Staying informed about ecommerce trends and strategies matters when margins are thin and platforms change their rules often. A good newsletter does the reading for you: one short email that tells you what changed at Shopify, Amazon, TikTok Shop or the carriers, and what other operators are doing about it.
We first published this list in July 2024. In September 2026 we opened every newsletter on it again, checked that it still publishes, and recorded how often it sends and who it is written for, using each publisher's own site and archive. Thirteen of the original 27 entries were cut because they stopped publishing, moved, or turned out not to be about ecommerce; the Newsletters removed since 2024 section, just before the FAQ, lists each one and why. Four were added: Direct To Consumer's DTC Newsletter, Retail Dive, Modern Retail and Supply Chain Dive. The list is grouped so DTC brands, retail teams and operations people can each find their lane quickly.
At a glance
| Newsletter | Best for | How often it sends |
|---|
| DTC Newsletter | DTC marketers and founders | Daily |
| HARD MARGINS by RetentionX | Retention and LTV for DTC operators | Weekly |
| Founders Forward (Chris Meade) | Ecommerce founders | Every few weeks (the publisher says weekly) |
| Ecommerce Coffee Break | Shopify and Amazon sellers | Twice a week |
| Shopifreaks | Platform and industry news | Weekly, Monday afternoon |
| Practical Ecommerce | How-to for merchants | Not stated on its signup page |
| Digital Commerce 360 | Ecommerce news and research | Three to four times a week |
| Watson Weekly (Rick Watson) | Ecommerce strategy and earnings | Several issues a week in September 2026 |
| EMARKETER | Market data and forecasts | Not stated; pitched as a start-of-day read |
| Morning Brew | General business news | Daily |
| Retail Brew | Retail, ecommerce and supply chain | Not stated on its signup page |
| Retail Dive | Retail news and DTC | Weekdays, plus weekly editions |
| Modern Retail | DTC brands and retail | Weekdays at 6 a.m. ET, plus weekly editions |
| Chase Dimond's Newsletter | Email and SMS marketing | Three times a week |
| The Marketer's Playbook | Marketing news roundup | Weekly |
| Not a Newsletter | Teams running their own newsletter | About twice a month |
| Supply Chain Dive | Logistics and warehouse operations | Weekdays, plus weekly editions |
| Ecommerce Fulfillment Newsletter (ours) | Brands and 3PLs | Irregular |
DTC newsletters
These are written by and for people running direct-to-consumer brands: acquisition, retention, landing pages and the numbers behind them. If you are at the stage where order volume is outgrowing your garage or your first warehouse, our guide to DTC fulfillment and 3PLs covers the operations side these newsletters mostly skip.
DTC Newsletter
- Description: The daily newsletter from Direct To Consumer, with DTC marketing tactics, brand breakdowns and market updates from marketers and operators building ecommerce brands.
- How often: Daily. The publisher says 155,000+ readers.
- Best for: DTC brand owners and marketers who want one tactical read a day.
- Subscribe: DTC Newsletter
- Description: Alexander Jost's weekly newsletter, first published as The DTC Newsletter at dtc-newsletter.com, which now redirects here. The RetentionX founder writes about retention, repeat purchase, LTV and discounting for ecommerce operators. It is a different publication from Direct To Consumer's DTC Newsletter above.
- How often: Weekly. The archive shows an issue every week in September 2026, the latest on September 17. The publisher says 45k+ readers.
- Best for: DTC operators working on retention and repeat purchase.
- Subscribe: HARD MARGINS
- Description: Chris Meade's newsletter, now published as Founders Forward, the official weekly newsletter of The Founders Club. Chris shares lessons from building and scaling ecommerce businesses, along with entrepreneurship and personal development.
- How often: The publisher calls it weekly; its archive shows nine issues in 2026 through September, the latest on September 15.
- Best for: Ecommerce founders who want the owner's view rather than channel tactics.
- Subscribe: Founders Forward
Ecommerce Coffee Break
- Description: A three-minute read on ecommerce news, expert insights and marketing tips from Claus Lauter, pulled from a wide range of sources. Perfect for busy operators who need to stay updated without spending much time.
