Dan Berthiaume
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- 12/22/2025
Yelp, Angi, Square, Expedia integrate with next-gen Amazon Alexa model
Amazon is linking the latest iteration of its Alexa artificial intelligence voice assistant to digital service and ratings providers and a mobile payment platform. - 12/22/2025
Amazon doubles AI education investment to $800K
Amazon is expanding its support of a national initiative to expand education. - 12/21/2025
Shopify provides granular AI-based customer experience data
Shopify is entering a new partnership to deliver complete, AI-enabled visibility of the entire digital customer experience journey to retailers on its platform. - 12/21/2025
The cities where consumers are most likely to make returns are…
New analytical data reveals the "return capitals" of the U.S. - 12/21/2025
EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Materials matter in your supply chain – here’s why
Retailers often overlook the importance of materials to their supply chain, but changing this mindset is critical to optimizing back-end performance. - 12/21/2025
Instacart settles FTC suit for $60M; ends price tests
Instacart is resolving allegations of deceptive business practices from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and ceasing to conduct price testing on its platform. - 12/18/2025
Trump reschedules marijuana; opens research on medical use, CBD
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that eases federal regulations on marijuana without legalizing its use and loosens CBD restrictions. - 12/18/2025
TikTok reportedly signs $14B deal to stay open in U.S.
TikTok has reportedly taken a big step closer to ensuring its long-term operation in the U.S. - 12/18/2025
Amazon Business Prime adds third-party perks
The Prime membership program offered to Amazon Business customers is featuring several new benefits provided via collaborations. - 12/18/2025
E.l.f. Beauty launches new makeup game on Roblox
A beauty brand popular with Gen Z continues expanding its partnership with an immersive gaming platform also favored by young adult consumers. - 12/18/2025
DoorDash enables recipe-based grocery shopping in ChatGPT
DoorDash is the latest retail entity to extend its operations into a leading-edge artificial intelligence model. - 12/18/2025
2025: The year Agentic AI broke in retail
Agentic artificial intelligence evolved from leading-edge technology to mainstream solution in retail during 2025, dominating the industry landscape.
