eCommerce in 2026 will be driven by AI-powered personalization, voice and visual search, and hyper-fast, seamless checkout experiences. Brands that combine automation with trust, data privacy, and human-like customer interactions will win customer loyalty at scale.

Digital Marketing Institute has published a new episode of the DMI podcast titled ‘eCommerce Trends for 2026’.

The DMD team says, “We invited 4 experts in their digital marketing field into the podcast studio to give us their predictions for 2026. ECommerce consultant Derek Liddy argues that as AI content becomes common, the real risk is publishing generic material that adds nothing. His take is simple: content wins when it shows real experience, clear expertise, and usefulness – EEAT – so people trust it and platforms have stronger signals to work with.”

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