- How often: Twice a week, according to the publisher's signup form; its homepage still says weekly. The publisher says 14,000+ readers.
- Best for: Shopify merchants, Amazon sellers and DTC brands.
- Subscribe: Ecommerce Coffee Break
Ecommerce industry news
Use one of these to track platform changes, marketplace policy and the big players' results. If Shopify is your main storefront, the platform news in Shopifreaks pairs well with our list of 3PLs that integrate with Shopify.
Shopifreaks
- Description: Curates the week's ecommerce news, with a focus on Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, eBay and more, written by Paul Drecksler.
- How often: Weekly, every Monday afternoon. The publisher says 20,000+ readers.
- Best for: Merchants, agency owners and app developers who want one weekly digest.
- Subscribe: Shopifreaks
Practical Ecommerce
- Description: Offers practical advice and strategies for ecommerce business owners and marketers, covering marketing, SEO, marketplaces, payments, analytics and shipping. It has published since 2005.
- How often: Not stated on its signup page; new articles were still posting in September 2026.
- Best for: Owners of small and mid-size stores who want how-to articles.
- Subscribe: Practical Ecommerce
Digital Commerce 360
- Description: Covers in-depth research, analysis and news on ecommerce trends and how major online retailers are performing.
- How often: Three to four times a week, according to its subscription page. Retail News and B2B News are separate editions, and each includes a Thursday AI edition.
- Best for: Ecommerce leaders who want data on how the big retailers are performing.
- Subscribe: Digital Commerce 360
- Description: Rick Watson's ecommerce strategy newsletter, now published as Watson Weekly. It breaks down retailer and marketplace earnings and what they mean for merchants.
- How often: Several issues a week in September 2026.
- Best for: Executives and investors who follow Amazon, Target and the public retailers.
- Subscribe: Watson Weekly
- Description: Covers digital marketing, advertising, retail and ecommerce trends with market data and forecasts. Insider Intelligence rebranded as EMARKETER, and the old address now redirects there.
- How often: Not stated; the signup page pitches it as a start-of-day read.
- Best for: Anyone who needs a market number for a deck or a plan.
- Subscribe: EMARKETER newsletters
Morning Brew
- Description: A daily business newsletter presenting the news in an engaging, easily digestible format. Not ecommerce-specific, but useful context on the economy, consumers and big retailers.
- How often: Every day of the week.
- Best for: A general business read to pair with one of the specialist newsletters on this list.
- Subscribe: Morning Brew
Retail newsletters
If you sell wholesale or into stores as well as online, these cover the retail side of the business. Brands selling across both channels usually need a warehouse partner that handles store orders and parcels from the same inventory; our omnichannel 3PL list is a starting point.
Retail Brew
- Description: Retail industry news and insights from Morning Brew covering marketing, DTC, ecommerce and supply chain, including interviews with leading industry experts.
- How often: Not stated on its signup page. The publisher says 180K+ retail professionals read it.
- Best for: People in ecommerce, manufacturing, supply chain or DTC who want a quick retail read.
- Subscribe: Retail Brew
Retail Dive
- Description: Retail news covering technology, ecommerce, store concepts and marketing, with separate weekly editions by topic.
- How often: The Daily Dive sends Monday to Friday. DTC Weekly sends every Tuesday and Operations Weekly every Monday.
- Best for: Retail and DTC teams. The DTC Weekly edition covers brand launches, partnerships and funding.
- Subscribe: Retail Dive
Modern Retail
- Description: News and analysis on the Amazon era, the evolution of direct-to-consumer brands, and the shifting balance between retail's old and new guards.
- How often: The daily newsletter sends at 6 a.m. eastern every weekday. E-commerce Weekly sends each Friday, and there is a weekly supply chain edition.
- Best for: DTC brands moving into retail, and retail teams watching DTC.
- Subscribe: Modern Retail
Marketing and email
Chase Dimond's Newsletter
- Description: Expert insights into email marketing and copywriting, including how DTC brands approach retention and acquisition.
- How often: Three times a week. The publisher says 100K+ active subscribers.
