Composable commerce platform KIBO Commerce has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Commerce Solutions, Q3 2026. KIBO achieved the highest possible score of 5 across 15 criteria spanning both the Current Offering and Strategy categories, and received 3.68 out of 5 in Current Offering and 3.80 out of 5 in Strategy.

“We are honored to see our platform recognized as a Leader by Forrester in The Forrester Wave™: Commerce Solutions, Q3 2026. For us, this recognition validates our business strategy and product direction of investing in composable commerce solutions that provide the breadth and depth of capabilities  practitioners need to be successful. We believe this recognition reflects KIBO’s commitment to helping our clients simplify complexity, move faster, and deliver exceptional commerce experiences, ” said Ram Venkataraman, CEO at KIBO.

Elsewhere, Shopware was named a Strong Performer in the Forrester Wave, commercetools earned 24 medals in Paradigm B2B Combine Reports, and Webflow launched its MCP 2.0.

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• Shopware Named a Strong Performer in 2026 Commerce Solutions Evaluation: “Forrester has acknowledged Shopware, and to us, this acknowledgment is proof of our continued commitment to solving complex B2B commerce challenges for the global business community.”

• commercetools Recognized as a Top Performer with 24 Medals in the 2026 Paradigm B2B Combine Reports: “We're proud to be recognized not only for product innovation, but also for execution, customer success and long-term vision.”

• CrafterQ Introduces AI Actions That Turn Website Conversations into Business Outcomes: “CrafterQ agents can now help organizations convert visitor engagement into real business outcomes by capturing qualified leads and seamlessly routing to human teams when appropriate.”

• Webflow MCP 2.0 Brings Governance to AI Site Building: “MCP 2.0 gives agents the brand rules and governance that production work demands.”

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2. What Martech Consolidation in 2026 Requires: Fixing workflows, not just cutting vendors. 

3. BigCommerce Powered by Commerce Scores 24/24 Total Medals in 2026 Paradigm B2B Combines for Digital Commerce Solutions: Recognition earned in enterprise and Midmarket Editions for the fourth consecutive year.

4. Cloudinary's Developer Community Reaches 4 Million: Growing 82% in the last year. 

The word on the street…

1. [LinkedIn]: We used to evaluate software vendors based on the quality of their APIs: President at Pipe17 Kelly Goetsch explains the importance of the MACH Alliance’s Agent Ready certificate. 

2. [LinkedIn]: The PIM category has to change to meet the demands of agentic commerce: Conscia CEO Sana Remekie explains why a semantic layer needs to be added.