals
Orbital data centers will concentrate AI infrastructure power among a few dominant companies, limiting access for smaller competitors and national regulators.
Marketing tech
fromSilicon Canals
21 hours agoAlibaba's AI tool cut one seller's costs by 85% - now the question is whether it becomes a marketplace gatekeeper - Silicon Canals
Accio has over 10 million users, transforming e-commerce sourcing by automating supplier research and product design, positioning Alibaba as a key gatekeeper.
fromSilicon Canals
22 hours agoDrone strikes on Gulf data centers reveal a $5 trillion infrastructure vulnerability no one planned for - Silicon Canals
The attacks forced a reckoning with one of the most consequential design flaws in global digital infrastructure: the concentration of military and civilian data on the same physical servers, in facilities that could become military targets the moment a conflict begins.
DevOps
fromArchitectural Digest
4 days agoI'm Done Sourcing So Much Online. Here's Why
The convenience of sourcing online is fraught with more pitfalls than most of us want to admit. Try finding adequate photos of a vintage piece's condition-close-ups of the fabric, video of damaged areas, any images of a piece's rear or underside!
UX design
Information security
fromSilicon Canals
13 hours agoA single maintainer, a fake company, and a three-hour window: inside the Axios supply chain hijack - Silicon Canals
A single maintainer's vulnerability led to a significant security breach in a widely used JavaScript library, exposing thousands of systems to potential credential theft.
Business intelligence
fromBusiness Matters
4 weeks agoBuilding a Successful Online Marketplace - Key Technology Decisions That Matter
Strategic technology decisions in marketplace development determine scalability, user experience, and regulatory compliance, with payment infrastructure, trust mechanisms, and seller verification being critical foundational elements.
fromSecuritymagazine
4 days agoWorld Cloud Security Day: Breaking Down the State of the Cloud Cybersecurity and Physical Security
"World Cloud Security Day is a useful reminder to recognize how much cloud risk now comes down to everyday access decisions and overlooked misconfigurations," says James Maude, Field CTO at BeyondTrust.
Information security
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Artificial intelligence
fromwww.customerexperiencedive.com
3 weeks agoE-commerce retailers plan hefty investments in agentic commerce, study finds
96% of enterprise e-commerce retailers have invested in AI capabilities, primarily for customer-facing applications like product discovery, chatbots, and personalized recommendations, with nearly half planning to invest $1 million or more in agentic commerce within 12 months.
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Information security
fromSecuritymagazine
2 weeks agoThreat Actors Target the Entire Retail Supply Chain
Threat actors exploit shared supply chain vulnerabilities between wholesalers and retailers, with over 70% of retailers and 60% of wholesalers having exposed credentials, enabling widespread initial access.
E-Commerce
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks agoAmazon expands a program that lets customers shop from other retailers' sites | TechCrunch
Amazon expands Shop Direct program to direct customers to third-party merchant websites through search results and AI assistant when products aren't available on Amazon's platform.
fromPractical Ecommerce
3 weeks agoNew Ecommerce Tools: March 11, 2026
Riskified, a platform for ecommerce fraud prevention, has expanded its AI agent intelligence tool, wherein Riskified retrieves associated risk indicators and resolves an identity programmatically. Riskified acts as a trust agent, providing real-time risk intelligence directly into the shopping experience.
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E-Commerce
fromSitePoint Forums | Web Development & Design Community
2 months agoHow to Choose Ecommerce Marketplace for your Online Business
Choosing between single-vendor and multi-vendor marketplaces balances control over operations and brand versus faster growth and greater product variety with added complexity.
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