1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (624+ words) Amazon wants to become an even more vital part of shoppers’ lives, as it prioritizes growing sales of groceries, prescriptions and other essential products. The company said on Thursday during its second-quarter earnings results that sales of groceries and everyday…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (488+ words) As an official sales partner for Ray-Ban Meta glasses, Best Buy is rethinking what it means to deliver experiential retail in the age of AI. This week on the Modern Retail Podcast, special projects editor Melissa Daniels sat down with…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (962+ words) This is the latest installment of the Marketplace Briefing, a weekly Modern Retail+ column about the ever-changing e-commerce marketplace landscape. More from the series → Amid a challenging macroeconomic year, Amazon has proven to be a powerful sales engine for many…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (184+ words) Like many agencies, Envision Horizons has been trying to get a better sense of how referral traffic from generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini is starting to influence purchases. Last week, the full-service Amazon agency released an AI…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (722+ words) One of the country’s oldest meat delivery services is making big gains in delivery speeds by adding warehouse space and turning stores into micro-fulfillment hubs. Omaha Steaks, a company founded in 1917 that does roughly $600 million in annual revenue, has shrunk…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (789+ words) Ends Friday: Get a year of Modern Retail+ for 35% less. Gas prices surpassed $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 earlier this year, driven by disruptions to oil supply amid the U.S.-Iran war. As of Thursday, the national average for…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (934+ words) Of all the changes Amazon’s dominance has brought to the e-commerce world, setting expectations for free and fast shipping may be at the top of the list. Now it’s angling to make the services that power that experience a bigger…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (663+ words) Monthly active users for Rufus are up 115% year over year, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on a call with analysts Wednesday after the company reported first-quarter earnings. Meanwhile, user engagement is up 400%, he added. Rufus has “really substantially improved over…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1051+ words) Digital commerce is at a turning point. As artificial intelligence evolves, it is no longer simply a tool to support retail transactions behind the scenes. Instead, it is becoming a leading channel through which consumers discover products and make purchases....

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (398+ words) Seven seats remaining for the Modern Retail Marketing Summit, April 20-22. “We recently let a small number of advertisers know that we’d be updating their available payment methods to pay with their seller or vendor account balance or Pay by Invoice,…...