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Meet Alexa for Shopping, your personalized, agentic AI assistant on Amazon
Amazon brings together Rufus and Alexa+ to create ‘Alexa for Shopping’ on the Amazon Shopping app and website. [...]
Choose the Right Funding Model for Your Growth Stage
Access to capital has always been one of the biggest constraints for e-commerce businesses. What’s changed in recent years is not just the availabilit [...]
Winning the Human Behind the Algorithm: The New Loyalty Playbook for the AI Era
As consumers increasingly turn to artificial intelligence for shopping guidance, many people assumed that AI chatbots could more or less totally repla [...]
eBay Rejects GameStop’s $56 Billion Takeover Bid
eBay on Tuesday rejected GameStop’s $56 billion takeover proposal, calling the unsolicited bid “neither credible nor attractive,” reports CNBC. GameSt [...]
Signs Your Retail Catalog Workflow Won’t Scale Without More Manual Work
At some point in business growth, a retail catalog becomes too large to manage the same way. More products enter the system, supplier input becomes un [...]
How Small Businesses Can Avoid ‘AI Homogenization’ Without Abandoning Automation
A small business’s greatest competitive edge is its personal touch. Its connection with customers and unique brand story is one that big-box retailers [...]
Protect Omnichannel Margins With These 4 Fulfillment Automation Strategies
In today’s complex omnichannel retail environment, margin pressures are no longer a temporary headwind but a structured reality that isn’t going away. [...]
Value is Now the Default: How Retailers Should Rethink Assortment, Pricing and the Shelf
Brand used to guide choice. Increasingly, price is becoming the dominant decision influencer. Zappi’s 2026 CPG Mega-Trends report shows brand-name-onl [...]
Amazon rolls out 30-minute delivery on thousands of groceries and essentials
Amazon Now is available to millions of customers today, with plans to reach tens of millions this year. [...]
5 ways to get fresh groceries delivered from Amazon
From Same-Day Delivery on millions of items to 30-minute delivery, here's how to find the right fresh grocery delivery option for you on Amazon and sa [...]