About this episode

Andrew Youderian joins Phillip and Brian to discuss the findings of the 2026 eCom Trends Report, highlighting significant shifts in the eCommerce landscape.

Andrew Youderian joins Phillip and Brian to break down the 2026 eCom Trends Report: a decade in the making, 300 brands surveyed, and a lot of conventional wisdom overturned. The data reveals a diverging landscape where gross margins are climbing but net margins are shrinking, Amazon's dominance is quietly unwinding, and AI's productivity promise hasn't quite arrived – yet.

People in this episode

Hosts: Phillip Jackson, Brian Lange

Guest: Andrew Youderian

Topics covered

• eCommerce trends
• independent brands
• AI productivity
• gross margins
• net margins
• Amazon dominance

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Organizations: eComFuel, Amazon

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