☕ Your Ecommerce Coffee Break (Issue 180)

👋 It’s Tuesday! Big changes are happening in ecommerce — U.S. tariffs are rising, Walmart is using ChatGPT for shopping, and Google and Instagram are adding new ad tools. See how these updates could affect your store and sales.

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 Small Sellers Can Compete With Giants

• 🚀 Hands-on help growing your store

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📰 WHAT’S HAPPENING

📈 General Ecommerce News

• Chinese exporters to 'give up' on US [read more]

• U.S. Tariffs Cross $100B — Retailers Take the Hit [read more]

• Walmart is now partnering with OpenAI [read more]

• Amazon & Walmart Remove Millions of Chinese Electronics [read more]

🛒 Platforms & Marketplaces

• Finally: Shopify Introduced 2,048 Product Variants [read more]

• Amazon Fees Going Up (Again) [read more]

• Etsy Gives Sellers Free Onsite Ads Boost [read more]

• Google Merchant Center adds support for product subscriptions [read more]

📱Social Media & Advertising

• Creator Marketing 101: Building a Creator Marketing Strategy [read more]

• Instagram is testing skippable ads in Reels [read more]

• Google expands AI Overview ads globally [read more]

• Twitch is launching a live-shopping feature [read more]

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🎙️ ECOMMERCE COFFEE BREAK PODCAST

How Small Sellers Can Compete With Giants

In this episode, we dive into data-driven strategies that help small sellers spot winners, optimize listings, and scale their e-commerce business without wasting time.

Nahar Geva, Founder and CEO of ZIK Analytics, explains why shifting your mindset and embracing data is key to beating big brands.

He shares his story of founding ZIK Analytics from a personal need for automation and provides a masterclass on using competitor and product research to find unique selling opportunities.

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🚀 GET HANDS-ON HELP GROWING YOUR STORE!

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✅ Bi-weekly 45-minute live group coaching calls with Q&A and hot seats (Wednesdays, 8 PM EST)
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✅ Conversion checklists, templates & training

💡 Goal: Make your first 10 sales or $1,000 faster — with personal feedback and accountability.

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