☕ Your Ecommerce Coffee Break (Issue 197)

👋 Happy Thursday! Here’s your latest ecom news roundup: Holiday buying habits shift, secondhand gifting surges, Shopify launches ads, and 2026 predictions to grow your brand smarter.

Grab your coffee—skim in 60 sec or read in 3 minutes.

In Today’s Edition:

📰 Top Headlines: News, Marketplaces, and Platform updates
🎧 On the Pod: How To Start A Profitable Ecommerce Business In 2026
🗨️ Claus’s Note: Thank you. And happy holidays.

Feedback? Hit me up at [email protected] — I love hearing from my readers.

📰 WHAT’S HAPPENING

📈 General Ecommerce News

• Ecommerce Trends: 5 holiday shopping shifts [read more]

• Secondhand gifting goes mainstream [read more]

• Predictions 2026: B2C Marketing [read more]

🛒 Platforms & Marketplaces

• Shopify rolls out advertising network for merchants [read more]

• Temu launches an app for Shopify merchants [read more]

• TikTok restructured its e-commerce product [read more]

📱Social Media & Advertising

• TikTok Live Shopping Catches on in US [read more]

• Instagram is launching a Reels app for TV [read more]

• Threads ads communities feature [read more]

🎙️ ECOMMERCE COFFEE BREAK PODCAST

How To Start A Profitable Ecommerce Business In 2026

In this episode, we discuss how to start a profitable e-commerce business in 2026 without wasting money or burning yourself out.

Ben Knegendorf, Co-Founder at dropshipbreakthru.com, shares why most new sellers fail early, what makes high-ticket dropshipping safer and more profitable, and the essential steps to take in your first 30 days.

🎧 Listen on: [Website] [Apple Podcasts] [Spotify] [YouTube]

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🗨️ CLAUS’S NOTE

Thank you. And happy holidays.

This is the final issue of Ecommerce Coffee Break for 2025.

Before I hit pause, I want to say one thing.

Thank you.

This year was big. Bigger than I ever expected.

Here are a few numbers I’m proud of:

• 100 newsletter issues published

• 100 podcast episodes released

• 355,394 podcast listeners

• 360,000 newsletters opened

• 145,000 words written

That only happens because you keep showing up.

You read.
You listen.
You reply.
You share kind notes.

That means everything to me.

I’ll be taking a few days off over the holidays.
A short reset.
More coffee.
Less screen time.

But I’m not slowing down.

Half of January’s podcast episodes are already recorded. And yes, I can promise some very interesting guests.

The next newsletter will land in your inbox on January 6, 2026.
Fresh news.
New ideas.
More honest conversations.

Until then, I wish you calm days, good food, and time with people who matter.

Thank you for being a valued reader and listener. You truly mean the world to me.

And as always—

Reach out anytime.

Claus ☕

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