Legacy Business Models Break
Bezos popularized “your margin is my opportunity” to capture Amazon’s strategy of using technology, scale and obse...
Walmart Teams With Google to Promote ‘Agent-Led Commerce’
Walmart has launched an agentic commerce partnership with Google.
The collaboration, announced Sunday (Jan. 11), is built around Google’s new Universal Commerce Protocol and pairs Google�...
Google Debuts ‘Universal’ Protocol for Agentic Commerce
Google has launched an agentic commerce standard dubbed the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP).
Announced Sunday (Jan. 11) at the National Retail Federation (NRF) annual event, the UCP is de...
Google Matches OpenAI on Shopping
Sam Altman, look behind you. Sundar Pichai is catching up. Google on Sunday announced it was adding the ability to buy stuff within its Gemini AI chatbot, using Google Pay to complete the transaction,...
Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches
Earlier this month, The Guardian published an investigation that showed Google was serving up misleading and outright false information via its AI overviews in response to certain medical inqui...
Under the Hood: Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)
The Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is a new, open-source standard for agentic commerce, co-developed by Google and industry leaders. It establishes a common, secure language to connect consumer sur...
Google Unveils AI Shopping Tools for Gemini
Google is adding the ability for users to shop directly within its Gemini chatbot and AI Mode search tool, the company said Sunday, making it the latest firm to add AI-powered commerce features. Shopp...
