Amazon said Monday (April 6) that it has reached a new deal with the United States Postal Service (USPS) in which the postal agency will continue to make 80% of the package deliveries it currently makes for the retailer, Reuters reported Monday. In March, Amazon threatened to cut...
Amazon says it has given Alexa+ users new ways to order food from Uber Eats and Grubhub. “Imagine ordering delivery the same way you would with a waiter — changing your mind, asking questions, and customizing as you go, all in one continuous conversation,” the...
Easter used to be a foil-wrapped bunny, a department-store dress and a brunch reservation someone forgot to make until Thursday. In 2026, it looks more like a luxury-commerce obstacle course: a pre-ordered hotel chocolate sculpture here, a click-and-collect designer egg bag there; a tea seating,...
The Home Depot has named Ford Motor Company artificial intelligence leader Franziska Bell to head the home improvement retailer’s integration of agentic AI and machine learning. As its new executive vice president and chief technology officer, effective Monday (April 6), Bell will lead The Home...
Sellers using Amazon’s shipping services will be required to pay a fuel and logistics-related surcharge, the company said in a Thursday (April 2) post on Amazon Seller Central. The surcharge will amount to 3.5% and will be calculated on each seller’s fulfillment fees, not on the sale price of their items, according to...
CVS Health plans to open about 20 smaller, pharmacy-only locations across the United States this year after opening its first one late last year. The company opened its first pharmacy-only CVS Pharmacy in Birmingham, Alabama, and opened its second in Chicago on Monday (March 30),...
Retail runs on inventory management. And inventory management increasingly runs on artificial intelligence. Historically, retail forecasting and replenishment have been constrained by lagging indicators and siloed systems, forcing teams to make judgment calls based on incomplete or outdated information. AI, by contrast, enables the ingestion...
Walmart Mexico is deploying Vusion’s EdgeSense connected store platform across its Walmart Express stores and then its Walmart Supercenters. The EdgeSense platform includes intelligent shelf infrastructure, computer vision, artificial intelligence, electronic shelf labels and real-time retail data, the companies said in a Tuesday (March 31)...
Grocer Aldi U.S. launched a redesigned website and mobile app Monday (March 30), both of which are powered by Instacart’s Storefront Pro enterprise commerce platform and fulfillment solutions. In addition, after powering fulfillment for Aldi U.S. since 2019, Instacart has become the retailer’s exclusive fulfillment...