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Digital Sales Give Small Businesses a Map for Growth

Digital Sales Give Small Businesses a Map for Growth
Digital Sales Give Small Businesses a Map for Growth
September 03, 2026  |  SMBs

Digital channels gave small and medium-sized businesses more than reach in 2025. They gave those companies a measurable growth edge: Digital-led SMBs were 14 percentage...

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72% of UAE Shoppers Used AI for Their Latest Purchase
72% of UAE Shoppers Used AI for Their Latest Purchase
September 03, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

The UAE shopper has little patience for yesterday’s checkout. A phone can serve as a storefront, research assistant and wallet before a merchant’s website has...

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Most Banks Wait Six Years for AI Payback. Discovery Didn’t.
Most Banks Wait Six Years for AI Payback. Discovery Didn’t.
September 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Banks have a lot of data on their customers, but most of it sits unused. The customer gets flooded the same generic offer everyone else...

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Fed Finds High-End Spending Holding as Household Strain Deepens
Fed Finds High-End Spending Holding as Household Strain Deepens
September 02, 2026  |  Economy

The American consumer is still spending, but the Federal Reserve’s latest survey makes it increasingly difficult to speak of all consumers as though they were...

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X Moves US Creator Payouts From Stripe to X Money
X Moves US Creator Payouts From Stripe to X Money
September 02, 2026  |  Social Commerce

Social platform X is moving U.S. creator payouts to its own payments service, X Money, as it expands the role of its financial products within...

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AI Could Make Small Trade Loans Pay Off Again
AI Could Make Small Trade Loans Pay Off Again
September 02, 2026  |  Working Capital

When a company sells goods to a buyer overseas, it often has to wait 30, 60 or 90 days to get paid. In the meantime,...

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Anthropic Gives Retailers Blueprint for AI Shopping Agents
Anthropic Gives Retailers Blueprint for AI Shopping Agents
September 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic is giving retailers a set of blueprints to build artificial intelligence agents that can help shoppers find products and assist merchants with tasks including...

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Google Escapes Forced Breakup of AdX Marketplace
Google Escapes Forced Breakup of AdX Marketplace
September 02, 2026  |  Google

Google avoided a forced breakup of its advertising technology business, Reuters reported Wednesday (Sept. 2). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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