Your Ecommerce Coffee Break Newsletter ⭐ (Issue 151)

👋 It’s Thursday, and here’s your second ecom news summary of the week: Prime Day kicked off with $7.9B in U.S. sales. AI shopping is heating up. Back-to-school spend is set to hit $33B. And Shopify saw a summer party boom as online deals start rivaling Black Friday.

Grab your coffee, it’s a 1-min skim or a 3-minute to make you a smarter online seller.

In Today’s Edition:

• Today’s Headlines Handpicked For You!

• 🎧 On the Pod: How AI Fixes Cart Abandonment Fast

• What is Recommerce?

👋 And as always, feel free to send feedback or just say hi: [email protected].

📰 WHAT’S HAPPENING

📈 General Ecommerce News

• $7.9B U.S. Sales on Prime Day 1 [read more]

• AI Shopping Is Taking Over [read more]

• Back-to-School Shopping Hits $33B [read more]

• Online Summer Sales to Double Black Friday [read more]

• Party Supply Sales Soared on Shopify [read more]

🛒 Platforms & Marketplaces

• Walmart released its 2025 Marketplace Seller Playbook [read more]

• OpenAI & Shopify add one click shopping [read more]

• How to Earn Amazon Badges in 2025 [read more]

• Amazon Suspends, Then Flags All Inventory [read more]

• Google introduced Offerwall [read more]

📱Social Media & Advertising

• Meta Pushes Ads via Messenger [read more]

• Meta: No More Six Ad Limit Per Ad Set [read more]

• Google, Microsoft Clarify Ad Bidding [read more]

• Google Ads Editor just dropped [read more]

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🎙️ ECOMMERCE COFFEE BREAK PODCAST

How AI Fixes Cart Abandonment Fast

In this episode, we explore cart abandonment - one of e-commerce's biggest challenges. With 89% of shoppers leaving without buying, this costly problem affects every online store.

Our guest Menachem Schechter, Head of BZ Marketing Agency and Co-founder of CartKeeper, shares how AI can help recover lost sales.

He explains the main reasons customers abandon their carts and demonstrates how smart AI assistants can answer questions in real-time, leading to 28-45% cart recovery rates across different industries.

🎧 Play Episode: [Website] [Apple Podcasts] [Spotify] [YouTube]

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💡 WHAT IS RECOMMERCE?

Recommerce is reshaping how we shop: The buying and selling of pre-owned, used, or refurbished goods online is surging. From clothing to electronics, it’s sustainable, wallet-friendly, and gaining momentum globally.

Why it matters: Recommerce extends the life of goods, slashes waste, and makes high-quality products more accessible. It’s a vital part of the circular economy, emphasizing reuse, recycling, and repurposing over single-use consumption.

Sustainability: Reduces environmental impact by cutting demand for new production and diverting items from landfills. Affordability: Offers significant savings, with used goods often priced 30-70% lower than new.

Variety: Spans diverse categories like fashion (ThredUp, Poshmark), electronics (Gazelle), furniture (Chairish), and more.

Business models: Includes peer-to-peer marketplaces, brand-led resale programs (Patagonia, Levi’s), and trade-in schemes (Apple, Amazon).

Consumer shift: 60% of shoppers now consider resale for eco-friendly and budget-conscious purchases, per recent studies.

The big picture: Recommerce is booming as consumers prioritize sustainability and value. Platforms like eBay, Depop, and Vinted are thriving, with the global secondhand market projected to hit $350 billion by 2027.

Why now: Rising awareness of climate change and economic pressures are driving demand for ethical shopping. Brands are jumping in, launching resale programs to stay competitive.

What to do: Explore recommerce platforms to shop smarter, save money, or sell unused items. Start with eBay for variety or ThredUp for curated fashion. Your wallet—and the planet—will thank you.

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