Google unveiled a set of tools for retailers that helps them roll out AI agents, aiming to make it easier for brands to reach their customers who are shopping with the technology. The new retail AI ...

PHOENIX — Phoenix stores that provide shopping carts to their customers must complete an annual certification to comply with the city’s new shopping cart ordinance. The new ordinance, which will go ...

Phoenix retailers are approaching a deadline to comply with a new ordinance aimed at preventing stray shopping carts. The ordinance, enacted by city leaders in September, requires retailers to equip ...

For as long as there have been shopping carts at grocery stores, there have been stress points with shoppers regarding grocery cart etiquette. One group is nice and tiddy and religious returns the ...

A simplified e-commerce demo allowing users to add multiple products to a cart, fill in checkout details, and pay via Aamarpay. Order data (including the full list of purchased items) is stored in a ...

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 ...

As part of a year-long effort to rein in San Jose's problem with abandoned shopping carts, the city has been reviewing proposals to hire a company to retrieve and return carts to grocery stores. A ...

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In a year filled with jump-scare headlines and endless invitations to the dreaded doomscroll, we learned an important lesson: sometimes you have to create the joy you want to see in the world. (This ...