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Shopify

Amazon offers its AI shopping tech to outside retailers in new phase of agentic commerce race

AWS is releasing the Agentic Shopping Assistant, a tool that lets retailers build AI shopping experiences using the same technology behind Amazon’s Alexa for Shopping, which drove nearly $12 billion in incremental sales last year. Read More

Amazon launches AI-generated ‘canvas’ for sellers as e-commerce platforms race to add AI tools

Amazon is rolling out a “dynamic canvas” in Seller Central that generates personalized visual dashboards in response to seller prompts, building on its existing AI-powered Seller Assistant. The feature launches as Shopify, Walmart and others race to add AI to their merchant tools. Read More

Microsoft debuts Copilot Checkout, joining AI shopping race vs. Amazon, Google and OpenAI

Microsoft is rolling out a new “Copilot Checkout” feature that lets shoppers complete purchases directly inside its AI chatbot, betting that its enterprise ties and retailer relationships can help it compete with OpenAI, Google and Amazon in the race toward AI-driven commerce. Read More

Sold on Walmart, sent by Amazon: The weird new world of online retail

Amazon is expanding its logistics empire, officially supporting fulfillment for Walmart Marketplace orders through its Multichannel Fulfillment service. The move is part of a broader push to provide end-to-end supply chain services for sellers. Read More

Shopify arrives in Amazon’s backyard with new Bellevue office

There’s another tech giant in town. Canadian e-commerce behemoth Shopify has inked a deal for office space in Bellevue, Wash.,… Read More

E-commerce rivals Amazon and Shopify reach truce on ‘Buy with Prime’ integration

Online merchants who use Shopify’s e-commerce platform will be able to natively integrate Amazon’s “Buy with Prime” program into their… Read More

Amazon expands customer reviews to third-party sites in new phase of ‘Buy with Prime’ program

Amazon will give third-party merchants the ability to display Amazon customer ratings and reviews on their own e-commerce sites for… Read More

Amazon will extend Prime shipping benefits, and its own reach, to independent e-commerce sites

A new Amazon program will let Prime members buy items on non-Amazon e-commerce sites just as they would on Amazon.com,… Read More

Amazon quietly buys another multichannel retail technology company, UK-based Veeqo

Amazon confirmed Monday morning that it has acquired Veeqo, a software company based in the United Kingdom that offers inventory… Read More

Amazon’s BigCommerce deal seen as ‘important signal’ of tech giant’s broader shipping ambitions

Look out, UPS and FedEx? A deal this week between Amazon and e-commerce platform BigCommerce is “a clear indication that… Read More

Tech meme wars: Shopify takes a shot at Amazon over alleged copycat products

The Amazon vs. Shopify battle just got a little more juicy. Shopify’s sassy social media team — or, SaaSy, if… Read More

Podcast

Amazon vs. Shopify: What the tech giant’s latest deal says about its larger retail ambitions

When Jeff Bezos named e-commerce software company Shopify as an example of Amazon’s growing competition in his testimony to a… Read More

How this college student and e-sports pro caught the attention of Shopify’s CEO — and got a job offer

Look, mom, a life of video games really does provide a resume boost. Certainly there are countless numbers of people… Read More

Amazon reportedly planning to shut down its Webstore platform for small businesses

Amazon has begun telling merchants that it will be shutting down Webstore, its e-commerce platform that allows small businesses to… Read More

News Brief

Shoppost lands in Amazon Webstore to help merchants sell on social networks

Shoppost’s social shopping technology is now available to merchants using Amazon Webstore. As part of the integration, Spiegel and Harley-Davidson Military Sales,… Read More

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