by Mike Duff | Oct 22, 2025 | Retail Articles
Shoppers plan to spend more money in the upcoming holiday season, but much of the cash outlay will be a response to higher prices, not higher confidence in personal finances, according to the Accenture 19th Annual Holiday Shopping Survey. As an uncertain macroeconomic...
by Mike Duff | Jun 9, 2025 | Retail Articles
Walmart has launched Sparky, a new shopping assistant designed to help consumers with shopping exploration, research and purchasing. Walmart also announced an expansion of its drone delivery service, which will now operate in five states. Walmart has developed Sparky...
by Mike Duff | Jun 2, 2025 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Walmart, in another move to capitalize on artificial intelligence technology, is looking to advance agentic AI functions into its operations to give consumers new ways to search, shop and purchase while optimizing workforce efficiencies. Already Walmart integrates...
by Mike Duff | Apr 14, 2025 | Retail Articles
In a letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company had a solid 2024 and wants to build on that by maximizing artificial intelligence and cutting back on red tape. Jassy emphasized that Amazon enjoyed a strong 2024 with total revenue up 11%...
by Mike Duff | Mar 27, 2025 | Retail Articles
Walmart has launched Wally, a new application of generative AI, to speed up and simplify merchant analysis and strategy development. Wally is an GenAI-driven assistant that, the company says, will help merchants with both big-picture thinking about and deep dive...
