UCP adds carts and loyalty perks, but it may not be enough to move the needle on AI platform checkouts.
Early users complete three times more purchases as agentic voice chains compare to checkout in one flow.
Reserved Display pairs first-party data with AI to turn homepage ads into merchandising tools.
As Coinbase’s main business lags, stablecoins and agentic commerce offer an alternate revenue stream.
It’s betting on flexibility and ease to boost commercial volume amid economic uncertainty.
Subprime consumers appear increasingly fragile with 90+ days delinquencies rising.
Teenagers today are digital natives in the truest sense, but their digital lives reveal surprising nuances about device preferences, social spaces, and emerging technologies that marketers need to understand.
An integration with Reddit and Pacvue plugs Reddit into more than 100 networks as the platform’s AI citations and ad sales climb.
Stronger Spring Festival spending and a surge in holiday travel hint at renewed consumer momentum in China. Spending on technology, sustainability categories, and travel is offering some retailers cause for optimism.
LongHorn underprices supermarkets, drawing wary home cooks and lifting companywide sales.
The foundational model can help predict future transactions from anonymized payments data.
NRF’s bullish 4.4% forecast contrasts with our softer outlook amid geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty.
Its New York flagship blends café vibes and demos to build halo beyond in-store sales.
Klarna’s rapid growth signals serious threat for Affirm on its home turf.
The bank makes a bet that a seamless, separate app beats out a multi-use banking app.
The World Cup remains one of the globe’s most popular sporting events. While US interest in the quadrennial event has historically lagged other countries, it may be inching up due to hosting duties—but not dramatically. TV will dominate US viewing habits, and host cities stand to benefit from fans.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss whether Walmart and Target were ever truly competing on the same promise of mass retail, or whether they were solving different consumer needs all along. We also explore the differences in their loyalty program strategies and consider whether their recent success has been driven more by business models or by execution. Listen to the discussion with Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, Principal Analyst Sky Canaves, and Analyst Rachel Wolff.
Resilient affluent shoppers and revamped stores lift early 2026 sales.
Agent Kit promises cleaner traffic and compliant automation amid privacy and power worries.