Platform, fulfilment and payment changes for online sellers.
Edition for 2026-09-16 (America/Denver). Every item is dated from its source, and anything that has aged out of the news window stays in the archive instead.
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Shopify's admin will roll out a new look progressively to merchants starting September 15, 2026, moving search, notifications, and the store picker to a collapsible side navigation and turning Sidekick into a floating chat.
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Rugs Direct has launched Ask Cleo, an on-site AI-powered conversational assistant that handles site search and product detail page support, and says it is driving increases in key…
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Shopify now supports multiple barcodes per product variant through a new barcodes connection, and the product and variant search filters now match any barcode on a variant.
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FedEx has launched Global Trade Navigator, a set of digital trade tools for cross-border ecommerce. The carrier says the tools let businesses look up tariff codes, estimate costs…
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Humboldt Merchant Services will pay $12 million and be permanently barred from processing payments for merchants with a heightened risk of potential fraud, under a proposed order settling…
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