Episode

The Blueprint for Independent Brands with eComFuel

Podcast: Future Commerce
Published: Apr 8, 2026
Duration seconds: 2553
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Summary

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.