While 14,000 people lost their jobs, others doubled down. Here’s how to keep moving, hire smarter, and let Amazon’s new AI help customers choose you.
23% of sellers quit this year. The rest are building empires, even when they’re exhausted. Read this before you think about slowing down.
From APOE breakdowns to game-changing events — here’s what’s shaking up ecom this week.*
From a runaway horse to ChatGPT Shopping—this issue is late for a reason, and packed with what matters now.
Why sellers fail their launches, how robots.txt can drive free traffic, and why the products of 2026 will be problem-solvers, not “nice-to-haves.”
From positioning tricks to AI-powered shortcuts, this issue is packed with ways to outsmart your competition.
Fighting Seller Support, learning from Norm at a cigar bar, and why COSRX proved listening (and influencers) can build an empire.
I’m spilling the stats, the savagery, and the secret to building a product that actually dominates
From startups failing in 120 days to fraud eating $48B, ecommerce in 2025 is a knife fight. Here’s how to stop whining, start living, and use AI to actually win.
From turning into a human tomato at BDSS12, to why consumables beat tariffs, to finding products by solving smelly teenager problems—we’re raising the bar this week.
The genius trap: why visionaries often fail at execution—and how to avoid being one of them.
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