shopping

How consumers find what they want to buy and buy it in a world that is no longer defined by a physical place but what a consumer wants to buy and how she wants to buy it. Connected devices and the integration of payments into this now digital-led shopping journey is creating new ways for merchants and consumers to interact and disrupting traditional retail business models.

Walmart Adds AI-Powered In-Store Search

Walmart Adds AI-Powered In-Store Search
Walmart Adds AI-Powered In-Store Search
October 31, 2025  |  Walmart

Walmart has launched several new artificial intelligence (AI) tools designed to help customers with their holiday shopping. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Pinterest Launches AI Shopping Assistant and Gen AI Controls
Pinterest Launches AI Shopping Assistant and Gen AI Controls
October 31, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

 Visual search-and-discovery platform Pinterest is turning inspiration into action. The company on Thursday (Oct. 30) introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant and upgraded...

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Whatnot Raises $225 Million for Enthusiast Community-Focused Live Shopping Platform
Whatnot Raises $225 Million for Enthusiast Community-Focused Live Shopping Platform
October 30, 2025  |  Shopping

Whatnot raised $225 million in a Series F funding round to continue growing its live shopping platform that focuses on enthusiast communities and operates across...

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Amazon and Walmart Make Same-Day Grocery Delivery Retail’s New Battleground
Amazon and Walmart Make Same-Day Grocery Delivery Retail’s New Battleground
August 15, 2025  |  Retail

Amazon and Walmart occupy overlapping territory in retail but dominate in very different ways, largely because they’ve built their empires around different strategic identities. Get the...

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Target and Ulta Beauty to End Shop-in-Shop Partnership Next Year
Target and Ulta Beauty to End Shop-in-Shop Partnership Next Year
August 14, 2025  |  Retail

Target and Ulta Beauty said Thursday (Aug. 14) that they have mutually agreed not to renew their shop-in-shop partnership when the current agreement expires in August...

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Instacart Shoppers Downshift to Value as AI and Merchandising Reshape Behavior
Instacart Shoppers Downshift to Value as AI and Merchandising Reshape Behavior
August 07, 2025  |  Earnings

Instacart shoppers are ordering more often — and more carefully — as digital tools reframe how value is presented and perceived on the platform. Get...

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Mobile Window Shopping Becomes A Retail Revenue Engine
Mobile Window Shopping Becomes A Retail Revenue Engine
August 05, 2025  |  Mobile Commerce

Want to know what’s really powering the mobile shopping boom? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Shoppers Down Under Lead the World in Mobile-First Shopping
Shoppers Down Under Lead the World in Mobile-First Shopping
July 02, 2025  |  Shopping

Consumers in Australia are increasingly mobile-first, frequently reaching for their phones as part of their shopping experience. This goes beyond just making online purchases. The...

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