Browsing: commerce

The AI commerce revolution has already begun. Amazon, Shopify and other e-commerce platforms are now using AI recommendations to trigger autonomous workflows. Yet one question hasn’t been answered: who is going to control the business context, permissions and execution layer through which those AI agents operate?

Alibaba Group BABA is positioning quick commerce as an important growth lever for its China e-commerce business. The model is expanding beyond food delivery into categories such as fresh produce, healthcare and supermarket products. This is broadening the use cases for Alibaba’s e-commerce ecosystem, spanning Taobao, Tmall and Freshippo, and is helping drive stronger consumer…

On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at the Oasis Hotel, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) held a symbolic check presentation ceremony to beneficiaries of entrepreneurship support programs for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, aimed at strengthening the capacities of young businesses across the country. These programs included the Youth Entrepreneurship Support Program (PAPEJ), the Women’s…

La. (KNOE) – Marketing is critical for businesses – and the West Monroe West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce wants to help

Shopify Inc. SHOP used its second-quarter 2026 earnings call to frame agentic commerce as an extension of its existing platform model, not a separate business. Management paired that message with broad-based growth and continued operating leverage.

You see a product on your social media feed. Maybe it’s a creator trying it on Instagram, a YouTube video showing how it works, a friend sharing a recommendation on WhatsApp, or a piece of user-generated content showing the product in use. You weren’t necessarily looking to buy anything. But you click, discover the product…

Digital commerce in South Africa has reached a point where a missed delivery notification or failed authentication message can be the difference between conversion and churn.

Alipay has launched what it describes as China’s first full-stack agentic commerce platform for merchants, centred on tools designed to move businesses from digital operations to AI-powered operations.

JULY 15, 2026 — Digital Commerce 360 today announced the launch of the AI Commerce Rankings, a new quarterly benchmark developed in partnership with ReFiBuy to measure how prepared Top 1000 retailers are for the rise of AI-driven shopping and agentic product discovery

Just In:Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnawasks the electronics industryto deepen design, supply chain capabilities as ECMS expands…Govtclears 31 electronics component applicationsworth Rs 7,877 crore.