Practical eCommerce
MAY 5, 2025
ChatGPT now recommends products directly in search results provided the prompt has clear purchase intent. The post Get Your Products on ChatGPT Shopping appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 5, 2025
Lowes has followed its March 2025 introduction of the Mylow customer-facing AI-powered app with one for associates, built on the same foundation, which it has launched to all 1,700+ stores in the home improvement chain. This at-scale deployment of the Mylow Companion will give store associates access to generative AI to help them assist customers with more confidence.
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RetailDive
MAY 5, 2025
Around 96% of American toy companies are small- and medium-sized businesses. Nearly half of them could shutter due to U.S. tariff policies.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 5, 2025
The ways consumers discover products and develop loyalty to a brand has changed dramatically. A customer may see an ad for sunglasses served to them on social media, hear about it from a friend and do their own research on them, before actually adding them to their digital cart. Advertisers need to rethink the entire marketing funnel. They need to find new pathways of making initial and lasting connections with audiences by rewriting the aspects of what makes a positive shopping experience.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
RetailWire
MAY 5, 2025
Skechers is set to be acquired by 3G Capital for $9.4 billion.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 5, 2025
1-800-Flowers.com , which already uses the Uber Direct white-label delivery service for merchants, will now appear directly on the Uber Eats app just in time for Mothers Day. The service, available in select markets, allows customers to browse offerings from more than 300 participating local florist partners for on-demand and scheduled deliveries. By summer 2025, both brands expect that more than 500 locations will be live on the app.
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Wiser
MAY 5, 2025
In todays fast-moving ecommerce landscape, marketplace growth has unlocked new revenue opportunities for retailers and brands alike. But it has also introduced new challenges for the teams tasked with protecting brand value and pricing consistency. With more sellers and platforms entering the picture every day, enforcing a Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) policy has become not only more difficult, but more important than ever.
RetailDive
MAY 5, 2025
“Mars Tricks, Treats and Trends” report unmasks consumer plans and patterns around Halloween.
Talkoot
MAY 5, 2025
Talkoot Welcomes Sean Wang as Director of AI to Advance Agentic AI Capabilities Anna Rillahan Talkoot Chief Growth Officer Talkoot is thrilled to welcome Sean Wang as Director of AI. In this role, hell work closely with the engineering team and report to Jason Buffington, Talkoots Chief Technology Officer. Sean will play a key role in the evolution of Talkoots AI platforma platform that enhances the entire product content lifecycle.
RetailDive
MAY 5, 2025
Retail announced over 64,000 job cuts so far this year, the second most of any industry, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
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RetailWire
MAY 5, 2025
Taco Bell continues to add new items to its menu.
RetailDive
MAY 5, 2025
A former PayPal exec is stepping into the role. Meanwhile, the company is bringing together its product and marketing teams and consolidating engineering.
RetailWire
MAY 5, 2025
SlimFast is making a comeback abroad.
RetailDive
MAY 5, 2025
The home retailer, which saw net income fall more than 20% in Q4, will use the money in part to open Bed Bath & Beyond Home and Overstock stores.
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Forrester eCommerce
MAY 5, 2025
Discover how AIOps revolutionizes IT operations with essential functionalities, advanced capabilities, and strategies to overcome adoption challenges, as detailed in Forrester's "Drive IT Excellence with AIOps" report.
RetailDive
MAY 5, 2025
The Vans owner said the cuts are part of the company’s ongoing turnaround strategy.
Forrester eCommerce
MAY 5, 2025
The need for federal agencies to achieve more with less is a constant drumbeat, and AI agents could help meet this challenge. Forrester has ranked the top 11 AI agent use cases for federal government that will help federal agencies streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and deliver more impactful services.
RetailDive
MAY 5, 2025
The drugstore retailer said Monday it plans to sell itself and already has some interested national and regional buyers.
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Forrester eCommerce
MAY 5, 2025
It’s been a month since MWC. We’ve had some time to reflect back on pre-, during- and post- MWC interactions with vendors, enterprises, and providers which we have captured here.
SellBrite
MAY 5, 2025
Running an online business across multiple channels takes the right mix of tools to stay profitable, and customer-friendly. But one area sellers often overlook is payment processing. GoDaddy Payments offers an affordable, secure, and easy way to accept payments online, in person, or remotely. With no contracts or setup fees, its built to help sellers keep more of what they earn while offering customers multiple ways to pay.
Forrester eCommerce
MAY 5, 2025
Navigating Volatility Businesses are no strangers to volatility. In the past two decades, the dot-com bubble burst, the financial crisis triggered the worst recession since the Great Depression, and the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a global shutdown.
ROI Revolution
MAY 5, 2025
The Budget Lab from Yale has this summary of current tariffs in place (as of 4/15) along with predicted effects. While the broad tariffs on most countries have been delayed until at least July 8 th , theres still tariffs in place on certain goods and raw materials regardless of country of origin. Most notably, theres a 124% average effective tariff rate on Chinese goods.
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Forrester eCommerce
MAY 5, 2025
Earlier this month, my colleagues Matt Selheimer, Srividya Sridharan, and Katy Tynan advised B2B leaders on how to weather market volatility and navigate current economic storms (subscription required). One of six actions they recommend is using customer insights to improve understanding and empathy in communications and reduce high-friction processes.
RetailWire
MAY 5, 2025
Waymo is planning to expand its operations in a big way, ushering in the continued push for autonomous driving, particularly ride hailing.
Forrester eCommerce
MAY 5, 2025
To understand the key trends and short-term outlook during the volatility of the US economy, read this Forrester blog.
RetailDive
MAY 5, 2025
The e-commerce giant “has a massive advantage over UPS and FedEx” to make the initiative successful, one expert said.
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RetailWire
MAY 5, 2025
Starbucks has opened its first 3D-printed store in Texas.
RetailDive
MAY 5, 2025
3G Capital is paying $63 per share in cash, which analysts say represents a bet that the footwear sector will be profitable in the long term despite tariffs.
RetailWire
MAY 5, 2025
The "Deadpool" actor now has his own breakfast option on Tim Hortons' menu.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 5, 2025
When President Trump first announced his reciprocal tariffs, the National Retail Federation specifically called out the outsized burden they would have on smaller businesses. The immediate implementation of these tariffs is a massive undertaking and requires both advance notice and substantial preparation by the millions of U.S. businesses that will be directly impacted, said NRFs EVP of Government Relations David French.
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