Luxury shopping has developed a new answer to “What did you buy?” “I’ll know in a moment.” Beezie, a platform that combines collectibles with digital ownership, said in an Oct. 1 press release that its first luxury mystery box offering sold all 500 authenticated items...
A shopper who clicked a Revolve ad used to land on the same brand or category page as everyone else, whatever the ad showed. The fashion retailer now uses artificial intelligence (AI) to build a landing page for each click. In A/B tests, those pages...
Walmart has announced what it calls “three major holiday shopping events” for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. “Walmart research shows that 60% of shoppers say the price of gifts and holiday purchases affects how they feel about the season, while 70% say lower prices would...
David’s Bridal plans to separate its Pearl division, with Pearl becoming an independent public company offering a digital wedding planning, media and commerce platform, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. To enable this change, David’s Bridal and special purpose acquisition company...
It was a big week for agentic artificial intelligence at Walmart and Amazon as the two companies outlined plans to capitalize on the technology’s momentum among consumers and enterprises. Walmart announced tools that will let customers authorize AI agents to shop on their behalf, with...
Walmart has introduced three tools designed to let customers shop at Walmart and Sam’s Club through their choice of apps and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. “Shopping with an agent won’t be for everyone, and it doesn’t have to be,” the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 21) press release. “But for customers...
Hasbro saw 15% year-over-year revenue growth in the third quarter, fueled by its Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming segment, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 20) earnings press release. “Despite all of the macro noise in the quarter, we stayed true to our superpower,...
Apple will host a product launch event dubbed “Pro and tell” on Oct. 28, and analysts expect the company to introduce its first touch-screen MacBook Pro, according to multiple media reports. Greg Joswiak, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, said in a Monday (Oct....
The shopper standing in a Brazilian store may be looking at merchandise on the shelf, but the merchant no longer has that shopper to itself. PYMNTS Intelligence’s August 2026 “Global Digital Shopping Index: Brazil Playbook,” produced in collaboration with Visa Acceptance Solutions, found that 51%...