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In 2026 market surveillance entered its active control phase and now deploys automated scan tools that check thousands of shops for accessibility in a short time. This article shows how the checks work, why a missing accessibility statement is the easiest violation to prove and how to make your shop scan-proof.
From 27 September 2026, online shops must show the EU legal guarantee notice and - where a producer guarantee exists - the GARAN label in a fixed, colour form before checkout. This guide explains design, placement, warning-letter risk and the technical implementation.
Since end of life on 31 July 2024, Shopware 5 no longer receives security patches - in 2026 every legacy shop becomes a liability risk. This guide shows why the move to Shopware 6 is due and how to keep cost, duration and process predictable.
Returns eat the margin in 2026. An AI return prediction estimates the return probability per cart from size, fit and behavioral signals and intervenes before checkout - lowering return rates based on data without choking revenue.
In PHP 8.5 OPcache is built in. This guide shows which OPcache values save around 10 percent of response time in a shop, when JIT tracing helps on CPU-bound routes and hurts on I/O-bound ones - including migration from PHP 8.4.
B2B buyers expect their negotiated price with volume tiers right after login. This guide shows how customer groups and ERP price lists are mirrored into the shop in real time - without price drift between ERP and shop.
Data residency is not data sovereignty: why the US CLOUD Act reaches EU-hosted data, what the EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework with eight objectives and five SEAL levels requires, and how to run your shop's customer, order and payment data sovereignly.
From 9 December 2026, software, plugins and security updates count as a product for the first time - with no-fault liability, an eased burden of proof and no liability cap. This guide shows how shop operators and developers can secure their update and documentation duties now.
PSD3 and the new Payment Services Regulation replace PSD2 in 2026 and change the checkout directly: stricter and more accessible SCA, a wider surcharge ban, the IBAN name check and reallocated fraud liability. This guide shows what changes and how to prepare your shop.
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