The Digital Commerce Daily | Meta touts industry-leading ad revenue growth, | Sainsbury's sells its non-food subsidiary Argos | Fulfilment is struggling to keep up

The Digital Commerce Daily — August 02, 2026 In this episode: • Meta's Q2 earnings show ad revenue surging but AI infrastructure costs are now growing faster than the top line — a direct signal for ecommerce brands budgeting Meta spend. • Sainsbury's is offloading Argos to a group of investors to refocus on grocery — a major structural shift for UK omnichannel retail that reshapes one of Britain's largest general merchandise ecommerce operations. • New research reveals that retail fulfilment infrastructure is failing to deliver on the promises AI-driven agentic commerce is making at checkout — exposing a critical gap between the front-end and the back-end of ecommerce. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing