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Target introduces AI-powered photo search, review features
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (312+ words) The retailer is accelerating its AI features to boost personalization and product discovery. Target wants to help shoppers find what they need faster and in a more personalized way by utilizing AI. So far, the retailer’s Review Insights feature has…...
E-commerce to outpace overall holiday sales growth as shoppers lean on AI
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (242+ words) The channel is expected to grow up to 8.4%, aided in part by consumers’ embrace of digital tools such as artificial intelligence, per Deloitte. As artificial intelligence becomes a more embedded part of the shopping journey, e-commerce sales stand to benefit…...
Preparing your platform for agentic commerce: How to authenticate AI buying agents vs. synthetic bots
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (577+ words) Automated traffic on a marketplace meant scrapers, card testers, credential stuffers. The playbook was simple: detect automation, block automation. That playbook broke this year. AI bots made up 47.9% of commerce traffic on Akamai's global network in the second half of…...
How AI is powering Target’s back-to-school push
1+ week, 3+ day ago (482+ words) The mass retailer is utilizing AI for wish lists and recommended actions on its e-commerce site, Target’s senior vice president of technology told Retail Dive. The mass retailer found that customers who build wish lists drive about 45% higher demand in…...
The Home Depot extends AI assistance in local stores
1+ week, 5+ day ago (249+ words) The retailer expanded its AI shopping assistant, Magic Apron, to include localized store knowledge to help customers quickly find items, ask product-specific questions and get project advice. Magic Apron is ready to help further assist customers in their local Home…...
AI is not replacing EDI. It is fixing what was always wrong with it
1+ week, 6+ day ago (496+ words) Each time a retailer changes an EDI specification, something has to update. A field gets added to the 856. A new qualifier shows up in the 850. The change goes out in an implementation guide, and somewhere in a vendor's operation, a…...
Is your payment experience holding back your omnichannel strategy?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (585+ words) AI agents, TikTok Shop, new mobile apps and marketplaces make omnichannel a whole new game. Retailers know this, with nearly half of retail executives (46%) citing the omnichannel experience as a top growth opportunity. Yet for many, the effort to optimize…...
How peak design freed its finance team from manual AR
2+ week, 6+ day ago (724+ words) Getty / Marco VDM When it comes to accounts receivable, there are manual approaches — and then there’s how Peak Design used to do it. Aside from being tedious and slow, this system was rife with confusion. For example, a payment might…...
Michaels launches 3D digital frame builder
3+ week, 3+ day ago (306+ words) The retailer is harnessing 3D and AR technology to help shoppers preview frames in their spaces. Michaels’ frame builder tool and Architectural Digest partnership are part of the retailer’s broader effort to refresh its frame assortment. Alongside the new frame collection…...