The Digital Commerce Daily — June 27, 2026
Your 8-minute briefing on ecommerce, social commerce, and digital marketing.
In today's episode:
• Google is giving Standard Shopping campaigns a bidding upgrade that was previously only available in Performance Max — a meaningful shift in control for advertisers who deliberately avoided PMax.
• Germany's financial regulator is now scrutinising Zalando's accounting practices after its About You takeover — adding regulatory risk to Europe's most dominant fashion marketplace at a pivotal growth moment.
• A new cross-market report on Europe's five biggest ecommerce countries projects that AI is shifting from a discovery tool to an active purchasing agent — with online revenues forecast to keep climbing to 2029.
Fun fact: Shopify's checkout is so heavily optimized that the company has publicly stated its single-page checkout outperforms competitors by converting at rates up to 36% higher — yet for years, Shopify merchants couldn't actually customize that checkout without being on Shopify Plus, which costs a minimum of $2,500 per month. Thousands of brands were essentially locked out of the highest-converting real estate on their own store.
Hosted by Marco and Klara.
What is The Digital Commerce Daily?
Your 8-minute briefing on the platforms, players, and profits driving digital commerce today. Hosted by Marco and Klara.