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 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 | Apr 30, 2026 | Retail Articles
In the first quarter, Amazon beat Wall Street estimates as it continued to expand its product selection while also working to refine agentic AI into an ever more effective sales tool. Net income was $30.26 billion, or $2.78 per diluted share, versus $17.13 billion, or...
by Mike Duff | Mar 20, 2026 | Retail Articles
Amazon is encouraging consumers to let its Rufus AI agent do the shopping and purchasing for them as the company prepares its Big Spring Sale. Amazon said the agentic AI shopping assistant can find deals, track markdowns, and set up price alerts for shoppers that will...
by Mike Duff | Oct 31, 2025 | Retail Articles
The third quarter produced sales and earnings for Amazon well ahead of Wall Street expectations, assisted by a significant increase in product retail revenue. Net income advanced to $21.19 billion, or $1.95 per diluted share, compared with $15.33 billion, or $1.43 per...
