The Digital Commerce Daily — June 05, 2026

The Digital Commerce Daily — June 05, 2026 Your 8-minute briefing on ecommerce, social commerce, and digital marketing. In today's episode: • Criteo is slashing the entry cost for ChatGPT ads from $50k to $10k and dangling media-match deals — a sign that the battle for retail ad dollars inside AI interfaces is heating up fast. • Reddit is rolling out its Shopify integration worldwide, giving merchants streamlined account linking, automated product catalogue syncing, and unified data tracking — turning Reddit into a more viable social commerce channel for Shopify sellers. • Germany's retail federation is forecasting 4.3% nominal ecommerce revenue growth this year, cementing online as the only reliable growth channel in Europe's largest retail market even as physical retail flatlines. Fun fact: Amazon's search engine is now the starting point for more than 56% of all U.S. product searches — surpassing Google — meaning most shoppers never visit a brand's website at all before making a purchase decision. Brands that win on Amazon's internal search algorithm effectively own the customer relationship before Google even enters the picture. Hosted by Marco and Klara.