Storefront Release Notes for 2026.1

We’re excited to announce a powerful new release packed with enhancements designed to make your experience simpler, faster, and more flexible 
- whether you’re managing B2B customers, running reports, or optimizing day-to-day operations.
Smarter B2B & Customer Experiences
Managing teams and accounts just got easier. Our enhanced B2B portal
 now gives store more control including:
•	Expanded manager permissions
 to allow reassignment of employees
•	Employees can now associate themselves with a manager
•	New setting allowing employees to use their manager’s store location
Customers will enjoy a more convenient experience with:
•	Reward points displayed as dollar values 
for clearer savings
•	A new guest gift card balance lookup
•	Payment links
 directly on customer order list and statements page
Better Merchandising & Product Management
We’ve added tools to help you move faster and sell smarter:
•	Clone products 
wizard to help you quickly build or expand your catalog
•	More powerful price calculator rules
, now including manufacturer and primary category
•	Personalization options that can be hidden by store or customer type
•	Improved phone number formatting including country code
Deeper Insights & Reporting
Make better decisions with clearer data:
•	Run a Zero Sales Report
 to spot missed opportunities
•	Email delivery reports
 for more insights 
•	Track inventory sold
 for improved inventory planning
Security, Speed & Performance Improvements
Behind the scenes, we’ve made major upgrades to keep your platform fast and secure:
•	New Content Security Policy (CSP) 
configuration options
•	Faster admin performance, even with large numbers of stores
•	Improved product search speed
•	Optimized loading with preconnected and preloaded JavaScript and CSS to boost Core Web Vitals
More Powerful Integrations:
•	Zip Tax 
integration added
•	Avalara Tax and TaxCloud 
can be configured to commit tax based on paid and order status
•	Network Merchants
 payment gateway now supports ACH
•	QuickBooks Online
 enhancements, including:
        Deposit account support
        Invoice class syncing
        Taxes synced as line item
•	Improved Fishbowl integration
 to sync order with prefix
Quality Improvements & Bug Fixes
We’ve also addressed a wide range of fixes and usability improvements, including:
•	Improved discount sorting and filtering by date and status
•	Store location import/export support
•	View-only customer type
•	Configurable refund reason ordering
•	Rule engine support for customer external numbers
•	Automatic ad-code expiration controls
•	A new “like” button to product display widget
•	Improved variant handling for pricing and images
•	Resolved caching issues on product and carousel displays
•	Fixed cart layout issues when removing items