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2026 eCommerce Holiday Calendar + Free Template

2026 eCommerce Holiday Calendar + Free Template

Plan your 2026 marketing campaigns with our free eCommerce holiday calendar. All key dates for DTC brands on Shopify.

Ryan Kodzik June 15, 2026 Marketing Your Shopify Store
How We Use AI to Run Shopify Stores After Launch

How We Use AI to Run Shopify Stores After Launch

Getting a brand onto Shopify is the starting line, not the finish. The store that goes live on day one is a foundation. What you build on it and how you operate it determines whether it grows. 💡 Recommended Reading: How We Use AI Across the Shopify Migration Process AI has become a significant part […]

Ryan Kodzik April 22, 2026 Increasing Your Shopify Sales
How We Use AI Across the Shopify Migration Process

How We Use AI Across the Shopify Migration Process

Migrating to Shopify is one of the higher-stakes decisions a brand can make. Done well, it sets you up for years of cleaner operations and stronger growth. Done poorly, it costs you traffic, customers, and months of cleanup. AI hasn’t changed what a good migration requires. It has changed how thoroughly and consistently we can […]

Ryan Kodzik April 22, 2026 Marketing Your Shopify Store
Your Shopify Store Is Now Live on ChatGPT. Did You Set It Up, or Did It Just Happen?

Your Shopify Store Is Now Live on ChatGPT. Did You Set It Up, or Did It Just Happen?

On March 24, 2026, Shopify flipped a switch. Every eligible Shopify merchant’s products became discoverable inside ChatGPT — automatically, with no app to install and no action required. If you got an email from Shopify about Agentic Storefronts and moved on, your store is already in the system. The question is whether it’s working for […]

Ryan Kodzik April 20, 2026 Shopify Stats & Trends
The CPG Brand’s Problem with Agentic Commerce Isn’t Discovery — It’s Data

The CPG Brand’s Problem with Agentic Commerce Isn’t Discovery — It’s Data

AI shopping channels are live. Shopify Agentic Storefronts launched by default in late March, and ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, and Microsoft Copilot are all surfacing products in active conversations. For most DTC brands, showing up on these channels is now automatic. For CPG and Food & Beverage brands, it’s more complicated — and the reason […]

Ryan Kodzik April 18, 2026 Increasing Your Shopify Sales
How We Launched a Localized Shopify International Storefront in Under a Week for Plushie Dreadfuls

How We Launched a Localized Shopify International Storefront in Under a Week for Plushie Dreadfuls

As a brand’s digital footprint grows, the data often signals massive opportunities beyond domestic borders that are too strong to ignore. For Plushie Dreadfuls, engagement and order metrics had been climbing globally — particularly in Japan — revealing a high-intent audience that transcended language barriers. Japan represented 7.87% of total site traffic, second only to […]

Ryan Kodzik March 21, 2026 E-commerce Growth Strategy
Why February Beat Black Friday: The StickerBros Story

Why February Beat Black Friday: The StickerBros Story

Most eCommerce brands build their entire revenue calendar around a single assumption: Black Friday Most eCommerce brands build their entire revenue calendar around a single assumption: Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the peak, and every other month is just maintenance. You prep the discounts, stack the inventory, and hope the holiday rush carries enough […]

Ryan Kodzik March 19, 2026 E-commerce Growth Strategy
After Traffic: Why AI Shopping Channels Are the Next Growth Opportunity for CPG Brands

After Traffic: Why AI Shopping Channels Are the Next Growth Opportunity for CPG Brands

Traffic isn’t the finish line. It’s the starting point. For most CPG and Food & Beverage brands, the hard work begins after someone lands on your site—turning visitors into customers, customers into repeat buyers, and short-term wins into long-term revenue. Starting January 26, 2026, a major shift happened in how people discover and buy products […]

Ryan Kodzik February 3, 2026 E-commerce Growth Strategy