1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (465+ words) Instacart has begun rolling out an agentic artificial intelligence assistant that assembles a personalized grocery cart from a conversation, selected prompts, or an uploaded photo, PYMNTS reports. The assistant is built into Instacart's Marketplace and, according to the company's post,…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago  (745+ words) Per a PR Newswire release syndicated by The Hindu Business Line, Yahoo Finance and Tech Node, **Card Info Link** has deployed **Agent Gateway** on its `Agenzo` agentic commerce platform to govern AI-agent transactions for travel and hospitality merchants. The release,…...

23+ hour, 18+ min ago  (754+ words) According to a PR Newswire release summarizing Alibaba. com's Co Create Pitch data, more than **15, 000** applications from **132** countries showed that **71%** of entrants identify as single-person businesses, up from **40%** in last year's competition. The release and accompanying coverage report that **89%** of…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (414+ words) Bunnings, Australia's largest hardware retailer, will begin selling through Google AI Mode within a fortnight, creating a new AI-native purchasing channel alongside the retailer's existing website, per i Tnews. The integration comes as parent company Wesfarmers deepens its partnership with…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (709+ words) Portland Leather Goods, a Portland-based maker of handbags and leather goods, moved to an AI-assisted platform after its five-person social team struggled with message volume, Business Insider reports. The company had amassed nearly **one million** followers across Facebook, Instagram, and…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (637+ words) PYMNTS reports that Amazon announced on June 10 an expansion of its platform with a less-than-truckload (LTL) freight offering that opens the companys transportation network to third-party warehouses, distribution centers and retail locations. PYMNTS reports the service includes **real-time GPS tracking…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (892+ words) Mastercard launched **Agent Pay for Machines**, a protocol and infrastructure to let AI agents execute high-frequency, low-value payments, per Mastercard's June 10 press release. The system layers tokenization, authentication and fraud controls to support payments across cards, stablecoins and other payment…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (846+ words) According to Sourcing Journal, an **SJ x Centric Software** webinar on **June 23** will examine how **AI** is influencing merchandising, planning and inventory strategies amid simultaneous disruptions such as market volatility, tariff shifts and shifting consumer behavior. The session will frame…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (534+ words) In a PYMNTS column, Karen Webster argues that agentic shopping experiences reliably execute explicit intent but struggle to reproduce the unplanned discovery that drives many real purchases. Webster recounts hunting for a blue blazer and unexpectedly buying a pink skirt…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (721+ words) Getnet, Santander's global merchant payments platform, has launched infrastructure enabling merchants to accept payments initiated by AI agents, per a June 9 Santander press release. The system is built on open standards, protocol-agnostic, and designed for interoperability, initially available to businesses…...