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Klarna Creators expands globally. The platform is designed to be a one-stop shop for retailers and creators to work together to automate everything from initial outreach, to partnerships, to tracking sales, and commissions. Earlier this year, Klarna announced that it wanted to ditch its association with its main product, BNPL, and move towards being known more for being a global retail bank and one-stop e-commerce shop. The creator platform is another step in that direction. (more)

Amid record-breaking Thanksgiving weekend e-commerce growth, there was an uninvited guest – bot traffic. CHEQ’s analysis of 765,000 visits on Cyber Monday showed that 1 in 5 was likely from bot traffic. (more)

Retailers weigh in on how the Cyber 5 holiday period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday went. While some reported record-breaking sales, others experienced more muted results. Retailers share examples of what tactics worked well as well as the plan going into the crunch period before the holidays. (more)

YouTube published its annual list of the ads that performed best on its platform this year. It's like the Internet's very own Super Bowl! (view)

Stripe launches fiat-to-crypto onramp (more)

Shopify says, "By March 2023, you'll be able to switch to Google Analytics 4 on Shopify (details)

Forbes released their 30 Under 30 in Retail & E-commerce (read) 

Why Amazon Posts Is a Huge Overlooked Opportunity for Brands. Again and again, I have found that brands are overlooking one of Amazon’s simplest tools to grow their visibility: Amazon Posts. You can think of Amazon Posts as the e-commerce giant’s version of Instagram. You upload photos of your products alongside a caption and category tags. As on Instagram, if customers like your content, they can follow your brand for more. (read)

Consumer trends report Q4 '22 - 22 pages of great data and graphs (read)

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