Retail

Artificial intelligence-powered shopping tools have helped drive record levels of Black Friday spending this year. Shoppers ...

American consumers upped their spending slightly during Black Friday amid an uncertain economic landscape. That’s according ...

If your Cyber Monday cart still tops out at an air fryer and some half-off ...

Walk into a CVS pharmacy. Scroll a live auction on Whatnot. Book a salon visit ...

Ahead of the holiday rush, we asked ChatGPT to predict how the 2025 holiday shopping ...

The retail industry is pulling every growth lever it can this holiday season. The question ...

Black Friday 2024. Nov. 29. The top movies were “Wicked,” “Moana 2” and “Gladiator 2.” ...

Online marketplaces have spent the last decade layering payments and financial tools into their platforms. Now, ...

eCommerce-focused artificial intelligence (AI) search startup Onton has raised $7.5 million in new funding. The new ...

With the holiday shopping rush approaching, smaller retailers are facing an unpleasant, tariff-related choice. They can ...

As AI agents grow in popularity, retailers are reportedly spending to attract their attention. “We’ve seen ...

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The latest earnings from Kohl’s, Burlington Stores and Dick’s Sporting Goods, all released Tuesday (Nov. ...

Sellers of luxury goods have reportedly found TikTok Shop to be a good place to ...

U.S. Census Bureau data on consumer spending is flowing again after the government shutdown, and ...

Mercado Libre is reportedly investing more than ever before in coupons for this week’s Black ...

David’s Bridal has added buy now, pay later at the altar of wedding spend, rolling ...

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT will now help users discover, understand and compare products. This service is provided by ...

Amazon announced actions taken against three groups of counterfeiters operating on its platform. In one action, ...

Kohl’s interim CEO Michael Bender is now officially the retailer’s CEO. The company announced the change ...

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Many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are looking past the trade-driven uncertainty dominating national headlines ...

American consumer spending is still going strong, at least at some retailers. As The Wall Street ...

Earnings season is offering one of the clearest pictures yet of a consumer base moving ...

Tariffs are entering what increasingly feels like a mature phase. As highlighted by enterprise executives heading ...

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Walmart’s third-quarter 2026 earnings results, released Thursday (Nov. 20), show that value remains the dominant ...

As the annual holiday shopping ritual ramps up, consumers’ finances are less robust than they ...

Autonomous microstores are returning to the retail market as artificial intelligence (AI) solves the accuracy ...

Walmart is reportedly in talks to acquire R&A Data, a startup that already serves as ...

T.J. Maxx/Marshalls parent TJX says it is seeing robust sales ahead of the holidays. The off-price retailer released earnings Wednesday (Nov. ...

Target’s third-quarter 2025 earnings results suggest that consumers are under growing pressure, a dynamic that ...

The challenges of today’s economy continue to weigh on consumer confidence. Against that backdrop, retailers in ...

Chargeflow raised $35 million in a Series A funding round to fuel its global expansion ...

When it comes to consumer and corporate confidence, the bellwethers are increasingly ringing the alarm. That ...

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A shift is taking hold inside the pay later economy, and it is not the ...

If the future is evenly distributed, so is nostalgia. The hottest holiday flex this year isn’t ...

Food retailer Ahold Delhaize USA has added its Hannaford brand to its proprietary digital and ...

Alibaba.com plans to add agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its B2B eCommerce platform in ...

Walmart President and CEO Doug McMillon will retire Jan. 31, 2026, and he will be ...

Amazon and Walmart have spent decades defining the competitive perimeter of American retail, each shaping ...

Paysafe shares sank Thursday (Nov. 13) on the heels of third-quarter earnings results. Although eCommerce growth ...

“Retailers Expand Embedded Finance to Unlock Control and Customization,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and ...

Target is introducing new technology features to help customers shop for the holidays. The new features, ...

Open payments provider Spreedly has expanded its Latin America-focused partnership with payments services firm EBANX. This ...

Retailers are preparing for a more restrained Black Friday this year, as tariffs and inflation ...

Despite ongoing industry challenges, FedEx Corp told stakeholders and analysts that it has reason to ...

eCommerce platforms like TikTok Shop are reportedly flooded with an uptick in AI-fueled scams. Fraudulent sellers ...

Amazon said it is marking the one-year anniversary of its “Haul” service with $1 deals. It‘s ...

About a year after launching Amazon Haul and Amazon Bazaar, Amazon is expanding that shopping ...

Retail is entering its final quarter of the year. And, to date, the year’s top ...

One of the world’s top Rolex sellers said tariffs have not hurt sales in the ...

Commerce.com’s third-quarter 2025 earnings results, released Thursday (Nov. 6) ahead of the bell, suggest that ...

Amazon has reportedly raised prices more than Target and Walmart this year, possibly due to ...

European digital used car platform Auto1 is emphasizing convenience and selection following a record quarter. The ...

Amazon is reportedly offering customers of Brazil’s Nubank several special payment options. Company officials told Bloomberg ...

Firmly has launched a platform designed to make it easier for merchants to adopt agentic ...

Users of Walmart de México’s digital payments app, Cashi, can now purchase products online and ...

Global Payments’ new point-of-sale software, Genius, has been resonating with merchants since the launch of ...

Instacart launched artificial intelligence tools aimed at “grocers of all sizes,” according to a Tuesday ...

Financial technology provider payabl. has launched a payments integration with Shopify. The integration is designed to let merchants provide ...

Who’s going to win the digital wallet for the holidays? It was a question we ...

The wind-down of the penny is reportedly causing problems for banks and retailers. While they don’t ...

For years, merchants treated fraud prevention like seasonal window dressing — a necessary expense to ...

Carvana said Wednesday (Oct. 29) that its eCommerce platform for buying and selling used cars ...

Adyen is working with other industry leaders to develop standards for agentic commerce, and the ...

Etsy is continuing its focus on artificial intelligence (AI) as it names new leadership. The online ...

Wix merchants will soon be able to enroll in PayPal’s agentic commerce solution. By doing so, ...

PayPal said Tuesday (Oct. 28) that it accelerated the time-to-market of its artificial intelligence solutions ...

Visa and United Kingdom-based bank Barclays expanded their six-decade partnership. The new agreement spans issuing and ...

Consumers will soon be able to pick up single-dose vials of the weight loss drug ...

UPS is reportedly increasing its use of gig delivery drivers as eCommerce volumes grow. As The Wall ...

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