Brian Warmoth

1 day ago | digitalcommerce360.com | Brian Warmoth

It’s not every day that a company built on helping others to build ecommerce sites gets into ecommerce itself by acquiring a retailer — but that’s exactly what happened when Brilliance Business Solutions bought Norsland Lefse in 2024. Lori McDonald, the founder, president and CEO at Brilliance, knew what it was like to solve problems for clients. Adding a Scandinavian food products company and cafe to Brilliance’s portfolio, however, was new territory.

1 week ago | digitalcommerce360.com | Brian Warmoth

Online retail sales may have been up in March from a year earlier, but as consumers rushed to make purchases ahead of new tariffs, some price increases are already going into effect, with more on the way. Early signs can be seen in home furnishings, as well as small, low-priced shipments from China. Despite a 90-day pause dropping new tariffs for imports to the United States from other countries to 10%, President Donald Trump said he would allow higher tariffs on Chinese imports to stand.

1 week ago | digitalcommerce360.com | Brian Warmoth

EBay’s ongoing efforts to reduce friction for sellers and integrate artificial intelligence (AI) features in its online marketplace are moving forward, and the company says its latest solutions reduced the steps required to create listings by 50%. The refreshed flow for sellers to create listings is rolling out in the U.S., U.K. and Germany, eBay announced. And the rollout follows early testing in the U.K., where it claims to have seen successful outcomes with its sellers.

2 weeks ago | digitalcommerce360.com | Brian Warmoth

Online sales for the largest Consumer Electronics retailers in North America have been climbing out of a hole, following negative growth year over year in 2023 and 2024, but new tariffs from an escalating trade war between the U.S. and other countries could put that recovery in jeopardy. Already, Apple and Best Buy have issued warnings about negative effects from tariffs, and analysts have cited concerns about the impact as tariffs add costs to importing goods from abroad.

2 weeks ago | digitalcommerce360.com | Brian Warmoth

As online retailers enter the second quarter of 2025, the ecommerce trends that matter most relate to market dynamics, technology disruptions and trade policies that continue to cloud predictions and influence consumer activity. Already, the year has seen tariffs impact ecommerce planning, renewed interest in mergers and acquisitions and a wave of new ecommerce technology deployments using artificial intelligence (AI).