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Shopify releases a comprehensive guide to distributed commerce, showing how AI recommendations, social commerce, and marketplace integrations help brands sell wherever customers browse.
Google releases Gemini 3.7 Flash with major improvements in coding, agentic workflows, and enterprise automation — plus a temporary 50% API price cut that could reshape the economics of AI-powered commerce.
OpenAI expands ChatGPT advertising to the UK, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and South Korea, signaling a major shift in how brands reach consumers through AI-powered conversations.
At eTail Boston 2026, DTC founders reveal how AI-driven search optimization (GEO), content strategy, and operational efficiency are replacing traditional customer acquisition channels.
Target unveils Proxima, an in-house digital twin of its inventory positioning system that simulates supply chain decisions before they go live — improving on-shelf availability by 2.5% in initial pilots.
New OpenAI research reveals frontier firms generate 8.3x more AI output than typical firms, with agentic AI spreading rapidly across legal, sales, marketing, and recruiting functions.
AI assistants create purchase-ready consumers, but legacy commerce infrastructure introduces friction at the handoff. New research reveals why 70% of carts are abandoned and what must change.
As AI agents move from recommending products to issuing refunds and committing brands to external actions, enterprises need explicit decision-rights frameworks — not just content filters.
Shopify releases a comprehensive guide on AI sentiment analysis for ecommerce — covering NLP-powered tools, aspect-based analysis, Sidekick integration, and practical use cases for product reviews, support tickets, and social media.
OpenAI introduces Premium seats for ChatGPT Business at $125/user/month, offering 5x more usage, no five-hour limits, and flexible seat mixing — enabling ecommerce teams to run larger AI-powered campaigns and analysis.
Walmart partners with OpenAI and Google to launch AI certification programs for store-level associates, embedding AI into daily retail operations from cake decoration to logistics optimization.
OpenAI updates GPT-5.6 Sol with more reliable facts, focused answers, and a new reasoning slider for ChatGPT. Free users gain unlimited text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna.