MarTech's October 16, 2026 report on the 2026 Commerce Media Investment Index says 85% of advertisers plan to raise retail and commerce media spend, while 86% would reduce spend or leave a partner if audience fulfilment is slow. Sample details are not shown.
On October 21, 2026 the European Commission opened formal Digital Services Act proceedings against Booking.com, covering fake listings, phishing risks in messaging and paid higher-commission rankings that may not be identifiable as ads. No fine or deadline was set.
SHEIN's October 20, 2026 release reports a survey of 24,863 US app customers: 61% put themselves first on holiday lists, 22% plan to shop before November and over 70% expect to spend the same or more. It describes SHEIN's own audience.
Search Engine Roundtable reported on October 21, 2026 that Google added a grid to its Merchant Center fast shipping page showing expected delivery time per country: Japan and New Zealand 1 day, India 2, Australia, Canada, UK and US 3, Brazil 4.
Meta told advertisers it will switch on in-app product browsing for existing ads on October 28, 2026, 30 days before Black Friday, citing 3% more conversions in an experiment across about 117,700 advertisers. Opt-out is available.
PPC Land reported on October 12, 2026 that Profound extracted instructions dated September 25 for Meta's Muse agent that make ranking well-known merchants first "imperative". Meta has not responded and Profound calls its sample small.
In case C-568/25, Advocate General Laila Medina's October 15, 2026 opinion says refusing invoice or instalment payment based on a fully automated credit check can be a decision caught by GDPR Article 22. The opinion is not binding.
Retailers use automated risk scores to hide or show pay-later options, and a ruling in line with the opinion would add transparency and justification duties.
An October 12, 2026 NVIDIA blog roundup of French AI deployments says Mirakl onboarded more than 70 million products using fine-tuned open models, with seller catalog onboarding under two hours. All figures are NVIDIA-supplied.
Search Engine Roundtable reported on October 12, 2026 that Google edited a Merchant Center help page: low image quality no longer says products may be blocked. The 500 x 500 pixel minimum still applies, with enforcement from January 31, 2027.
On October 15, 2026 Google began rolling out Universal Cart in US Search and the Gemini app. It holds products from several retailers, tracks prices and stock, and checks out through Google Pay or the merchant's site. YouTube is absent.
