
Deloitte: early holiday shoppers still leave room for BFCM
Deloitte’s US survey points to earlier gift shopping without removing Thanksgiving week from the plan. What Shopify merchants can test before BFCM.
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What changed this week for store founders: Shopify updates, the wider industry, and the marketing moves worth copying. Pinned up here between Fridays.

Deloitte’s US survey points to earlier gift shopping without removing Thanksgiving week from the plan. What Shopify merchants can test before BFCM.

Kaching says express buttons can now carry an entire bundle and its discount into checkout. Check rollout access and test the complete offer before BFCM.

Shop discovery and checkout settings do different jobs. Check what remains visible before using a channel change to address an incorrect listing.

Shopify’s Cart MCP and Checkout MCP can carry buyer privacy and marketing choices. Check version negotiation, defaults and missing contact details.

Vercel’s open-source Next.js template combines a Shopify storefront with product data and shopping tools for agents. Here is what to assess before adopting it.

What Recharge’s early-adopter analytics connector can read, what it cannot change, and how to check a subscription report before relying on it.

Import existing clips, tag the right products and test the path to checkout. Check the free-plan branding and current paid option before installing.

Check reward timing, existing subscribers and locked settings before activating a Kaching subscription streak.

A practical workflow for using Shopify customer data to build BFCM segments, choose offers and check gift thresholds before launch.

Triple Whale’s new video workflow starts with a short recording. Access is limited; confirm eligibility and costs before planning a campaign around it.

Model mixtures and duplicate retries complicate AI shopping comparisons. How to read AEOsome’s corrected study and make your own checks comparable.

Check the payment provider, currency app and shipping destination when a Shopify storefront price changes currency at checkout.