A mini-digest of news from the World of E-commerce. (10.11.25 - 17.11.25)
The e-commerce world barely gives us time to blink. New tools, bold experiments, and big moves are reshaping the industry in real time.
This week is a perfect snapshot of that momentum:
- Pinterest taps into search and shopping data to create holiday gift guides
- Ecommerce Trends: Which AI tools deliver the most value?
- Middle East consumers expect fast delivery, but half still worry about timeliness
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Pinterest has curated hundreds of holiday gift guides spanning 17 categories for its “Holiday Edit,” using input from celebrities, experts and its internal data. Categories include fashion, home, technology and beauty, among others.
Visa has outlined further steps in developing its AI-driven commerce infrastructure in Asia-Pacific, setting the stage for pilot programmes expected to begin in early 2026.
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With new survey results, the 2026 Leading Vendors report delves into not just which AI tools top online retailers using, but which AI-associated benefits shoppers value most.
In 2025, leading ecommerce technology vendors have baked artificial intelligence into a range of new AI tools that promise improvements to nearly every part of ecommerce websites and operations.
Alibaba.com is introducing a new layer of automation to global sourcing through agentic artificial intelligence (AI) as it reports sharp gains in European buying activity and supplier participation across its marketplace.
The latest Blue Yonder 2025 Global Consumer Holiday Shipping Survey shows that 54% of Middle East consumers expect a two-to-four-day delivery window.
Shoppers can enter details like age and interests to generate unique recommendations — just one of several tech updates during the season. The mass retailer also debuted a new “List Scanner” function, where customers can scan their handwritten lists within the Target app and add items into carts.
So far this year, global ecommerce-related startups have raised around $7.3 billion, according to Crunchbase.
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Dear Friends, I have a case sell in E-commerce: 1/ An FMCG company sells goods in 3 channels (GT, MT, E-commerce), each channel will have its own warehouse to store goods, at the same time the E-commerce channel operates continuously and non-stop. My question: If this company wants to do physical inventory, how do we do?. Thank you.
The common thread across all three trends is intent. Platforms, tools, and logistics are all racing to predict it more accurately.