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Retail
Target Accelerates Growth Plan With Price Cuts
March 13, 2026

Target will begin lowering prices on 3,000 items this month in its latest move to support the company’s long-term, sustainable growth. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Investments
Rox Secures $1.2 Billion Valuation as AI Sales Agents Scale
March 13, 2026

Rox, a startup developing artificial intelligence (AI) agents for sales functions, closed a funding round late last year that valued it at $1.2 billion, TechCrunch reported Thursday (March 12), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Artificial Intelligence
Perplexity’s Computer for Enterprise Completed 3.25 Years of Work in Four Weeks
March 13, 2026

Artificial intelligence companies are beginning to rethink what a computer actually is, and Perplexity is pushing that idea further with a new platform designed to let AI agents operate across a user’s digital environment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Fintech Investments
Airwallex Fuels EMEA Growth With $1.1 Billion Investment
March 13, 2026

Global payments and financial platform Airwallex is investing $1.135 billion to fuel its expansion in the United Kingdom and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region over the next five years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Artificial Intelligence
Meta’s Avocado Delay Puts $135 Billion AI Bet Under Scrutiny
March 13, 2026

 Meta delayed the launch of Avocado, its next-generation artificial intelligence model. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

B2B Payments
B2B’s Biggest Innovation Isn’t Technology. It’s the Buying Experience
March 13, 2026

The B2B procurement experience once meant phone calls, email quotes and weeks of back-and-forth negotiations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

Security & Fraud
Fraud Defense Moves From the Back Office to the Codebase
March 13, 2026

The evolution of digital payments has often followed a predictable pattern. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

Artificial Intelligence
42% of Power Users Say They Now Use Search Less
March 13, 2026

Artificial intelligence is starting to look less like a novelty and more like a new kind of personal assistant, one that people increasingly tap first when they need to do something, not just look something up. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Retail
Ulta Beauty AI Personalization Drives Double-Digit eCommerce Surge
March 12, 2026

Digital upgrades and artificial intelligence contributed to Ulta Beauty’s better-than-planned financial performance in the fourth quarter, Ulta Beauty President and CEO Kecia Steelman said Thursday (March 12) during an earnings call. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...