By Bart Mroz, SUMO Heavy Co-founder/CEO

2018 has been a roller coaster year for the social media space, but data concerns are on the decline as major platforms like Facebook address problems in the industry, leaving room for social commerce to gain wider adoption.

Amazon is mailing out print versions of its “A Holiday of Play” toy catalog to “millions of customers” this month, with limited quantities available at its bookstores and Amazon 4-star locations, an Amazon spokesperson told Retail Dive in an email.

Jim Cramer sits down with Etsy President and CEO Josh Silverman after earnings to hear how his online handmade goods retailer is faring.

More customers are using voice search, and many brands aren’t ready for them. Voice engine optimization can help you meet customers where they’re searching.

Amazon HQ2 being finalized as split in Long Island City, Queens and Crystal City, VA. Plans to hire 50,000 full-time employees.

Adidas on Wednesday reported that third quarter currency-neutral revenues rose 8% or 3% to €5.87 billion from €5.68 billion last year ($6.72 billion from $6.5 billion, respectively, in U.S. dollars). Top-line sales were driven by double-digit growth in direct-to-consumer revenues with particular strength in e-commerce, where revenues grew 76% in the quarter, according to a company press release.

The way you market your ecommerce business today may not work tomorrow. Here are five ecommerce marketing trends your business should consider in the coming year. None of these are new, but they should be effective.

Holy moly, these photographs of vintage computers & peripherals by “design and tech obsessive” James Ball are fantastic.