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E-commerce
Amazon is giving its third-party sellers a new AI-powered partner to help run their businesses around the clock. On Wednesday, the company announced an upgrade to Seller Assistant, its AI tool for marketplace sellers, transforming it into an always-on agent that can not only monitor accounts but also take proactive
Media
At its Made on YouTube event on Tuesday, the platform introduced a fresh wave of monetization features designed to help creators earn more through brand partnerships and its growing YouTube Shopping program. Among the most notable updates is a new system that allows creators to swap out brand sponsorships in
E-commerce
Google has unveiled a new open protocol designed to standardize how AI agents shop and make financial decisions on behalf of users. The Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), announced this week, is backed by more than 60 merchants and financial institutions — including industry heavyweights Mastercard, American Express, and PayPal. The system
Style & Beauty
David Lauren, son of fashion icon Ralph Lauren and the brand’s chief branding and innovation officer, is steering the luxury label into the artificial intelligence era. On Tuesday, Ralph Lauren unveiled “Ask Ralph,” a conversational AI-powered fashion assistant available to users of its U.S. mobile app. The digital
Style & Beauty
The luxury rental membership platform Vivrelle is doubling down on artificial intelligence. On Thursday, the company announced the debut of Ella, an AI-powered personal styling assistant developed in collaboration with fashion retailers Revolve and FWRD. The launch underscores the fashion industry’s accelerating embrace of AI to deliver hyper-personalized shopping
Media
Fizz, the anonymous social app for college students, is moving into grocery delivery thanks to a new partnership with Gopuff, the company told TechCrunch. The integration will allow students to order everything from late-night snacks to weekly groceries directly within the Fizz app, with delivery times as fast as 15
E-commerce
Amazon is deepening its investment in artificial intelligence with the launch of Lens Live, a new real-time visual search feature for its shopping app. Announced Tuesday, Lens Live builds on Amazon Lens — the company’s existing image-based product discovery tool — by allowing customers to instantly identify and shop items they
Automotive
Hertz has announced a new partnership with Amazon that will allow customers to shop its used rental vehicles directly through Amazon Autos, the e-commerce giant’s growing car sales platform. The move marks the first time a rental car company has teamed up with Amazon to sell pre-owned vehicles online.
E-commerce
Best Buy is opening its doors to third-party sellers as part of a major effort to diversify its offerings and regain sales momentum. Starting Tuesday, shoppers visiting Best Buy’s website and mobile app will see an expanded assortment of merchandise—including products the retailer hasn’t traditionally carried. The
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Amazon has secured new multi-year licensing agreements with media giants Hearst and Condé Nast, granting its AI shopping assistant, Rufus, access to a wide array of premium editorial content. As reported by Digiday, this partnership allows Amazon's AI to draw from the vast archives of influential publications such
Robotics
In the not-so-distant future, your Amazon package may be handed to you not by a human, but by a humanoid robot leaping out of an electric delivery van. Amazon is developing advanced AI software to transform humanoid robots into mobile package couriers. These robots are being designed to ride inside
Style & Beauty
In a bold move to expand its footprint in the prestige beauty market, e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE: ELF) announced Wednesday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire rhode, the skincare brand founded by Hailey Rhode Bieber. The deal was revealed alongside e.l.f.’s Q4 earnings for