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Target Appoints Lowe’s Veteran Chandhu Nair as First Chief AI Officer
August 11, 2026

Target has appointed its first chief artificial intelligence officer, the company said in a Tuesday (Aug. 11) article. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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Grocers Drop Online Markups to Turn Delivery Into a Habit
August 11, 2026

A grocery retailer can collect an extra dollar by marking up an online order, or it can give up that dollar and try to win more of the household’s grocery budget. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Furniture.com and Flex Pay Turn 77 Stores Into One Purchase
August 11, 2026

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QVC Group Emerges From Bankruptcy With $600 Million Asset-Backed Facility
August 07, 2026

QVC Group, the live social shopping company whose brands include QVC and HSN, emerged from bankruptcy with its debt reduced by more than $5 billion, access to a new $600 million asset-based lending facility, and new leadership, the company said in a Thursday (Aug. 6)...

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Retailers Steer AI Traffic Back to Own Checkouts
August 07, 2026

Retailers are looking to market their products through artificial intelligence platforms while bringing the transactions and data that come with them to their own platforms, Reuters reported Friday (Aug. 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Amazon and Walmart Want to Beat the Consumer to Their Next Purchase
August 06, 2026

Amazon’s $3 trillion valuation, achieved this week, is being treated as an artificial intelligence and cloud computing milestone. For retail leaders, it should be read as a broader signal that investors value the infrastructure surrounding commerce as much as the sale itself. Get the Full...

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AI Finds the Deal, Shoppers Still Make the Call
August 05, 2026

When it comes to retail shopping, consumers are largely using artificial intelligence as a shortcut through the growing complexity of eCommerce rather than as a replacement for making their own decisions. While AI is finding its strongest role in tasks that save time and simplify...

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Amazon Narrows AI Ambitions as Retail Rivalry Intensifies
July 30, 2026

Amazon’s decision this week to scale back parts of its homegrown artificial intelligence portfolio has been taken by the marketplace as a retreat from the frontier-model competition. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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$349 Billion Could Move Through a Much Smarter Checkout
July 28, 2026

A good offer can lose its value when the shopper never sees it. That problem gets expensive fast when the missed moment happens at checkout. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...