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Curated news on agentic commerce, AI shopping agents, and the zero-click future. Updated daily, page 3.
Google Bets on AI-Based Shopping With New AI Agents for Retailers
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Major retailers, including home improvement giant Lowe’s, the grocer Kroger and pizza chain Papa Johns say they are already using Google’s tools to help prepare for the incoming wave of AI-assisted shopping and ordering.
Google Moves to Simplify AI-Driven Shopping as Retailers Show Support
Source: CNET
Google introduces Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) designed to enable different AI agents to communicate with retailers and payment gateways using a shared system.
AI transforms shopping: Moving beyond assisted buying to fully autonomous transactions
Source: MSN
The report's survey reveals that the concept of agentic commerce is very well known by the businesses since 15 per cent mentioned that they are very familiar with it and 72 per cent stated that they are somewhat familiar with it,
Price.com Launches "Buy with AI"
Source: BusinessWire
Moving beyond recommendations, the platform lets shoppers find deals, get cashback, and complete purchases in a single experience.
Why payment giants are handing the keys to AI agents
Source: TheStreet
Visa, Mastercard, and their rivals see "agentic commerce" as the next big shift after the move from in‑store swipes to online checkouts, and they don’t want to be left watching from the sidelines.
Instacart ends AI-driven pricing tests that pushed up costs for some shoppers
Source: Consumer Reports
A Consumer Reports and Groundwork Collaborative investigation found that some grocery prices differed by as much as 23 percent per item from one Instacart customer to the next.
AI agents create opportunity and also threaten Amazon's margins and customer loyalty
Source: MSN
Amazon is quietly testing AI agent access on smaller platforms like Zappos while building its own tools. With Morgan Stanley predicting nearly half of U.S. shoppers will use AI agents by 2030, Amazon must decide whether to fight or embrace the trend - because it has the most to lose if it doesn’t adapt.
Fiserv and Visa team up to advance agentic commerce payments
Source: SeekingAlpha
Fiserv, a major global fintech leader providing essential technology for payments, will use Visa Intelligent Commerce and deploy the Trusted Agent Protocol across its interoperable agentic ecosystem to allow merchants to employ agentic commerce, where AI agents act on behalf of consumersю
Southeast Asia poses a tough test for AI shopping agents
Source: Tech in Asia
Southeast Asia doesn’t have a fully fledged AI shopping agent yet, but companies are already laying the groundwork. Shopee has been working with OpenAI since early this year to explore how AI agents could be used on its platform. Lazada, meanwhile, claimed, that its AI chatbot, Lazzie, has already helped drive sales.
AWS adds Visa Intelligent Commerce to the Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
Source: AWS
AWS and Visa are partnering to enable agentic commerce through Visa Intelligent Commerce using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. Learn how autonomous AI agents can transform fragmented shopping and travel experiences into seamless, end-to-end workflows.
John Lewis UK tops AI's Christmas shopping recommendations as ChatGPT reshapes retail
Source: PPC Land
John Lewis achieved the highest visibility in ChatGPT's shopping recommendations this Christmas, outranking over 1,000 retailers as artificial intelligence transforms how consumers discover products.
Akamai and Visa partner to Focus on Streamlining Agentic Commerce
Source: Crowdfund Insider
By combining Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol with Akamai’s edge-based identity, behavioral intelligence, and bot protection, the companies aim to give merchants the authentication and fraud controls needed to confidently allow AI agents to shop in their digital storefronts.
BigCommerce integrates Stripe’s Agentic Commerce Suite
Source: BigCommerce
The partnership allows businesses to connect product catalogs to AI agents for automated discovery and checkout while maintaining merchant-of-record status and control over customer communications.
AI shopping agents set to transform Christmas retail by 2030
Source: SAS UK
New analysis estimates that by 2030, Christmas online retail sales are expected to exceed £7 billion per week, with approximately £550 million influenced by AI shopping agents.
Amazon vs. Perplexity: The AI Shopping Agents Lawsuit Update
Source: EnvisionUP
Amazon sued Perplexity this week for letting its Comet AI assistant shop on Amazon without permission. Perplexity fired back: “Bullying is not innovation.” So what’s actually going on here?