Haleon accelerates AI with Microsoft deal
Combining Microsoft’s cloud and AI capabilities with Haleon’s consumer health expertise.
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L’Oréal expands beauty commerce with OpenAI partnership
The move further strengthens L’Oréal’s position as one of the beauty industry’s most aggressive adopters of artificial intelligence.
Amazon introduces new AI agents
Allowing humans to maintain control of how much agents can do on their own.
iRomaScents wins HPCi Media award for AI-powered fragrance personalization platform
The company won the Best Technology & Digital Innovation award for its AI-powered fragrance discovery platform that uses personalization, sampling, and consumer insights to help brands create engaging fragrance shopping experiences.
Pure Fishing to unify supply chain planning with RELEX Solutions
Fishing supply leader adopts planning platform to improve forecasts, increase fill rates and advance S&OP maturity.
AI-powered Ask DoorDash aims to transform online grocery shopping
The tool lets customers make shopping carts from recipes or lists, find meals via natural prompts, and get personalized suggestions based on past purchases.
Instacart and Weis Markets roll out AI-powered Caper Carts to transform in-store shopping
The launch gives Weis customers real-time spend tracking, personalized coupons, and seamless loyalty rewards
AssureCare showcasing NutraVance at Nourishing Change Conference
AI-enabled and built for scale, NutraVance brings nutrition inside the care management workflow, making Food as Medicine measurable and financially sustainable
Gartner study reveals consumers want AI shopping help, but not AI purchase decisions
The findings suggest consumers are more receptive to AI shopping tools that support discovery and research.
Albertsons launches AI produce inspection tool
The system analyzes fruit and vegetable images against quality standards, offering inspectors automated ratings and recommendations.
Ahold Delhaize USA names Vipin Gopal head of data and AI
He will play a critical role in transforming enterprise data foundations, accelerating responsible AI adoption and enabling greater value creation in support of the company’s Growing Together strategy.
NIQ building infrastructure for AI-driven commerce
Commerce Lab will support development of AI systems for commerce in real time.
Instacart brings grocery shopping to Claude
The integration reflects a broader shift as conversational AI becomes a starting point for everyday decision-making.
Dollar General expands AI-powered in-store audio network
New partnership with QSIC establishes one of the nation’s largest in-store audio networks backed by robust, data-driven measurement capabilities.
Amazon leans into AI with Big Spring Sale event
The company is highlighting tools such as its “Help Me Decide” feature and its generative AI shopping assistant, Rufus.
Perfect Corp. showcases AI-powered beauty agents and API innovations at Shoptalk 2026
Perfect Corp.’s next-generation AI agents and scalable, pay-as-you-go APIs empower retailers to deliver hyper-personalized, AI-driven shopping experiences across touchpoints