The latest commerce insights and trends

Rithum has built AI tools to tackle some of the biggest operational headaches for retailers and brands: product categorization and profitability benchmarking. 

With tariffs, sellers now face higher costs and longer delivery times, especially if they rely on cross-border fulfillment. 

ShopTalk Europe is going to be buzzing with big conversations around the state of the industry. Here's how to make sure you're up-to-speed on all the hottest topics.

Rithum rolled out a slate of new product features in Q2 aimed at improving performance, control, and efficiency across the board.

Tolkien wrote about a fantasy journey through a land of dwarves, elves, and hobbits. But his world might feel surprisingly familiar to your own epic journey towards digital marketplace expansion. Like Middle-earth, modern commerce is easily fragmented. And while there is no Sauron to vanquish, the threats—channel chaos, manual work, disconnected tools—can cast long-shadows just as formidable as any Dark Lord.

Learn more about the growing impact of online returns and what retailers and brands need to know now.

Returns are shaping purchasing decisions—Rithum’s new data reveals 47% of consumers have stopped shopping with a retailer over a return policy, and 88% now expect free returns, highlighting opportunity for loyalty and long-term profitability.

A whopping 60% of retailers and brands report ongoing profitability challenges. By prioritizing growth at all costs, instead of looking at the factors chipping away at that very growth from the inside, you end up throwing good money after bad priorities. Here's a better way to start scaling.

Learn how brands and retailers can prepare for 2025 peak sales events. Get strategies for Prime Day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and global holiday shopping success.