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.

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Will Holiday Shopping Go Agentic? 40 Senior Execs Weigh In

Will Holiday Shopping Go Agentic? 40 Senior Execs Weigh In
Will Holiday Shopping Go Agentic? 40 Senior Execs Weigh In
October 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

AI may be ready to shop. Consumers are still deciding how much freedom they want to give it. “Holiday Retail’s AI Test Starts With Who...

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AI Agents Knock. Retailers Decide How Wide to Open the Door.
AI Agents Knock. Retailers Decide How Wide to Open the Door.
October 05, 2026  |  Retail

Retailers are drawing different lines on how far artificial intelligence (AI) shopping agents can go on their sites. Amazon blocks outside agents while it builds...

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L’Oréal Cuts Customer Service Time 64% With AI
L’Oréal Cuts Customer Service Time 64% With AI
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A L’Oréal adviser who needed to issue a customer a discount code once clicked through about 15 screens over 10 minutes. Now the adviser types...

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Constructor Teams With Stripe to Debut Agentic Checkout Tool
Constructor Teams With Stripe to Debut Agentic Checkout Tool
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Product discovery platform Constructor has introduced a new Stripe-integrated agentic commerce offering. Agentic Checkout, announced in a Monday (Oct. 5) news release, is designed to allow both human shoppers...

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AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Retail competition used to happen on shelves and screens. AI agents are moving it to data feeds and API endpoints. The retailer with the most...

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Shoppers Want Technology to Do the Deal Hunting
Shoppers Want Technology to Do the Deal Hunting
October 05, 2026  |  Shopping

Embedded offers have a sizable audience before merchants, banks and brands solve for full automation. Consumers who are most receptive to automated offer management account...

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Meet the DINKWADs, HENRYs and Elder Millennials Spending Their Own Way
Meet the DINKWADs, HENRYs and Elder Millennials Spending Their Own Way
October 03, 2026  |  Retail

The economy has a growing collection of oddly named consumers. One has two incomes, no children and a dog. Another earns plenty but has yet...

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EMVCo Takes On Proof of Permission for AI Payments
EMVCo Takes On Proof of Permission for AI Payments
October 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence agents add information to a card payment that merchants, issuers and networks don’t routinely exchange today: what the consumer authorized the agent to...

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