by Mike Duff | May 27, 2026 | Retail Articles
AWS, Amazon’s B2B operation, is expanding access to the company’s new Alexa for Shopping AI agentic technology to other retailers as an alternative to third-party operations, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Alexa for Shopping combines the capabilities of Amazon’s exclusive...
by Mike Duff | May 19, 2026 | Featured News, Retail Articles
A law firm has filed a class action suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle asking for Amazon to return to customers any potential IEEPA tariff refunds, including tariffs it is qualified to recover but has not...
by Mike Duff | May 18, 2026 | Retail Articles
Numerator’s 2026 second-quarter holiday preview indicates most consumers celebrating Memorial Day planned to do so at home, with 65% planning a barbecue. Other top choices when it comes to Memorial Day festivities, according to the market researcher, include...
by Mike Duff | May 13, 2026 | Retail Articles
Retailers have spent years trying to develop conversational commerce formats that consumers would adapt broadly, with mixed success. Amazon now is taking another step with the introduction of Alexa for Shopping. Amazon described Alex for Shopping as a personalized AI...
by Mike Duff | May 4, 2026 | Retail Articles
In a move to leverage the company’s supply chain infrastructure, Amazon is opening its portfolio of freight, distribution, fulfillment and parcel shipping operations to outside businesses of all types and sizes. The launch of what the company is calling Amazon Supply...
