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Business & Enterprise · 2 min read

Amazon Opens Seller Central APIs to External AI Agents in US Beta

Amazon opened Seller Central APIs to external AI agents in a US beta, letting tools like Anthropic's Claude automate inventory, pricing, and listings — positioning Amazon as agentic commerce infrastructure.

3d ago

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

Target Becomes First Mass Retailer on Three AI Platforms, Deploys ChatGPT Enterprise to 18,000 Staff

Target is the first mass retailer with AI shopping across Google, Microsoft Copilot, and OpenAI's ChatGPT, and has deployed ChatGPT Enterprise to 18,000 employees at its Minneapolis headquarters.

Sep 18

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

AI Personalization Leaders Generate 40% More Revenue — but Only 7% of Retailers Have Fully Deployed

New 2026 data shows AI personalization leaders generate 40% more revenue than non-adopters — while 93% of retailers are still leaving significant revenue unrealized.

Sep 13

Retail & Commerce · 5 min read

Agentic Commerce Has Arrived: AI Agents Are Now Completing Purchases on Your Behalf

AI agents capable of searching, comparing, and completing purchases autonomously have entered the retail funnel in 2026, with McKinsey projecting up to $1 trillion in US retail impact by 2030.

Jun 17

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

AI Personalization Now Drives 45% of Online Conversions as Retailer Revenue Gap Widens to 40%

AI-driven personalization is behind 45% of all online conversions in 2026, and retailers using AI generate 40% more revenue than those that don't — a compounding gap that is getting harder to close.

Jun 12

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

95% of Retailers Are Now Cutting Operating Costs With AI — Stord's 2026 Report Puts Hard Numbers on the Shift

Stord's State of AI in E-Commerce 2026 finds 95% of retailers reporting measurable cost reductions and a 30% customer lifetime value lift for brands running full-stack AI.

Jun 9

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

Nine in Ten Retailers to Increase AI Budgets in 2026 as Agentic Commerce Takes Center Stage

Nine in ten retailers plan to grow their AI budgets in 2026, with agentic AI the fastest-growing deployment category — but more than half of consumers still describe shopping experiences as generic.

Jun 8

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

Dick's Sporting Goods' 'Coach' Is What Agentic Retail Actually Looks Like

Dick's Sporting Goods is deploying an AI advisor called Coach that answers training questions, recommends products, and tracks fitness progress — blurring the line between coaching and retail in a way previous chatbots haven't.

Jun 5

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

Google Launches Universal Commerce Protocol to Power the Agentic Shopping Era

Google released an open standard for AI agents to browse and buy across retailer inventory — a structural bid to become the connective layer of agentic commerce.

May 25

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

97% of Retailers Have AI Plans. Only Half of Consumers Trust Autonomous Shopping Agents.

Almost every retailer is building toward AI-powered agentic commerce. Only half of consumers are comfortable with autonomous purchasing agents. That gap is retail's defining challenge in 2026.

May 11

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

Retailers Are Rewriting Their Products to Be Read by AI, Not Humans

Canadian Tire, Walmart, and other major retailers are restructuring product descriptions and metadata to be parsed by AI shopping agents — the traditional SEO playbook is becoming obsolete.

May 8

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

Agentic Commerce Arrives: AI-Driven Retail Traffic Up 393% as Bots Replace Browsing

Adobe Digital Insights data shows AI-driven visits to U.S. retail sites surged 393% year-over-year in Q1 2026, with AI-referred shoppers converting 42% better — marking the emergence of agentic commerce at scale.

May 7