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An ecommerce site is a business. Our Management & Finance category addresses online payments, funding needs, employee issues, merchant profiles, key metrics, multichannel and omnichannel strategies, cross-border analyses, inventory management, accounting topics, sales taxes, and much more.
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Cross-border Selling
E.U. Product Safety Laws Reach Sellers
May 19, 2026 • Beata Twardowska
The revised General Product Safety Regulation applies to all merchants selling into the E.U., including those based in the U.S.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
A Preview of Agentic Marketplaces
May 17, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Anthropic's recent "Project Deal" experiment demonstrated that AI agents could buy and sell in a narrowly focused marketplace.
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Business
Chord Commerce CEO on Pivoting to Data
May 15, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Bryan Mahoney's company initially offered a "headless" ecommerce platform, but merchants wanted only the data component.
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Inventory
AI Reshapes Print-on-Demand Ecommerce
May 14, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Successful POD businesses will combine strong merchandising, structured product data, and patient customer acquisition.
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Shipping & Fulfillment
Ecommerce May Not Save the USPS
May 10, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Only the USPS must deliver to every U.S. household six days a week — not FedEx, UPS, Amazon, or others.
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Business
Inside Beardbrand’s Expansion Plan
May 8, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Beardbrand has hit a plateau. Revenue is down, the market has shifted, yet its founder resets for growth.
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Cross-border Selling
Viahart Founder Eyes Sales in China
May 1, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Molson Hart's contrarian approach envisions long-term success in China.
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Business
Surviving D2C’s Boom and Bust
April 24, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Chris Wichert's luxury shoe brand launched in 2015 and quickly scaled. Then the pandemic hit.
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B2B
B2B Ecommerce Powers Africa Retail
April 21, 2026 • Wisdom Dabit
In much of Africa, consumer retail revolves around physical mom-and-pop shops, kiosks, and market stalls.
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Finance
Iris Founder Talks AI-Powered Finance
April 17, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Drew Fallon's platform forecasts profitability, cash flow, inventory, and more — anything a CFO would do, he says.
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Shipping & Fulfillment
Who Delivers Your Orders Matters
April 16, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Delivery is increasingly part of the brand experience, much more than fulfillment alone.
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Cross-border Selling
Big Difference in E.U., U.S. Return Rules
April 14, 2026 • Beata Twardowska
A single global returns policy creates either compliance risk in the E.U. or unnecessary costs in the U.S.
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Local Business
‘Ask Maps’ Elevates Local Merchants
April 12, 2026 • Ann Smarty
Google Maps latest AI-driven feature is an opportunity for local businesses to elevate visibility.
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Business
EcomFuel Founder on 2026 Industry Trends
April 10, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Andrew Youderian recaps his company's annual trends report, addressing the state of ecommerce among 300 participating businesses.
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Cross-border Selling
Digital Goods Could Now Face Tariffs
April 9, 2026 • Armando Roggio
In its March conference, the World Trade Organization's member nations did not extend the longstanding tariff moratorium on “electronic transmissions.”
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Business
My Ideal Second Business
April 3, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
What's an attractive second company, one that would enhance my life without creating stress and headaches?
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Cross-border Selling
Smarter Ecommerce Delivery in Africa
March 31, 2026 • Wisdom Dabit
Modern tech stacks help avoid delivery failures from landmark-based addresses and consumers' pay-on-receipt habits.
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Cross-border Selling
How Foreign Brands Test the U.S. Market
March 24, 2026 • Oksana Tsvigun
Before spending big money, test the demand in two ways.
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Shipping & Fulfillment
USPS Losses Threaten Ecommerce Shipping
March 22, 2026 • Armando Roggio
What if the USPS, a key last-mile delivery provider, becomes slower, pricier, or unreliable?
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Amazon & Marketplaces
E.U. Law Tightens Marketplace Selling
March 17, 2026 • Beata Twardowska
Verification and transparency are becoming routine for marketplace sellers in the E.U.
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Inventory
Launch Your Own Private-Label Brand
March 15, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Private-label brands remove one or more layers of intermediaries from the supply chain.
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Business
How Vessi Sells Waterproof Shoes
March 13, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Director of ecommerce Ray Hua shares the challenges of targeting the right audience, cross-border selling, diversifying, and more.
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Fraud Prevention
Why OpenAI Acquired Promptfoo
March 12, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Acquisitions by OpenAI and Meta foretell an agent-driven world with evolving security risks.
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Business
From Teacher to Fashion Brand Founder
March 6, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
In 2019 Nasrin Jafari was a middle school teacher in New York City. "I had no idea how to make clothes," she says.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Seller Central AI Remakes Data Analysis
March 5, 2026 • Armando Roggio
The new "dynamic canvas experience" hints at a broader shift from reporting to conversational business intelligence.
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Cross-border Selling
Payment Friction Wins in Africa
March 3, 2026 • Wisdom Dabit
In Africa, providing payment details online is a leap of faith. Consumers need proof of the product and company.
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Cross-border Selling
Low-Value Imports Upend E.U. Ecommerce
February 17, 2026 • Beata Twardowska
The surge in imports valued at €150 or less is reshaping the region's online retailing.
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Business
Ecomm Cowboy Talks AI and Underdogs
February 13, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Chris Hall's "Ecomm Cowboy" broadcasts live shows Monday through Friday. AI tools, he says, empower one-person brands, the underdogs.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Why Marketplaces Block AI Shopping Agents
January 29, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Autonomous AI shopping agents threaten the role of marketplaces in product discovery, advertising, and transactions.
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Cross-border Selling
How Ecommerce Succeeds in Africa
January 27, 2026 • Wisdom Dabit
Local companies are offering innovative solutions to complex logistics challenges.
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