Amazon tightens Seller Fulfilled Prime speed rules starting July 6
Amazon raises Seller Fulfilled Prime delivery speed thresholds from July 6, 2026, and introduces a zip-code-level delivery promise tool launching in September 2026.
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The latest news about retail ads. Retail media ads are digital ads that are placed on retailer websites and apps. They are typically displayed on search results pages, product detail pages, and category pages. Retail media ads can be used to promote products and services from both the retailer itself and other brands.
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Australia bans baby bottle self-feeding devices over choking deaths risk
Australia's ACCC today enacted a permanent ban on baby bottle self-feeding devices, citing choking, suffocation and aspiration risks that can kill infants.
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Amazon Ads built a $56bn empire - but forgot the shopper
A shopper expert argues Amazon Ads has drifted from customer obsession, raising questions about claimless sponsored ads, opaque badges, and ghost brand pages.
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8 Google Merchant Center attributes your feed needs for AI Mode
Google flags 8 Merchant Center feed attributes for AI Mode and AI Overviews - what each does, its character limits, and the formatting errors that break data.
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Google's GML EMEA show: what marketers must know about the Gemini pivot
Google used its GML EMEA 2026 show to promote AI Max, Universal Cart, Ask Advisor and Meridian, asking advertisers to give campaign execution over to Gemini.
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Only 26 sites have implemented UCP - and the big names aren't among them
A new Originality.ai study scanning over 3 million websites finds just 26 public UCP implementations, raising questions about agentic commerce readiness.
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Google still leads shopping searches as AI falls short at 7%
A Smarty Marketing survey of 1,295 US consumers finds Google holds 56.68% of shopping search starts in 2026, with ChatGPT at just 7.26% and Amazon at 28.96%.
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Google's Universal Cart may quietly kill coupon and deal sites
Launched at Google I/O on May 19, Universal Cart tracks price drops and automatically surfaces deals - putting coupon and deal aggregator sites at real risk.
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Google expands UCP to hotels, food delivery, and three new countries
Google today expanded UCP to hotel booking, food delivery, Canada, Australia and the UK, adding Affirm, Klarna, and multi-item cart support to agentic checkout.
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Google's Universal Cart wants to follow you everywhere you shop
Google launched Universal Cart at Google I/O 2026, a cross-merchant, Gemini-powered shopping hub spanning Search, YouTube, Gmail, and the Gemini app in the U.S.
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Amazon's business credit cards ditch Amex for U.S. Bank - with a twist
Amazon replaced its Amex business cards with new U.S. Bank and Mastercard products featuring dynamic rewards, 0% APR installments, and no annual fee whatsoever.
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Stripe's Collison: keyword search is 'ridiculous' as AI agents rise
Stripe president John Collison told Bloomberg's Odd Lots that agentic commerce will reduce friction and called keyword search "ridiculous" as new business creation surged.
