12 articles tagged with “retail”.
Google has launched Universal Cart in the US, a unified shopping tool that lets users save products from multiple retailers across the Gemini app and Google Search.
Shopify is opening its catalog of over a billion listings to more AI agents, allowing shoppers to configure any agent to purchase products on their behalf.
Albertsons Cos. is using ChatGPT Enterprise and the OpenAI API to help teams work faster and make grocery shopping easier for millions of customers.
Google is running a limited test that lets users buy from Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India, covering select products and users ahead of a wider October rollout.
HEMA, a Dutch retailer, built HAL, an internal AI assistant on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore that uses Model Context Protocol to give teams governed answers within the tools they already use.
Ron Johnson, who built Apple's retail stores, expresses skepticism about Silicon Valley's bet on AI shopping, emphasizing that Apple's success has relied on its people.
Daydream's fashion app now uses Apple Intelligence in iOS 27 to convert saved outfit photos into shoppable results and let users search products through Siri.
AWS outlines an automated replenishment workflow using MMF, Databricks Genie, and Amazon Quick that acts on demand forecasts and escalates to humans only when no supplier can cover a surge.
Sporting goods retailer Decathlon uses Chronos-2 on AWS to forecast weekly demand across tens of thousands of products, reporting accuracy gains of 11-15 points and low-cost CPU inference.
Klaviyo has acquired Agency, founded by serial entrepreneur Elias Torres, who joins the e-commerce company as Chief Product Officer to lead its AI agents.
Shopify says AI search is boosting traffic and sales for its merchants rather than cannibalizing it, with AI-driven traffic and orders tripling year over year in Q2.
From the recommendations you see online to the stock on the shelf, AI runs much of modern retail. Here is how it is used for recommendations, forecasting, and inventory — and what it takes to work.