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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...
TikTok has introduced an in-app checkout solution and an artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant, saying in a Monday (Oct. 5) press release that these are the first of several agentic commerce experiences the company is adding to its platform. The in-app checkout solution, Buy Direct, allows users to buy...
Embedded offers have a sizable audience before merchants, banks and brands solve for full automation. Consumers who are most receptive to automated offer management account for $89.1 billion in estimated recent spending across grocery, retail and restaurant purchases. The finding comes from “Embedded Offers: The...
DoorDash launched a returns program along with an expansion of its retail marketplace, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 30) press release. The expansion involves partnerships in the apparel, beauty and home spaces, with Macy’s, Anthropologie, The North Face, Vans and Timberland now available options to...
Alibaba Group’s international eCommerce site, AliExpress, is testing a VIP program called Elite, The Information reported Wednesday (Sept. 30), citing an unnamed source. AliExpress is offering Elite on an invitation-only basis to customers in select countries who have spent more than $800 a year on...
Watch more: The Agentic Experience With Mastercard’s Sabrina Therani Agentic commerce is becoming an infrastructure race. The biggest agentic constraint today is not whether AI can shop but whether the systems surrounding that AI can determine what an agent is allowed to do, who is...
Watch more: The Agentic Experience With Gaurang Shah of Mastercard Agentic commerce is approaching an awkward transition point in its adoption cycle. The artificial intelligence (AI) foundation is getting good enough to shop for consumers faster than the commercial system responding to it is getting...
Online personal styling service Stitch Fix is seeing a “significant lift” in spending from clients who engage with its tool that lets them see artificial intelligence-generated images of themselves wearing the outfits they’re considering, Stitch Fix CEO Matt Baer said during a Wednesday (Sept. 23)...
A retailer can see what customers buy from that firm’s online and offline channels. A bank with a large card portfolio can see spending across a much wider range of merchants. Payments networks and technology providers have other views of transactions and checkout. Financial services...