In the long contest between Amazon and Walmart, strategy has rarely been static. The headlines this week show that while Walmart is investing in supply chain automation, with 23 of its 42 regional distribution centers in the U.S. currently being retrofitted, Amazon is broadening what...
Petco plans to expand the range of consumables, supplies and services it offers for pets as it moves into the next phase of its operational plan, shifting its focus from cost savings to growth, Petco CEO Joel Anderson said Wednesday (March 11) during the company’s...
Amazon won an early legal victory this week when a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity from using the Comet browser’s artificial intelligence shopping agent to access password-protected parts of Amazon’s site and make purchases on behalf of users. The order, handed down...
Amazon is making it easier for merchants to participate in Shop Direct, its program that helps customers find and buy products that are not sold in its own store. The company now enables merchants to sync their catalog, pricing and inventory with Shop Direct by...
Amazon began rolling out an agentic artificial intelligence health assistant in the United States on Tuesday (March 10). The company is now offering access to Health AI to customers on Amazon.com and the Amazon app, will continue expanding availability in the coming weeks, and plans...
Amazon secured a temporary injunction to stop Perplexity’s artificial intelligence agent from shopping and making purchases on its site, CNBC reported Tuesday (March 10). A federal judge ruled Monday (March 9) that Amazon provided “strong evidence” that Perplexity’s Comet browser accessed its site without authorization...
The steady migration of consumer spending toward digital channels continued through the end of 2025, underlining the extent to which online commerce has become embedded in the broader retail economy. Estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday (March 10) show that retail eCommerce...
They may be digital natives, but members of Gen Z still love the mall. That’s according to a report Sunday (March 8) from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which says that younger consumers’ enthusiasm for brick-and-mortar retail has helped fuel a recent recovery in the...
Consumer spending cooled slightly in January, although strong growth in digital retail channels suggests that the broader trajectory of household consumption remains intact. Advance estimates released Friday (March 6) by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that retail and food services sales totaled $733.5 billion in...