OTB Group and Google Cloud Launch AI-Powered Hyper-Personalised Shopping Experiences

OTB Group, the parent company of brands including Diesel, Jil Sander, Maison Margiela, Marni, and Viktor&Rolf, and Google Cloud announced a strategic collaboration to launch a new personalised shopping experience using Google Cloud's Virtual Try-On API.  The initiative marks a significant ...

ASOS Partners with Microsoft to Power AI-Driven Shopping Transformation

UK-based online fashion retailer ASOS has announced a sweeping artificial intelligence transformation in partnership with Microsoft, aiming to redefine digital shopping through hyper-personalised and interactive experiences. The initiative will see AI and cloud technologies integrated across ASOS&r...

NIQ Launches Commerce Lab to Build the Data and Measurement Layer for AI-Driven Commerce

NielsenIQ announced the launch of NIQ Commerce Lab, where the company is building the technology infrastructure for AI-driven commerce. The Lab will develop the data platforms, APIs, and measurement systems that power how products are discovered, evaluated, and purchased in AI-mediated env...

Worldly Launches AI-Powered Solution for Consumer Goods Brands

Worldly, the leading sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform for the consumer goods industry, announced the launch of Supplier Compliance Management, a new AI-powered solution that consumer goods brands use to manage and reduce risk. Brands can now manage social audits and remedia...

Visa Opens Door to AI-Driven Shopping for Businesses Worldwide

Visa unveiled Intelligent Commerce Connect, a new solution that makes it easier for businesses to connect to and participate in AI-powered commerce. Intelligent Commerce Connect acts as a network, protocol, and token vault-agnostic ‘on ramp’ to agentic commerce for agent builders, mercha...

gateretail and JK Tech Partner to Advance AI-Powered Inflight Retail Intelligence

gateretail and JK Tech have announced the next phase of their strategic partnership, expanding their collaboration to further advance AI-powered inflight retail intelligence through the evolution of the AI-Powered Inflight Retail Operations Planning Suite, powered by JK Tech's JI...

Visa Unveils Agentic Ready to Prepare Issuers for AI-Led Commerce

Visa, a global leader in digital payments, announced the launch of Visa Agentic Ready, a new global programme designed to support the payments ecosystem as it prepares for a new era of agentic commerce. Launching first in Europe, including the UK, this builds on Visa Intelligent Commerce - Visa&rsqu...

Afresh Expands AI Platform Beyond Fresh to Cover Every Item in the Store

Afresh, the leading grocery AI company, announced the expansion of the Afresh platform to every department across the grocery enterprise — including centre store, frozen, general merchandise, and health and beauty, in addition to the fresh perimeter where Afresh built its foundation. Grocers ...

Maple Partners with Shift4 to Bring AI Phone Ordering to SkyTab Restaurants

Maple, the leading voice AI platform for restaurants, announced that it has integrated its solution with Shift4, a global leader in integrated payments and commerce technology, to bring 24/7 AI-powered phone ordering to restaurant merchants using SkyTab POS nationwide. The partnershi...

Aptean Leads Next Generation of AI-Driven ERP for Food and Beverage Industry

Frost & Sullivan announced that Aptean, a global leader in AI-powered enterprise software for industrial sectors, has been recognised with the 2026 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition in the AI-powered ERP for the Food and Beverage industry, for its outstanding achievem...

Walmart and Google Partner to Bring AI-Powered Shopping Experience to Gemini

Walmart Inc. and Google share plans to launch a new experience that pairs the intelligence of Google’s Gemini with Walmart and Sam’s Club’s unmatched assortment, value and convenience, to make shopping more intuitive, reliable and perfectly aligned with the rhythms of everyday life...

SAP Builds AI into Core of Retail at NRF 2026

SAP SE announced a new generation of AI-enhanced retail innovations at NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show. SAP continues to infuse AI into the DNA of every part of its retail solutions, reinforcing its suite-first strategy and helping retailers operate with greater intelligence, resilience and trust...

OpenAI Advances Audio First AI Strategy With New Natural Voice Model Planned For 2026

OpenAI is reportedly preparing to release a next generation audio focused artificial intelligence model in the first quarter of 2026, marking a major step in its evolution towards more natural human like interaction. According to The Information, the upcoming audio model is designed to sound signif...

Samsung to Unveil Bespoke AI Kitchen Appliances With Google Gemini at CES 2026

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.↗ announced that it will unveil its latest kitchen appliances lineup at CES 2026, including the latest iterations of its Bespoke AI Refrigerator. Alongside refreshed designs across the lineup, the company will highlight meaningful improvements to vision-based AI functi...

Amazon's AI push for India to empower 15 million businesses, 4 million students

Amazon announced its plans to bring artificial intelligence (AI) to millions of Indians by 2030, supporting the Government of India's AI Mission to boost accessibility, productivity, and digital inclusion. Amazon is on track to invest $12.7 billion in local cloud and AI infrastructure. The investmen...

Meesho Sets Aside ₹480 Crore to Accelerate AI and Technology Expansion Ahead of IPO

Meesho has announced a major commitment to strengthening its artificial intelligence and technology backbone as the company prepares for its public listing. A dedicated allocation of ₹480 crore has been set aside to expand its AI, machine learning and engineering teams, reinforcing M...

JD.com's AI-Powered Singles' day success features India's Retail AI adoption gap

JD.com has delivered something massive in AI-powered retail during China's Singles' Day, 2025. The orders have jumped to 60%, and with a surprising challenge, 95% of the orders were delivered within 24 hours of the timeframe. AI tablets got sold quickly, with actual sales up 200%. Meanwhile, AI...

NVIDIA and Palantir Forge Partnership to Build Next-Generation Operational AI Platform

NVIDIA announced a collaboration with Palantir Technologies Inc. to build a first-of-its-kind integrated technology stack for operational AI — including analytics capabilities, reference workflows, automation features and customizable, specialized AI agents — to accelerate and ...

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