AI Shopping

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Shopify Introduces the Agentic Plan

Kale Havervold

Shopify has revealed that the company is introducing the Agentic Plan, which lets companies sync products to AI chats and ...

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ChannelEngine Reveals Marketplace Shopping Behavior Report

Kale Havervold

Recently, marketplace management platform ChannelEngine released the company’s 2026 iteration of its marketplace shopping behavior report. This report highlighted the ...

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Microsoft is Integrating Shopping into Copilot

Kale Havervold

Microsoft recently introduced Copilot Checkout, a feature that lets customers make purchases right in Copilot chats. The company says this ...

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Shopify and Google Create the Standard for Agentic Commerce

Kale Havervold

Recently, Shopify and Google co-developed the Universal Commerce Protocol to set the standard for AI agents to connect and transact ...

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BigCommerce Joins Google to Launch Universal Commerce Protocol for AI Shopping

Alyciah Beavers

BigCommerce, in a high-stakes collaboration with Google, officially announced the launch of the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). The open-source standard ...

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Instacart Ends AI-Driven Pricing Tests After Backlash

Kale Havervold

After testing AI-driven pricing, Instacart has ended the practice after negative backlash from not only customers but also regulators. This ...

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Agentic AI Expected to Take Major Online Sales Share by 2030

Kale Havervold

Research from global management consulting firm Bain & Company forecasts that agentic AI is poised to reshape retail and may ...

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US Holiday Spending Rose by More Than 4% According to Visa

Kale Havervold

Holiday spending in the USA rose in 2025, according to Visa, across all payment types and in a variety of ...