Ep 207 - Fake Receipts, Fake Labels, Real Consequences: August Ecom Recap

August was a month full of people and platforms getting caught doing things they should not have been doing, and the Ecommosaurus crew is here for all of it. AI-generated fake expense receipts are now showing up in over 70% of flagged fraud cases, Made in USA labels are being faked at scale while the platforms that can detect it look the other way, and Amazon got $600 million in tariff refunds that are not making their way back to sellers or shoppers anytime soon. The crew also gets into Amazon quietly reinstating binding arbitration with zero notice, Shein stalling out in a post de minimis world, DTC brands abandoning Google and running toward Amazon as organic traffic dries up and ad costs keep climbing, and the genuinely unsettling story of Amazon shredding rare books to train its AI. Plus Meta wrote a $16 billion check to settle its teen addiction lawsuit, and someone has to talk about what that actually means. August had consequences. A lot of them.This podcast is sponsored by 50-Pound Boson, an ecommerce marketing agency that aims to help small to medium–sized brand owners grow their ecommerce sales channels. For questions, feedback, ecommerce growth assistance, or if you'd like to be on the show, connect with Ecommosaurus at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ rawr@ecommosarurus.com or discover ecommerce solutions at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠50poundboson.com