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Walmart completed its acquisition of Vibe.co and is bringing self-service streaming TV advertising into Walmart Connect for smaller brands.
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Walmart completed its acquisition of Vibe.co and is bringing self-service streaming TV advertising into Walmart Connect for smaller brands.

Salesforce Agentforce Commerce adds shopper, buyer, and merchant agents while connecting commerce workflows to ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini, and storefronts.

Salesforce B2C Commerce June 2026 release puts Storefront Next, agentic developer tools, and commerce apps at the center of faster storefront launches.

Amazon is combining Rufus and Alexa+ into Alexa for Shopping, a personalized agentic shopping assistant across app, web, and Echo Show surfaces.

AWS is packaging lessons from Amazon shopping AI into an Agentic Shopping Assistant for retailers building conversational commerce experiences.

Shopify checkout customization now depends on extensions, functions, and app blocks. Here is what store teams should audit before changing checkout.

Payment fraud tools work best when teams configure review rules, evidence collection, dispute workflows, and order-risk thresholds together.

Marketplace seller onboarding needs identity checks, catalog rules, payout setup, service levels, shipping policies, and quality review before launch.

Returns portal automation should balance customer convenience with fraud controls, restocking rules, refund timing, and support visibility.

Product feed management needs clean titles, accurate availability, image rules, attribute mapping, and error monitoring across shopping channels.

What Shopify merchants should prepare for agentic commerce, universal carts, product feed quality, checkout handoffs, and payment approvals.

A Shopify checkout extensibility migration plan covering app blocks, payment steps, test orders, third-party apps, and rollback planning.

An abandoned cart playbook should coordinate email, SMS, timing, consent, incentives, and suppression rules without overwhelming shoppers.

How Stripe agentic commerce payments can support AI shopping flows with authorization, risk checks, receipts, and merchant handoffs.

Use Salesforce Agentforce Commerce with clear shopper profiles, product recommendations, journey triggers, and merchandising governance.

WooCommerce performance depends on hosting, caching, database health, images, plugins, checkout testing, and operational discipline.

A merchandising checklist for Adobe Commerce teams using AI recommendations, shopper segments, campaign previews, and performance analytics.

B2B e-commerce buyer accounts need company profiles, permissions, catalogs, pricing rules, payment terms, and approval workflows.

How Amazon sellers can use AI-assisted advertising workflows while monitoring sponsored products, keywords, inventory, ACOS, and ROAS.

A TikTok Shop seller automation guide for live product feeds, creator tasks, social commerce analytics, fulfillment, and order queues.

How merchants should prepare for Google AI Mode product discovery with structured feeds, local availability, product quality, and checkout handoffs.

How Shopify merchants can use Sidekick-style AI assistance for inventory, product descriptions, campaign tasks, sales trends, and store decisions.
Walmart is aligning its global advertising businesses around first-party signals, full-funnel measurement, and omnichannel commerce media.
AWS WAF and Stripe are testing machine payments so AI agents can pay to access articles, APIs, and licensed data instead of scraping them for free.
Meta Business Agent is designed to answer shoppers, brief teams, and connect with business systems across Meta messaging apps. Here is the commerce opportunity and the control gap.
TikTok Shop is expanding to the Netherlands and other European markets with shoppable videos, live shopping, and cross-border seller tools.
TikTok is expanding Smart+ and GMV Max so advertisers can optimize TikTok Shop campaigns with a clearer view of commissions, coupons, fees, and return.
Stripe is expanding agentic commerce so businesses can sell inside Google AI Mode and Gemini, with platform support for Wix, BigCommerce, and WooCommerce.
Amazon is using third-party product feeds to bring more external merchants into Shop Direct and AI-powered product discovery.
Shopify is expanding agentic storefronts and a Universal Commerce Protocol so merchants can sell across ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and future AI channels.
Walmart and Google are connecting Walmart and Sam’s Club shopping to Gemini through the Universal Commerce Protocol.