Amazon is putting Alexa for Shopping at the center of Prime Day, using artificial intelligence (AI) to build personalized deal guides, track prices, recommend products and place orders automatically when items hit a shopper’s target price. The four-day event runs Tuesday to Friday (June 23-26),...
A group of California consumers filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that gas station operators including Walmart, Marathon Petroleum, BP and 7-Eleven used an artificial intelligence pricing tool to illegally inflate pump prices in the state, according to a complaint filed in federal court in...
Walmart is integrating its advertising operations into one framework amid growing ad revenue. The retail giant on Monday (June 22) announced plans to align tools, tech and platforms across its U.S. and international Walmart Connect operations, as well as Sam’s Club. As part of this shift, Walmart is rebranding...
Pizza has entered its “It’s not you, it’s me” era, which is ridiculous because it is absolutely us. We, the people, have apparently been ordering fewer pies and treating mozzarella like a quarterly indulgence instead of a constitutional right. This is how civilizations wobble. First,...
Amazon says its Alexa+ voice assistant is now available to customers in Brazil. It’s part of an ongoing rollout of the upgraded Alexa that began earlier this year, and is scheduled to continue into 2027, Amazon announced Thursday (June 18). “Powered by generative AI, the new Alexa+ represents a...
For years, the rivalry between Amazon and Walmart was easy to understand. One company dominated eCommerce, the other dominated physical retail. Their competition revolved around familiar metrics: market share, delivery speed, pricing power and store traffic. At least it used to revolve around those pillars....
German grocer Aldi is launching a major expansion in the United States amid rising food prices, the Financial Times reported Thursday (June 18). The company is launching a $9 billion U.S. expansion plan, opening a new store every few days on the road to having...
Consumers may be scrutinizing purchases more closely, but May’s retail sales report showed spending activity remains firmly in motion. Advance estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau released Wednesday (June 17) revealed retail and food services sales totaling $763.7 billion in May, up 0.9% from April...
Watch more: Monday Conversation With RADAR’s Spencer Hewett On a busy Saturday, a shopper in an apparel store finds the right jacket but not the right size. The associate checks the store system. It says one medium is available. But the jacket isn’t on the...