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UCP vs ACP: The Two Protocols That Decide Which Stores AI Agents Recommend
Google and Shopify launched UCP. OpenAI and Stripe launched ACP. Together they control which stores AI shopping agents can see, recommend, and transact with. Here is what eCommerce brands need to know right now.
Why SaaS Dashboards Are Not Enough: The Case for Proactive Competitive Intelligence
Your competitors made 47 changes last week. Your dashboard saw all of them. Your team saw none. Here is why the dashboard-first model is broken and what proactive competitive intelligence looks like in practice.
Top eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Tools in 2026
The competitive intelligence tool landscape has exploded. Price trackers, catalog monitors, AI-powered analytics - there are dozens of options and most comparison articles are written by the tools themselves. Here is an honest breakdown of what is out there and what actually matters when you are picking one.
Google WebMCP and eCommerce: What the New AI Agent Protocol Means for Competitive Intelligence
Google just gave every website a way to speak directly to AI agents. WebMCP turns your site into a structured toolkit that agents can call programmatically - no more guessing, scraping, or clicking through pages. For competitive intelligence teams, this changes the entire playing field.
AI Shopping Agents Are Choosing Winners Right Now - Is Your Store One of Them?
JD Sports sells through ChatGPT. Walmart checks out inside Gemini. McKinsey says $1T by 2030. AI agents are choosing which stores to recommend - and most brands have no idea where they stand. Here is what is happening, what your competitors are doing about it, and how to find out if you are in the game.
Why Competitive Intelligence Is More Than Price Monitoring
Pricing data is one signal among dozens. The D2C brands gaining ground fastest are the ones reading the full competitive picture - catalog shifts, marketing pivots, shipping changes, and operational moves that pricing dashboards never show.
How D2C Brands Track Competitors: The 5-Signal Framework
62% of D2C brands still track competitors manually. Here is the 5-signal framework fast-growing brands use to spot pricing, catalog, and marketing moves before they lose market share.
Competitor Catalog Monitoring: See Every Product Your Competitors Add, Change, or Remove
Everyone tracks competitor prices. Almost nobody tracks their catalogs. That is like watching a chess game and only looking at the pawns. Here is what you are missing - and why it matters more than you think.
How to Track Competitor Products Online: A Practical Framework for eCommerce Teams
You have 8 competitors with 5,000 products each. That is 40,000 pages to check. Here is a step-by-step framework that actually works - from the painful manual way to the fully automated approach.
Competitor Price Monitoring for eCommerce: Beyond Just Tracking Numbers
Your competitor dropped prices on 140 SKUs last Tuesday. A price-only dashboard told you the what. But nobody told you the why, the pattern, or what to do about it. Here is what real price monitoring looks like.
The 5 Competitive Moves Your Rivals Hope You Never Track
Your competitors changed pricing on 140 SKUs last week and updated 12 landing pages. You missed all of it. Here is the 5-pillar system eCommerce teams use to catch every competitive move before it costs them revenue.
Step-by-Step Guide: Adding Trendos RSS Feed to Google Chat
Learn how to set up a new room in Google Chat, add an RSS feed, and invite your colleagues for updates. This comprehensive guide walks you through the entire process.
Step-by-Step Guide: Adding Trendos RSS Feed to Microsoft Teams
This guide will walk you through how to set up a new Microsoft Teams channel, add an RSS feed to the channel, and invite your colleagues to join.
Step-by-Step Guide: Adding Trendos RSS Feed to Slack
This guide will walk you through the process of setting up a new Slack channel, adding an RSS feed, and inviting your team members.
Step-by-Step Guide: Adding Trendos RSS Feed to Outlook
This guide will walk you through the process of adding an RSS feed to Microsoft Outlook so you can receive Trendos updates directly in your inbox.
Step-by-Step Guide: Adding Trendos RSS Feed to Lark
This guide explains how to set up a new group in Lark, add an RSS feed to that group, and invite your colleagues to keep everyone updated.