Shopping in the early 20th century was not a terribly efficient experience for the consumer. Buying meat was one market, seafood another, produce yet another — and bread or dessert required a trip to the baker. The concept of one-stop shopping had not entered the...
Amazon, the eCommerce giant, is discontinuing its physical Dash buttons that provided an easy way to order certain products over and over again. According to a report in Engadget, Amazon stopped hawking them to consumers as of the end of February. The move was due in...
Amazon has been reaching out to consumer packaged goods companies in an effort to get more people to make purchases through voice shopping with Amazon Alexa. According to emails seen by Recode, the eCommerce giant wants the companies to pay a hefty price to include...
Amazon announced that Echo users can now use the smart speaker to shop at Whole Foods. According to Venture Beat, Alexa can now add Prime Now order items to a Whole Foods cart, with same-day delivery guaranteed within two hours. Amazon launched Prime Now deliveries...
October 11, 2023
Whether you’re the natural party planner or the one reluctantly tasked with organizing, there’s an undeniable truth: Effective event planning hinges on meticulous attention to detail. Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, has found a way to prove itself to be a valuable tool for simplifying the event planning and shopping process. And that’s a […]
March 06, 2018
When working with an emerging technology – like voice-activated AI, for example – it is easy to get one’s head turned by novelty. The experience itself is highly novel –...
January 12, 2018
The 2018 Amazon Alexa Voice Challenge is a different competition than in years past — naturally, since the voice-activated assistant herself has evolved and matured, and so has the voice-activated landscape....
July 13, 2017
Peapod was one of the earliest Internet startups to offer grocery delivery services, so it only makes sense that the company would strive to stay at the forefront of the...
March 01, 2019
Amazon, the eCommerce giant, is discontinuing its physical Dash buttons that provided an easy way to order certain products over and over again. According to a report in Engadget, Amazon stopped hawking them to consumers as of the end of February. The move was due in part to Alexa, the voice-activated assistant in Amazon’s Echo line of […]
November 27, 2018
Amazon has been reaching out to consumer packaged goods companies in an effort to get more people to make purchases through voice shopping with Amazon Alexa. According to emails seen...
August 07, 2018
Amazon announced that Echo users can now use the smart speaker to shop at Whole Foods. According to Venture Beat, Alexa can now add Prime Now order items to a...
June 12, 2018
French retailer Carrefour has announced a strategic partnership with Google that will enable new distribution models and commerce experiences for shoppers in France. The partnership centers around three initiatives: A new...
