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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

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Retailers Are Pushing Back Against AI Shopping Tools That Give Consumers Pricing Power

With 20% of consumers interested in AI shopping agents, major retailers are blocking access, leaning into dynamic pricing, and building proprietary tools — all to resist the price transparency that consumer AI shopping tools create.

Jun 14

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 · 5 min read

Amazon and Walmart Race to Own Retail's AI Decision Layer

68% of consumers used AI-enabled shopping tools in the past three months. Amazon and Walmart are racing to control the AI interface — the decision layer — that mediates every purchase those consumers make.

Jun 4

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

Consumers Are Outrunning Retailers on AI Shopping Tools

68% of consumers used at least one AI shopping tool in the past 90 days — but retailers are still optimizing for search engines, not for the AI agents increasingly acting as consumer proxies.

Jun 3

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AI Is Putting Retail Personalization to Its Hardest Test Yet

AI-referred shoppers convert 31% higher — but that stat comes from the retailers who got the data infrastructure right. Most are discovering agentic AI exposes fragmented identity data and governance gaps they can't hide.

May 18

Retail & Commerce · 3 min read

AI Retail Startups Target 'Silent Killer' Margin Problems Threatening Store Profitability

AI startups are attacking retail's margin problem with virtual try-on, inventory optimization, and personalization engines. The AI-in-retail market has hit $18.4 billion, with nearly 90% of retailers now deploying AI.

Apr 19

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AI Virtual Try-On Goes Mainstream as Startups Target $850B Annual Returns Problem

AI virtual try-on platforms hit mainstream deployment through Shopify integration, a Google search rollout on April 30, and luxury brand Amiri adoption—targeting the $849.9 billion in returned merchandise from 2025.

Apr 12