Some Shopify users have spotted a ‘search for anything’ test that lets them search all merchants for products based on keywords or previous purchases. It would be a huge change for Shopify, which until now has given merchants isolated stores of their own. The company previously said it wouldn’t move in the multi-merchant marketplace direction but stuff happens.
TikTok’s on-again, off-again romance with ecommerce is warming up for the holiday season. The company has reportedly begun to test of an in-app purchase feature called TikTok Shop with selected U.S. partners. Previous tests ran in the U.K. and Southeast Asia.
AnyMind Group, a Singapore-based end-to-end commerce enablement company, announced that the Tokyo Stock Exchange has approved the initial listing of the Company’s shares on the growth market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.