Retail

Retail is the process of selling consumer goods or services to customers through multiple channels of distribution to earn a profit. Retailers satisfy demand identified through a supply chain.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

AI Agents Get Their Own Bank Accounts
AI Agents Get Their Own Bank Accounts
September 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Looking to strengthen its bond with merchants, Ant International is getting bank accounts for artificial intelligence agents. Account for Agent sits inside WorldFirst, Ant’s global...

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AI Agents Become the Next Payments Customer
AI Agents Become the Next Payments Customer
September 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: Digital Shift With Viggo Stenseth of SolvaPay The payments industry has devoted much effort to making sure a bot can’t pass for a...

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Senators Demand Probe Into Amazon and Walmart AI Over Made in USA Claims
Senators Demand Probe Into Amazon and Walmart AI Over Made in USA Claims
September 17, 2026  |  Retail

Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate how Amazon and Walmart handle “Made in America”...

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Amazon Builds Its Own Answer to Walmart’s 5,000 Stores
Amazon Builds Its Own Answer to Walmart’s 5,000 Stores
September 17, 2026  |  Retail

Amazon needs more than faster warehouses to close Walmart’s delivery advantage. It may need to build and manufacture its own version of a neighborhood store...

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Department Stores Move Upmarket as Luxury Struggles
Department Stores Move Upmarket as Luxury Struggles
September 17, 2026  |  Retail

The upmarket push is showing up at department stores, where the objective is to get customers to spend more without making the jump into luxury....

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Mastercard and Alchemy Partner on Everyday Agentic Payments
Mastercard and Alchemy Partner on Everyday Agentic Payments
September 17, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Mastercard and Alchemy, a provider of blockchain infrastructure for apps and artificial intelligence agents, partnered on an agentic payment option that Mastercard will roll out...

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Costco and DoorDash Launch Same-Day Delivery in US
Costco and DoorDash Launch Same-Day Delivery in US
September 17, 2026  |  Aggregators

Costco is now available on the DoorDash Marketplace across the United States, DoorDash said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) press release. This offering marks an...

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Walmart Adds AI Tools to Help Suppliers Act on Retail Data
Walmart Adds AI Tools to Help Suppliers Act on Retail Data
September 16, 2026  |  Retail

Walmart Data Ventures is adding new artificial intelligence-powered features to its commerce intelligence platform, Scintilla, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 16) press release....

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Costco and Uber Eats Scale Delivery Across 47 States
Costco and Uber Eats Scale Delivery Across 47 States
September 16, 2026  |  Delivery

Costco and Uber Technologies expanded their partnership to offer Costco delivery through Uber Eats in 47 states in the United States, up from the previous...

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