Thursday, Oct. 15 is the deadline for extended 2025 federal returns, FBARs filed on the automatic extension, and Solo 401(k) or SEP IRA contributions that depend on an extension. If you run a store through a sole proprietorship or a single-member LLC and filed Form 4868 in April, your return is due in five days, […]

Shopify now passes your compare-at prices to AI shopping agents through Shopify Catalog, according to a changelog entry dated October 9, 2026. That strikethrough price in your admin is no longer decoration on a product page. For a high-ticket store owner, it is now a pricing claim an AI agent can read and repeat to […]

Nearly half of American holiday shoppers told ICSC this week that they expect to borrow money to cover gifts they cannot pay for in full, and almost the same share worry they cannot afford the season at all. That is not what a record forecast usually looks like, yet the same survey still projects retail […]

American Express swapped FedEx for UPS.com on the Business Gold card’s $240 Flexible Business Credit effective October 1, according to Upgraded Points and Frequent Miler. If you hold the card, the swap decides whether that $20 monthly credit still fits how your store ships. Pay for small parcels on UPS.com and you keep the full […]

The Court of International Trade certified a class of importers on Oct. 8 that could recover IEEPA tariff refunds without filing their own lawsuits. If your store, or the LLC behind it, is the importer of record on entries that paid IEEPA duties between Feb. 1, 2025 and Feb. 19, 2026, this ruling touches your […]

Measured estimates ChatGPT ad clicks cost about six times Google’s, and most brands are keeping their holiday budgets on Meta and search, Modern Retail reported Friday. If you run a high-ticket store, this decides how much of your fourth-quarter ad money goes to a channel that is now one app install away. Shopify merchants can […]

Hackers are exploiting flaws in Ninja Forms and WPC Product Bundles to plant hidden administrator accounts on WordPress and WooCommerce sites, Patchstack reported October 6. If your store or lead-capture site runs on WordPress, this is a full dashboard takeover that a plugin update does not undo. A Shopify storefront does not run these plugins. […]

Small businesses that use AI expect stronger sales and hiring over the next year than those that don’t, according to a New York Fed survey published October 8. If you run a store, that sentence will tempt you to buy more AI tools or hire fewer people. Hold off on both until you see what […]