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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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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OpenAI Adds Virtual Try-On Feature to ChatGPT
OpenAI Adds Virtual Try-On Feature to ChatGPT
October 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI added a virtual try-on feature to ChatGPT, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 1) release note. “Virtually try on clothing and accessories: A...

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Smart Shopping Agents Still Need Someone to Vouch for Them
Smart Shopping Agents Still Need Someone to Vouch for Them
October 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Synchrony’s Mike Storiale Artificial intelligence can already recommend the running shoes. The payments industry still must figure out...

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