Instacart reportedly discussed selling itself with DoorDash and Uber
Instacart might sell itself to a larger competitor, according to multiple news reports The…
While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat
Now, it's expanding on those efforts with more technology to prepare for a world…
Walmart’s Flipkart is quietly building a food delivery challenger in India
Flipkart, the Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce giant, is preparing to challenge India's food-delivery duopoly of…
Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US
Google on Thursday said "Universal Cart," a tool that lets users collect and monitor…
Amex introduces a framework to prevent AI agents from making unauthorized purchases
Personal AI agents are increasingly making transactions on their users' behalf, but given the…
How to find out if Amazon thinks you have ‘flat buttocks’
It shouldn't come as a surprise that Amazon collects data about you based on…
The next hurdle for AI agents: getting websites to let them in
"Turning away a personal agent means turning away the customer behind it. We'd rather…
ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you
OpenAI is again experimenting with how its conversational AI assistant, ChatGPT, can help users…
Shopify debuts Canvas, a way to build online stores by chatting with AI
Shopify introduced a new site-building tool Thursday called Canvas that lets merchants set up…
Instinct’s new product recommendations are giving some users the ick
The buzzy AI startup Instinct has just revealed a new potential revenue stream: product…
The $200 billion retail media boom is causing headaches for CMOs
The newish marketing maxim that "everything is an ad network" becomes truer by the…
Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents
While some retailers, like Amazon (and Adidas, apparently!), are blocking AI agents from making…
Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India
India, the world's second-largest internet market with more than a billion internet subscribers, sees…
YouTube doubles down on video shopping with AI-powered ‘Ask YouTube’ feature
Now, the company says Ask YouTube will gain more features that will help users…
The man who built Apple’s stores doesn’t buy Silicon Valley’s bet on AI shopping
While Silicon Valley is spending billions to make AI agents shop for us, the…
In India, the new iPhone can arrive faster than a pizza
For some iPhone buyers in India, getting Apple's brand-new iPhone 18 Pro or iPhone…
