Walmart introduces Agent Gateway and Agent Profiles for AI shopping agents
Walmart announced on October 21, 2026 the Agent Gateway and Agent Profiles. The Agent Gateway is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets appro…
Retail and E-commerce
Lightspeed AI moves from insights to action with agentic capabilities for retail
Lightspeed Commerce announced on October 15, 2026 that Lightspeed AI can now prepare tasks for retailers, not only answer questions. The agent analyze…
Newegg lets U.S. shoppers buy its products inside the Gemini app and Google AI Mode
Newegg announced on October 8, 2026 that U.S. shoppers can buy eligible Newegg products in the Gemini app and in AI Mode in Google Search. Checkout us…
Constructor launches Agentic Checkout powered by Stripe for its onsite shopping agents
Constructor launched Agentic Checkout on October 5, 2026. A shopper can find products, ask questions, get recommendations and pay in one AI agent conv…
Amazon adds agentic workflows to Seller Assistant and a plugin for Amazon Quick and Claude
Amazon announced on September 23, 2026 that Seller Assistant now runs continuous, seller-defined workflows. A seller can tell it to watch a category a…
NIQ finds 51% of US consumers used an AI shopping tool in the past month
NielsenIQ reported on September 24, 2026 that 51% of US consumers used at least one AI-powered shopping tool in the past month. It is the first readin…
Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse AI agent from shopping on Amazon.com
Meta's Muse became the top free iPhone app in the United States within a week of launch. Then Amazon blocked it from buying anything on Amazon.com. Th…