- Best for: Ecommerce founders who own their email program, and email marketers at DTC brands.
- Subscribe: Chase Dimond's Newsletter
The Marketer's Playbook
- Description: A weekly roundup of important marketing news and effective strategies.
- How often: Weekly.
- Best for: Marketers who want the week's news in one email.
- Subscribe: The Marketer's Playbook
Not a Newsletter
- Description: Advice, strategies and tips for sending better newsletters, from Dan Oshinsky of Inbox Collective. Useful if your brand runs its own email newsletter.
- How often: About twice a month in 2026, going by the publisher's archive; the signup page still says monthly. The signup page says more than 8,000 readers.
- Best for: Whoever writes your brand's newsletter.
- Subscribe: Not a Newsletter
Operations and fulfillment
Most ecommerce newsletters are about getting the order. These two are about what happens after it: warehousing, carriers and cost. For the basics behind them, see our ecommerce fulfillment guide.
Supply Chain Dive
- Description: News on logistics, freight, operations, procurement and regulation. The Logistics Weekly edition covers last-mile delivery, shipper and carrier relations, and parcel shipping.
- How often: The Daily Dive sends Monday to Friday. Operations Weekly sends every Tuesday and Logistics Weekly every Wednesday.
- Best for: Operations leads and anyone negotiating with carriers or a warehouse.
- Subscribe: Supply Chain Dive
Ecommerce Fulfillment Newsletter (Fulfill.com's own)
- Description: Disclosure: this one is ours. The Fulfill.com newsletter covers the 3PL industry for ecommerce businesses looking to optimize their logistics, reduce costs and improve efficiency, and in May 2026 it sent its first 3PL M&A issue. For fee benchmarks you can use today, see our 3PL pricing guide.
- How often: Irregular. Nine issues went out in 2026 through September, the latest on July 7.
- Best for: Brands choosing or reviewing a 3PL, and 3PL owners.
- Subscribe: Fulfill.com Newsletter
Newsletters removed since 2024
These were on the 2024 version of this list and were removed after the September 2026 check:
- D2Cville (now D2C Digest) and DTC Playbook: no new issues since 2024.
- EcommerceBytes: its site says it has ceased publication.
- Multichannel Merchant: the site now redirects to Chief Marketer.
- Ecommerce Magazine: no new articles since November 2025.
- DTC Examined and Full Court Press: no recent issues we could find.
- Paul Klebanov's Newsletter: the site is up but shows no issues or archive.
- Conversion Insights by OptiMonk and Shopify Retail Newsletter: we could not find a newsletter signup under either name.
- Today in Digital and The New Money: the first had no link we could trace, and the second covers markets and investing rather than ecommerce.
- Nik Sharma's Newsletter: the nik.co signup page is up, but we could not find a public archive or a recent issue, and the old Workweek page returns a 404.
FAQ
What is the best ecommerce newsletter for DTC brands?
For a daily read, DTC Newsletter. For a weekly one, Retail Dive's DTC Weekly, which sends every Tuesday. Most operators do well with one daily and one weekly rather than five of each.
How often do ecommerce newsletters send?
It varies from daily to about twice a month. On this list, DTC Newsletter and Morning Brew send daily; Digital Commerce 360 sends three to four times a week; Retail Dive, Modern Retail and Supply Chain Dive send every weekday plus weekly editions; Shopifreaks, HARD MARGINS and The Marketer's Playbook are weekly; Not a Newsletter sends about twice a month. The table at the top lists each one.
What are the best retail newsletters?
Retail Dive, Modern Retail and Retail Brew cover retail most directly. Retail Dive and Modern Retail both offer separate weekly editions, so you can subscribe to only the DTC, ecommerce or operations coverage.
Is there a newsletter about ecommerce fulfillment and logistics?
Supply Chain Dive covers logistics and warehouse operations across industries. Retail Dive's Operations Weekly and Modern Retail's supply chain edition cover it from the retail side. Our own Ecommerce Fulfillment Newsletter covers 3PLs specifically.
Joe Spisak·Updated September 23, 2026·Add Fulfill as a preferred source on Google
