⭐ October 2 – Your Ecommerce Coffee Break Newsletter (Issue 175)

👋 Happy Thursday! Here’s your latest ecom news roundup: See which holiday shoppers are cutting spend, how Gen Alpha is shaping a $5.4T economy, what Amazon’s FBA fee cut means for sellers, and how ChatGPT and Meta are changing buying and ad behavior.

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In Today’s Edition:

• Today’s Headlines Handpicked For You!

• 🎧 On the Pod: AI Agents Explained: The Future Of Customer Experience

• Shopify Stores: Get Found on ChatGPT and other AIs

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📰 WHAT’S HAPPENING

📈 General Ecommerce News

• More than a quarter of consumers plan to cut holiday spending [read more]

• Gen Alpha’s $5.46T Economy, Explained [read more]

• Ecommerce in Europe Grows 7 Percent [read more]

• They Swapped Online for a Catalog [read more]

🛒 Platforms & Marketplaces

• Amazon Drops FBA Fees — Biggest Cut in Years [read more]

• What’s New at Shopify? [read more]

• ChatGPT lets shoppers buy products within the platform [read more]

• Amazon Ads: Scale Globally, Advertise Locally [read more]

📱Social Media & Advertising

• How to market to a highly technical audience [read more]

• PPC Competitor Analysis: Finding Opportunities [read more]

• Meta will use your AI chats for targeted ads [read more]

• Google’s Spam Updates, Explained [read more]

🎙️ ECOMMERCE COFFEE BREAK PODCAST

AI Agents Explained: The Future Of Customer Experience

In this episode, we dive into how AI agents are changing customer support (CX) and operations for DTC brands.

Dom Steil, CEO and Founder of StateSet, shares how his platform automates complex tasks like warranty replacements and subscription changes while keeping a personal touch.

He explains the difference between AI agents and chatbots, how to maintain data safety and security, and why brands in hyper-scaling mode should adopt this technology to handle increased ticket volume.

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