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An artificial intelligence (AI) agent can now put groceries in a cart and pay for them, and the retailer on the other end decides whether the agent gets in, what it can see and who pays when the order is wrong. Walmart introduced three tools...
Amazon is expanding its Shop Direct initiative, which lists products from brands that don’t sell on its site, in an effort to keep shoppers coming to its site rather than using outside personal artificial intelligence agents, The Information reported Wednesday (Oct. 28). Since March, Amazon...
A merchant can add another digital shopping channel without necessarily changing the customer it serves. Artificial intelligence (AI) shopping presents a different reality, as the consumers using it behave differently from the average shopper. UAE consumers who used AI in their most recent purchase average...
Artificial intelligence (AI) shopping agents could make it easier for consumers to compare products and complete purchases, but they may not change where shoppers spend their money. Even when an autonomous AI assistant can purchase the same product from competing merchants at identical prices, with...
Payments and financial services technology solutions provider Fiserv has launched its Commerce Hub platform. The new offering is designed to let merchants “orchestrate and simplify commerce through a single connection to Fiserv’s commerce capabilities,” the company said in a Monday (Oct. 19) news release. “Commerce Hub currently supports...
Glance has added real-time product data and native checkout to its personal shopping platform through a new agentic commerce integration with PayPal, Glance said in a Thursday (Oct. 15) press release. Glance, which is backed by global technology company InMobi, is embedded on 60 million phones and connected TVs through relationships...
Google began rolling out its Universal Cart in the United States Thursday (Oct. 15), making it available in Google Search and in the Gemini app, the company said in a Thursday blog post. Google unveiled the Universal Cart in May at the Google I/O event....
Online retail kept taking consumer dollars in September, extending an annual growth rate that outpaced overall retail even as inflation reduced the purchasing power behind the broader sales increase. Sales at non-store retailers, which include eCommerce firms, rose 0.3% from August and 8.2% from September...
A saved haircut on Pinterest now comes with a script for the stylist. Pinterest launched Beauty Guides on Tuesday (Oct. 6), PYMNTS reported. The artificial intelligence tool turns hair and nail Pins into step-by-step plans that users can bring to the appointment. Users open a...