☕ Your Ecommerce Coffee Break (Issue 183)

👋 It’s Thursday, and here’s your second ecom news summary of the week: Cyber Week could snag 17% of holiday sales — time to prep your store. PayPal hits ChatGPT, Google’s AI gets creative, and your next Black Friday win starts here.

Grab your coffee—this is a 1-min skim or a 3-min read to make you a smarter online seller.

In Today’s Edition:

📰 Top Headlines: Marketplaces, AI trends, and platform updates
🎧 On the Pod: Black Friday Marketing Tips
🛒 Level up your ecommerce game — together
🗨️ Ecom Quote of the day

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📰 WHAT’S HAPPENING

📈 General Ecommerce News

• Cyber Week to Drive 17% of Sales this Season [read more]

• Retailers Worry About Tariffs During Shutdown and Holiday Season [read more]

• PayPal to become first payments wallet in ChatGPT [read more]

• Retailers Use AI to Study AI for Shopper Attention [read more]

🛒 Platforms & Marketplaces

• Amazon brings shoppable ads to Twitch [read more]

• What’s New at Shopify [read more]

• Walmart debuts 2 Black Friday events [read more]

• TikTok Shop Strategy [read more]

📱Social Media & Advertising

• ChatGPT Atlas browser could drain ad budgets [read more]

• Pinterest give users more control over GenAI content [read more]

• Google Ads will automatically turn image ads into videos [read more]

• Google Unveils Pomelli: AI for On-Brand Content [read more]

🎙️ ECOMMERCE COFFEE BREAK PODCAST

Black Friday Marketing Tips

In this episode, we dive into how to run the best promotions for Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM).

Nathan Ho, Product Manager of EasyGift, shares his experience and advice on structuring promotions, using tiered spending to increase average order value, and the power of free gifts.

He also discusses different marketing strategies like scheduled rules and audience targeting to maximize sales during the busiest shopping days.

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🗨️ ECOM QUOTE OF THE DAY

If people aren't buying, it’s not a traffic issue. It's a trust issue.

🛒 LEVEL UP YOUR ECOMMERCE GAME — TOGETHER

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☕ Expert discussions on what’s working now in ecommerce
📰 Handpicked ecommerce news updates that actually matter — curated for busy founders
⚙️ Practical tips to boost traffic, conversion, and retention
🎯 Real talk — no fluff, no pitch, just value

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