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Presenting: the Shopify Build Awards. This week at Editions.dev we recognized exceptional work in app, theme, and storefront development. Our first-ever Build Award winners represent the craftsmanship and hacker spirit at the heart of the world’s largest ecosystem of commerce partners. Congrats to the teams at Bundle Builder, Seguno Software, Omega Request A Quote App, Krown Themes, Post Familiar, SDG, and Commerce-UI, as well as Harshdeep Singh and Jeffrey Guenther for your outstanding contributions to the Shopify community.

Better together. Our Summer '24 Edition showcases the power and potential of a unified commerce platform. Here are 4 big new updates ➡️

Shopify’s Summer '24 Edition is live. The latest issue of our bi-annual product drop has more than just new features. We’re unifying our entire platform bringing together online & in-person, B2B & D2C, domestic & global. It’s our most unified, most intuitive, most powerful Shopify yet. Dive into 150+ new updates from a reimagined Markets experience to AI on-the-go: https://lnkd.in/eU56Eg-8

In ecommerce, milliseconds can make a difference. Online stores that load fast are a better customer experience, which leads to more sales. Shopify stores are faster across the board, according to publicly available data from Google’s Core Web Vitals. We compared 200,000 sites and the data showed Shopify stores are up to 2.4x faster than stores on other platforms. That’s because we constantly invest in innovation and R&D, so that we can give our merchants every advantage possible. Our philosophy: tackle the complicated issues so that businesses can focus on what they do best, and save our merchants the time and resources they might spend on trying to make their websites faster.

#ShopWeek - the most rewarding time to support Shopify merchants starts today. Shop Week is our Shop app's biggest shopping event of the year. All week long, Shop app users can earn up to 20% Shop Cash on over 100 Shopify brands in beauty, apparel, fitness, and more. Shop Week runs June 3-9. Check out all the offers in the Shop app: go.shop.app/shop_week2024

🎉 Exciting news! The Pinterest Inclusion Fund is accepting applications for its first North America cycle in collaboration with Shopify’s Build Black and Build Native initiatives. 📌 This year, the fund will support small businesses, boutique creator agencies and independent digital publishers from historically underrepresented communities with educational sessions, resources, cash and more. ➡ Apply for the program today through June 7th, 9pm ET: https://lnkd.in/dr8GAHqG

We’re on the brink of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and at Shopify we have a birds-eye view of what’s trending in commerce – including which items our merchants have been selling the most. Here are a few food trends we’ve noticed as the weather gets warmer: 1. Tropical fruits This is historically a busy time of year for merchants who sell fresh produce, with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables in-season during the summertime. This month fresh mangoes were the number one trending food item for Shopify merchants, with sales increasing 103% month over month. We’ve also seen an 88% increase month over month in demand for cherimoyas, also known as custard apples. This fruit, native to South America, was once described by Mark Twain as “the most delicious fruit known to man” – not a bad testimonial! 2. Heat-beating desserts Beating the heat was a trend across all categories this month (top non-food items include pool toys and desk fans), so it’s no surprise to see that in the food category, ice pops are up 20% month over month. Pudding and gelatin are also up 39% month over month, likely due to their notorious status as summertime cookout desserts. And speaking of cookouts… 3. BBQ staples Beans are up 35% month over month, because what’s a cookout without the sides? We’ve also seen a 16% increase month over month in sales of hot dog’s best friend, ketchup. Looks like shoppers are stocking up for backyard barbecues and graduation parties. If you need more validation that customers are looking to dine outdoors, we’ve also seen increases in purchases for everything from picnic blankets to coolers and beverage dispensers. Any surprises?

Developers, this is your invite to get hands-on in our sandbox and learn directly from our product teams. Editions.dev, June 25 in Toronto, is where we’re bringing the Shopify developer community together, in person, for a day of product demos, roundtable discussions, and hands-on workshops with our latest tech. Go deep on what’s new in the upcoming Summer ‘24 Edition, hear from partners building world-class apps, themes and storefronts, and sit in on a fireside chat between Tobias Lütke, Founder & CEO of Shopify, and Andrew Bialecki, Cofounder & CEO of Klaviyo. Tickets are available at Editions.dev.

Shopify merchants are upgrading their retail game by tapping into omnichannel tools like Shopify POS. By merging in-store and online sales into a unified and reliable point of sale system, Shopify merchants can streamline their entire business operations with hardware like POS Go. From scanning items to managing inventory and processing checkout, everything can be handled all from the palm of their hand, significantly boosting efficiency. Tap into the future of retail with Shopify POS Go.

Shopify merchants can now use Semantic Search, our AI-powered storefront search feature to improve their business by letting customers find the products they want using everyday language, making shopping better, and boosting sales. Here’s how it works: when a customer searches for "decorative items for my living room”,  Semantic Search doesn't just look at the keywords; it understands the customer is looking for items to style their space and shows the best results. This advance in AI search is more than just a new feature; it's changing the way customers shop, paving the way for a new era in commerce that benefits both Shopify merchants and their customers.