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Jul 22, 2026
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Section 122's 10% surcharge expires at 12:01 a.m. EDT Friday. USTR hasn't publicly finalized the replacement. The effective date and transit grace period are still open questions. Plus: Shopify DotDev is live in Toronto, Prime Day lifted all of June, and a second tariff wave is already being built.
Jul 15, 2026
Section 301 is designed to land the same day Section 122 drops off. Importers delaying shipments could pay more, not less. Plus: back-to-school is an $85B season already underway, IEEPA refunds are hitting accounts, and AI agents are buying products with no legal framework for accountability.
Jul 8, 2026
The Section 301 hearings are done. FBA storage fees just changed. Shopify is in talks to buy Faire. And Perplexity's AI agent is selling your products without your checkout, your email capture, or your first-party data. The rules of H2 are being written right now.
Jul 1, 2026
Prime Day hit $26.4B across US online retail. Scripts stopped executing at midnight. The EU's €150 duty-free threshold is gone as of this morning. And the Section 301 tariff swap is 23 days away. Three landscape shifts in 72 hours. Here's your H2 briefing.
Jun 24, 2026
Amazon, Walmart, and Target are all running deals simultaneously. Shopify just shipped 150+ updates. Scripts die in 6 days. EU de minimis ends in 7. And Section 122 expires in 30. The biggest selling week and the tightest regulatory window of 2026 are happening at the same time.
Jun 17, 2026
Amazon Prime Day starts Monday. Walmart Deals starts Sunday. Target Circle overlaps. Father's Day is Saturday. Shoptalk Europe just declared agentic commerce the defining phrase of 2026. And Scripts, de minimis, and Section 122 are all measured in days now.