Hardware giant Bunnings will become the first major retailer in Australia to launch an agentic shopping assistant for customers. Bunnings will roll out ‘Buddy’ from this week, which it says will ...

Razorpay has announced a partnership with the Bengaluru-based startup Sarvam AI to build voice-first, conversational commerce experiences in India. The collaboration combines Sarvam’s AI models and ...

From houseplants to hydrangeas, more Americans are ordering plants online, according to industry data. By Sal Vaglica While Americans can buy plants at a wide range of stores — from succulents at ...

When Christina Mott, a mom of three, logged on to a major retail website to buy one of the world’s most popular baby products—a Sophie la Girafe teether—she assumed she was getting the real thing. “I ...

To further push the limits of consumerism, Google has launched a new open standard for agentic commerce that's called Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). In brief, it's a framework that combines the ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O ...

Holiday shopping online may save time and help you avoid the crowds, but it can also make you a target for financial scammers. More than half of U.S. shoppers plan to shop online this holiday season, ...

Dec 2 (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers spent $14.25 billion on Cyber Monday, pushing total online sales over the Thanksgiving weekend to $44.2 billion, according to an Adobe Analytics report, as consumers ...

Perplexity is rolling out a new shopping feature to make buying things through its AI assistant easier and more personalized. The company's new feature is free for all Perplexity users in the US and ...

Perplexity announced a free agentic shopping product for U.S. users next week. The startup partnered with PayPal ahead of the launch. Perplexity previously released a shopping offering called "Buy ...

In this brave new world of e-commerce, plenty of stores have tried to make their websites a seamless extension of their brick-and-mortar shopping experience. But even the biggest Costco fans would ...

The full effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are here for the holiday season and the more you know as a consumer, the easier it’ll be to navigate this unusual time. Since the beginning of 2025 ...