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01Aug 2026 6 min read

How AI Picks Which Skincare Brands to Recommend: A 2026 Study

We ran 12 skincare searches through AI, the kind a shopper actually types, and logged every brand it recommended and every source it pulled from. The recommendations came almost e…

How AI Picks Which Skincare Brands to Recommend: A 2026 Study
02Aug 2026 8 min read

When Should You Hire an Ecommerce Agency for Black Friday?

Brands should typically hire an ecommerce agency 8 to 16 weeks before Black Friday, depending on the work. Shopify redesigns and development should begin 12 to 16 weeks out, while…

Black Friday and holiday-season ecommerce agency hiring timeline, 2026
03Jul 2026 2 min read

Case Study: Scaling Triangl from Six Figures to Eight on Shopify

Most agency case studies show a redesign snapshot. This one covers five years of P&L responsibility- the storefront, the ads, and the creative for one of the largest DTC bikin…

Triangl Shopify growth case study, scaling from six figures to eight figures at 18 percent annual growth
04May 2026 6 min read

Answer Engine Optimization for Shopify: How DTC Brands Get Cited by ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity in 2026

Short answer: Your customer isn't googling "best electrolyte drink" anymore. And if your Shopify store isn't structured to be cited in the answer, you don't exist in the funnel.

Answer engine optimization for Shopify brands seeking citations in ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity
05Apr 2026 3 min read

Why Your Shopify Store (Built Right) Is the Ceiling on Your Klaviyo ROI

You hired a Klaviyo marketing agency to build world-class flows. You’ve got the abandoned cart emails, the browse abandonment triggers, and the sunset segments all dialed in.

Klaviyo email flows losing revenue to a Shopify storefront that fails to convert the traffic
06Apr 2026 4 min read

AI Search Optimization for DTC Brands: What GEO and AEO Actually Mean in 2026

The New Discovery Funnel: From Links to Citations. Your customers are not searching the way they used to.

AI search optimization for DTC brands, explaining GEO and AEO in 2026