China's Singles Day sales slow as consumers cut spending. China's Singles Day shopping festival, once known for record-breaking sales, has lost momentum this year as economic uncertainty forces consumers to tighten their purse strings, despite retailers extending promotions to five weeks and pouring billions into subsidies. #ChinaEconomy #SinglesDay #Alibaba #JDcom #Ecommerce #ConsumerConfidence #RetailTrends #Spending #Inflation #ChinaNew https://www.perplexity.ai/...

Amazon explores AI agent partnerships after Walmart OpenAI deal Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed during the company's October 30 earnings call that Amazon is in discussions to partner with third-party AI agents for shopping, following Walmart's recent partnership with OpenAI's ChatGPT. The move signals a potential shift in strategy for the e-commerce giant as competition intensifies in the emerging agentic commerce space. #AIAgents #AgenticCommerce #RetailTech #Ecommerce #OpenAI #Amazon #Walmart #AIinRetail
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Shopify names Hertz COO as Morrison steps down. Shopify announced a major leadership shakeup on October 9, appointing Jessica Hertz as Chief Operating Officer while Chief Revenue Officer Bobby Morrison announced his departure after three and a half years with the e-commerce giant #Shopify #LeadershipChange #COO #JessicaHertz #BobbyMorrison #Ecommerce https://www.perplexity.ai/...

Shein's US sales fall 8% after tariff exemption ends. Shein's US sales dropped 8% in September 2025, marking the company's second-worst monthly performance in three years as the Trump administration's decision to end the "de minimis" tariff exemption began taking its toll on Chinese e-commerce giants #Shein #FastFashion #Ecommerce #USChinaTrade #Tariffs #TradePolicy #OnlineShopping https://www.perplexity.ai/...

OpenAI claims ChatGPT rivals human experts in 44 professions.The claims come from OpenAI's newly released GDPval benchmark, which tests AI performance on real-world work tasks spanning nine industries that contribute the most to U.S. gross domestic product #artificialintelligence #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Anthropic #ClaudeAI #Ecommerce #AIWorkplace #digitaltransformation #MachineLearning #TechNews #FutureOfWork #Stripe #MicrosoftCopilot https://www.perplexity.ai/...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT now enables users to buy Etsy and Shopify products instantly in chat using the Agentic Commerce Protocol and Stripe, marking a new era of secure, AI-driven online shopping #ChatGPT #InstantCheckout #OpenAI #Ecommerce #AgenticCommerce #Stripe #AIshopping #Shopify #Etsy #TechInnovation #DigitalRetail