Major retailer reveals why it will never change self-checkout policy despite pressure from rivals Walmart and Kroger the-sun.com/money/7494136/…

How COVID permanently changed shopping and restaurants axios.com/2023/03/17/sto… via Axios

Usage for delaying grocery purchases rose 40% in the first few months of the year foxbusiness.com/economy/more-p…

Science fiction? Why some retailers have begun using security bots. money.yahoo.com/science-fictio… via Yahoo News

.Berkshire Grey, Inc. said that it has reached a final agreement to merge with #SoftBankGroup Corp. and its affiliate, which are both known as “SoftBank.” fal.cn/3x0th

Drinking and shopping is big (but shrinking) business futureparty.com/americans-drun…

We got a sneak peek at the Masters app’s new AI commentary, which’ll be live this week. @IBMWatson has trained a language model to learn golf and deliver insights in real time like an announcer would. Here’s an example of what it’ll sound like.

Aisles is an #AI-based technology platform that maps out the store and locates the exact aisle and shelf of the item that a shopper is looking for. finsmes.com/2023/04/aisles…

Everseen Raises $71 Million to Battle Retail Theft With #AI pymnts.com/news/investmen…

Amazon Plans to Add #ChatGPT-Style Search to Its Online Store bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

EBay launches beta test of new generative AI tools for sellers retailbrew.com/stories/2023/0…

Shopify Announces Sidekick, a New #AI Assistant for Merchants tech.co/news/shopify-s…

eBay is introducing a generative AI tool that allows sellers to create product listings from just a photo. theverge.com/2023/9/7/23863…

Walmart Teases #GenerativeAI Chatbot and Synthetic 3D Images for Online Shopping voicebot.ai/2023/10/06/wal… #ecommerce

Google launches #generativeAI tools for product imagery to US advertisers and merchants techcrunch.com/2023/11/01/goo…

Latest from Mastercard techcrunch.com/2023/12/04/mas…

Walmart's new bet: Biggest U.S. retailer leans into AI-powered shopping axios.com/2024/01/10/wal…

#AI coming to ⁦Sam’s Club⁩ businessinsider.com/sams-club-will…

Shopify boosts its commerce platform with ‘Magic’ image editor and other #AI enhancements venturebeat.com/ai/shopify-boo…

“AI is just a very powerful weapon that was added to this arms race” between search engines and SEO efforts, one agency exec said. marketingbrew.com/stories/2024/0… via Marketing Brew ☕️