ecommerce

eCommerce (also known as electronic commerce) is a process of buying and selling of products or services, making money transfers, and transferring data over an electronic medium (Internet). This network allows people to do business with no barrier of distance and time.

Amazon Hits Snags in Revamping Alexa Into Agentic AI
Amazon Hits Snags in Revamping Alexa Into Agentic AI
January 14, 2025  |  Alexa

Two years into its planned revamp of Alexa into a smarter voice assistant with generative artificial intelligence (AI) at its core, Amazon is running into...

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Conversational AI Stirs Up Spirit Sector’s Digital Transformation
Conversational AI Stirs Up Spirit Sector’s Digital Transformation
January 14, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

You can order almost anything online, so why should booze be any different? That’s the $285 billion question Drinks is keen on answering, Barry Collier,...

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How Digital Engagement is Reshaping the $320 Billion Food Service Industry
How Digital Engagement is Reshaping the $320 Billion Food Service Industry
January 13, 2025  |  Retail

For Mani Kulasooriya, co-founder and CEO of Cut+Dry, an eCommerce and advertising platform for independent food service distributors and manufacturers, digital engagement is impacting the...

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Wayfair Deploys Google AI to Scale and Enrich Product Catalogs
Wayfair Deploys Google AI to Scale and Enrich Product Catalogs
January 12, 2025  |  Retail

Wayfair has reduced the time needed to curate product listings by 67%, saved hundreds of thousands of dollars and improved some conversion rates by 2%...

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Amazon to Shut Down ‘Prime Try Before You Buy’ Service
Amazon to Shut Down ‘Prime Try Before You Buy’ Service
January 10, 2025  |  Amazon

Amazon will shut down its “Prime Try Before You Buy” service on Jan. 31, according to a notice on the company’s website. The Information reported the ending of...

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Move Over, Chatbots: Agentic AI Is Here to Run Retail
Move Over, Chatbots: Agentic AI Is Here to Run Retail
January 10, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Tech companies are rolling out artificial intelligence (AI)-powered retail solutions that mark a shift from the generative AI boom of recent years to the agentic...

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Pipe17 Raises $15.5 Million to Scale AI-Powered Composable Order Operations Platform
Pipe17 Raises $15.5 Million to Scale AI-Powered Composable Order Operations Platform
January 10, 2025  |  Investments

Software company Pipe17 raised $15.5 million in a Series A funding round to support its efforts to build and scale its infrastructure for artificial intelligence-powered...

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Salesforce to Launch AI Agents and Cloud-Based POS for Retailers
Salesforce to Launch AI Agents and Cloud-Based POS for Retailers
January 10, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Salesforce is set to release two new artificial intelligence-powered tools for retailers. One tool will make it easier for retailers to build AI agents, while...

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Report: Shein Could Launch IPO in London in April
Report: Shein Could Launch IPO in London in April
January 09, 2025  |  IPO

Fast-fashion retailer Shein Group reportedly plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in London by the middle of the year. Subject to regulatory approvals,...

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