voice commerce

Availability, Awareness of Digital Features Decisive in Global Retail Recovery

Availability, Awareness of Digital Features Decisive in Global Retail Recovery
Availability, Awareness of Digital Features Decisive in Global Retail Recovery
February 18, 2022  |  Retail

The quip “give the people what they want” aptly describes global shopper behavior as new research finds that the right digital features smartly deployed are...

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Voice Tech Speaks Volumes About Connected Economy Breakthroughs in 2022
Voice Tech Speaks Volumes About Connected Economy Breakthroughs in 2022
February 02, 2022  |  Voice Activation

Voice was at the heart of commerce long before the Sumerians invented cuneiform, and 5,000 years later, that fact is coming full-circle as consumers of...

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Voice Tech Leans on AI to Humanize Customer Service and Experience
Voice Tech Leans on AI to Humanize Customer Service and Experience
December 14, 2021  |  Artificial Intelligence

If you find chat bots unhelpful or holding for customer service reps a drag, don’t feel bad. It’s a natural human reaction — the kind...

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Gearing up for IPO, MOD Pizza Looks to Voice Commerce, Data Analytics
Gearing up for IPO, MOD Pizza Looks to Voice Commerce, Data Analytics
November 24, 2021  |  IPO

Pizza chains, which typically relied heavily on off-premise sales even before quarantine, have been at the forefront of the restaurant industry’s digital shift. Now, Seattle-based...

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Cerence Gains First Customers for Voice Assistant in Elevators, Motorcycles 
Cerence Gains First Customers for Voice Assistant in Elevators, Motorcycles 
November 23, 2021  |  Voice Activation

Cerence, a provider of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) products and technology, announced Monday (Nov. 22) that it has gained its first customers in two new...

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Google Developer Knocks Future of Voice Search Despite Major AI Advances
Google Developer Knocks Future of Voice Search Despite Major AI Advances
November 16, 2021  |  Artificial Intelligence

A top Google software engineer is causing some controversy — and possibly dropping hints — by downplaying the future of voice-enabled search in favor of other modalities....

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Walmart Acquires Botmock Tech Assets to Advance Voice, Chat Tools
Walmart Acquires Botmock Tech Assets to Advance Voice, Chat Tools
November 02, 2021  |  Walmart

Walmart is acquiring technology assets from conversation design startup Botmock to advance its own conversational platform and offer non-technical teams like customer service access to...

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Wizard Snags $50M in Series A Funding for Conversational Commerce Platform 
Wizard Snags $50M in Series A Funding for Conversational Commerce Platform 
October 06, 2021  |  Investments

Former Walmart head of U.S. commerce Marc Lore is now co-founder, chairman of the board and investor in “conversational commerce” B2B startup Wizard Commerce, which...

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