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Big Tech companies moved this week to solidify their control over the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem, launching initiatives that range from massive data-center expansions to specialized tools for retail and ...

Amazon is reportedly seeking reduced prices from its suppliers as it deals with tariffs. The eCommerce giant has asked for discounts from suppliers of up to 30%, the Financial Times (FT) ...

Walmart’s online business is no longer defined by how far it trails Amazon, but by how quickly it is changing the structure of the retail race. That is the central insight ...

Amazon says it is bringing its “Just Walk Out” checkout technology to temporary retail locations. The company on Tuesday (Jan. 13) announced the debut of the latest iteration of its radio ...

What’s next in commerce and retail changes almost every day. But some days bring bigger changes than others. Sunday (Jan. 11) was one of those days, with the announcement that Google ...

For decades, the retail industry was organized around a familiar axis: price versus experience, scale versus specialization, mass versus premium. That framework is no longer sufficient. Findings in the December 2025 ...

Walmart has launched an agentic commerce partnership with Google. The collaboration, announced Sunday (Jan. 11), is built around Google’s new Universal Commerce Protocol and pairs Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) tool ...

Walmart-backed FinTech OnePay is now reportedly a $4 billion company. OnePay reached that valuation, up from $2.5 billion in 2024, after repurchasing shares from employees, Bloomberg News reported Friday (Jan. 9), ...

Amazon reportedly plans to open a big-box store comparable to a Walmart or Target location in a Chicago suburb. The 229,000-square-foot facility would sell groceries, general merchandise and prepared foods, Bloomberg ...

The holiday shopping spree has come to a close. And while returns are no doubt occupying a fair amount of time at the world’s two biggest retailers, a relatively quiet ...

Big Tech started the new year with a series of artificial intelligence (AI) updates, including releases at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 conference in Las Vegas, once again underscoring ...

Last year, Walmart introduced Marty, an artificial intelligence (AI) super agent for sellers, suppliers and advertisers. As 2026 begins, the retail giant is touting Marty’s effectiveness in acting as an advertising ...

A federal judge reportedly rejected Amazon’s attempt to dismiss a price gouging lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik ruled Monday (Jan. 5) that the eCommerce giant’s claims in seeking the dismissal ...

Amazon advanced Alexa beyond its device roots Monday (Jan. 5) with a browser-based expansion of Alexa+ and made product announcements at CES 2026 focused on Fire TV and the Bee ...

Let’s start with Amazon. In a recent article published on its site the company outlines how it is applying generative and agentic artificial intelligence (AI) to simplify online shopping by reducing ...

Price.com launched “Buy with AI,” a feature that allows an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to search for products, apply discounts and complete purchases across the open internet without requiring consumers ...

Big Tech is closing the year with continued momentum as companies push artificial intelligence deeper into products, infrastructure and monetization strategies. Meta’s acquisition of Manus adds millions of paying users and ...

Walmart’s app and website reportedly suffered an outage Tuesday (Dec. 30), affecting thousands of customers. More than 6,500 shoppers reported trouble accessing the retailer’s eCommerce services, The Wall Street Journal reported ...

Walmart is reportedly gaining a growing amount of online business in New York City. The retailer is making these gains even as it has been blocked from building physical stores in ...

Retail in 2025 was defined less by a single breakthrough than by a set of pressures that forced retailers to get practical. Consumers kept shopping. But they did it with ...

As peak holiday demand stretches supply chains to their limits, global retailers like Amazon, Walmart and Target are leaning heavily on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to move goods faster, ...

Amazon Business is offering new benefits to members of its Business Prime program. The tech giant announced Thursday (Dec. 18) that these small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can now access benefits from Intuit ...

Among retail’s most dominant themes in 2025 was that the next era of competition is about ecosystem control, not just operational excellence. As 2026 approaches, Walmart and Amazon are focused on ...

Big Tech’s artificial intelligence (AI) push is accelerating on multiple fronts, from productivity agents embedded in everyday software to deeper bets on infrastructure, content and consumer hardware. Google’s CC AI Agent Google ...

Amazon is reportedly in discussions to invest around $10 billion in OpenAI. That investment could value the artificial intelligence startup at upwards of $500 billion, Reuters reported late Tuesday (Dec. 16), ...

Lending platform Slope has teamed with Amazon to offer financing to the eCommerce giant’s merchants. The program, open to eligible Amazon sellers in the U.S., is designed to offer these merchants ...

Anthropologie, Chipotle and Starbucks have become the final lease signees at Walmart’s new Home Office, the 350-acre corporate campus in Bentonville, Arkansas, that offers amenities for the retailer’s associates, members ...

When one thinks of retail competition, the battle between eCommerce and brick-and-mortar is typically what leaps to mind. Traditionally, Amazon has been the eCommerce landscape’s leading representative, and Walmart the flag ...

Amazon says its same-day perishable grocery delivery service has reached 2,300-plus communities. Now, Amazon is planning additional growth in 2026 as it finds itself on track to deliver at its fastest speeds ...

Amazon plans to invest $35 billion in India through 2030 to support business expansion, artificial intelligence (AI) digitization, export growth and job creation. This will build on the $40 billion the ...

Amazon is rolling out new shopping features for its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Alexa+. As reported Tuesday (Dec. 9) by TechCrunch, these features include a shopping hub, a feature that lets users add items ...

Retail’s triple crown of Walmart, Amazon and Target saw major shifts in who shopped this year’s Black Friday sales—and not all the changes were identical. New PYMNTS Intelligence data shows that ...

Pinterest and Walmart plan to pilot a shoppable recipe experience in the United States and will roll it out over the coming weeks. This collaboration enables Pinterest users to discover recipes ...

Agentic AI’s intersection with devices like phones, speakers and personal assistants hadn’t been visited much in the Prompt Economy. At least that was the case, up until last week when ...

The defining retail battle of the 21st century has been around who controls the flow between click and doorstep. This has made the real competition less about shelves and inventory, ...

Amazon is reportedly evaluating its delivery network after talks with the U.S. Postal Service stalled. If Amazon expands its network, the move would make Amazon the country’s most ubiquitous delivery service and present ...

A new wave of announcements from big technology companies shows how quickly the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is shifting. This week’s updates reflect a broader push to increase existing footprint ...

Amazon is testing ultra-fast delivery of groceries and essential items in two U.S. cities. The program, offering deliveries within around 30 minutes or less, is being piloted in parts of Philadelphia ...

Retail rivals Walmart and Amazon are reportedly expanding their lending footprint in India. For Amazon, that means plans to offer loans to small business owners in the world’s most populous country, ...

The retail industry is pulling every growth lever it can this holiday season. The question is whether those levers are enough. Consumers remain contradictory. Retail earnings for the year’s final quarter ...

Walmart is reportedly considering placing ads in its artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant, Sparky. The retailer tested a potential ad format from September to early November and is now considering how ...

Amazon announced actions taken against three groups of counterfeiters operating on its platform. In one action, the company’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU) filed a lawsuit targeting what it called a “massive” ...

Amazon has announced a multibillion-dollar investment in expanding artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing for government agencies. The project, announced Monday (Nov. 24) will see Amazon Web Services (AWS) invest at least ...

American consumer spending is still going strong, at least at some retailers. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (Nov. 23), shoppers continue to flock to where they see value, ...

Walmart’s third-quarter 2026 earnings results, released Thursday (Nov. 20), show that value remains the dominant force shaping consumer behavior, with shoppers increasingly using digital channels to find it. Across income levels, ...