Thrift store shopping has surged nationwide as consumers shift toward secondhand buying. Economic pressures, environmental awareness, and Gen Z cultural trends are driving the boom. The secondhand ...

Agentic AI is struggling with the complexity and variety of real-world commerce, so Google and others are helping enterprises standardize interactions with online shopping bots. Google has published ...

Agentic commerce generally refers to AI systems that act on behalf of users to discover products, compare deals and complete payments within the chatbot. Payment giants like Visa and Mastercard plan ...

AI startups have released a flurry of automated e-commerce tools, or agents, that aim to change how people shop online. Amazon faces a dilemma of whether to work with agents or compete against them as ...

WASHINGTON — Target says issues that disrupted its mobile app and website Friday morning have been resolved, restoring access to online shopping during the last week of the holiday shopping rush. The ...

A balanced approach using Standard Shopping delivers cleaner traffic and steadier ROAS while letting Performance Max operate where it performs best. Google is “strongly recommending” Performance Max ...

From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, we are now in the thick of the holiday shopping season. But as you hunt for deals, scammers are trying to strike. Experts warn that shoppers should be careful of ...

We look at their habits on Black Friday. By Kailyn Rhone I cover retail and personal finance. Last year, Ella Henry bought all her holiday gifts secondhand. Henry, a 21-year-old student at Western ...

Protect yourself by running sketchy links through scam checkers, typing retailer URLs in yourself, and avoiding any “deal” that wants gift cards or wire transfers AI has officially gone from a tech ...

Just in time for the holiday shopping season. Just in time for the holiday shopping season. is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers ...