Product purchases can be made directly in chat now, with both Google Pay and PayPal supported as payment methods.
The U.K. payments processor announced its acquisition of an alternative merchant acquirer license from the state of Georgia ...
Google's AI Mode checkout aims to reduce friction, but retailers question what it means for brand control, cross-sells, and ...
Google is embracing "agentic shopping" wherein users can easily make purchases through the Gemini app and AI Mode.
The payments processor received conditional approval for the state's merchant acquirer limited purpose bank charter.
Costco is testing a new pre-scan checkout system to reduce customer wait times. Employees scan items in shoppers' carts while they are in line before reaching the register. The new process has ...
Meet Google's agent Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) standard linking AI assistants to retailers, carts & wallets, so you ...
Self-checkout lanes were supposed to revolutionize shopping. They promised faster transactions, lower labor costs, and a ...
Wegmans' "Check Out Hunger" campaign raised nearly $3.1 million in 2025 for food banks. Checkout charity campaigns are a common and effective fundraising method used by many retailers. Some shoppers ...
In November, it rose to 4.2 per cent, up from 3.4 per cent the previous month. More troubling still, inflation for food purchased in stores climbed to 4.7 per cent, the highest level since December ...
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