Platform Moves
All collected links from the daily brief.
March 1, 2026
February 28, 2026
February 27, 2026
- ChatGPT now does Loblaw grocery shopping for you in Canada. Inside Halton
- Naver launched beta shopping AI agent for conversational personalized search in Korea. Digital Today
- Criteo launched AI Commerce Recommendation Service for retailers. Retailbiz
- Sinch unveiled AI agent tools for customer engagement and commerce. Ecommerce News Australia
February 26, 2026
- Google and Klaviyo deepened their AI partnership to enable agentic commerce capabilities. ecommercenews.com.au
- Perplexity added in-chat shopping with PayPal integration, a major step toward search-to-purchase. The Alamosa News / stacker.com
- Reddit is testing an AI-powered shopping search feature to surface product recommendations. National Today
- OLX launched agentic AI products for property search and car sales in Europe. Business Wire
February 25, 2026
February 24, 2026
- Google partnered with Sea Ltd (Shopee) to build AI shopping tools for Southeast Asia's largest e-commerce platform. Fine Day 102.3
- Google partnered with Loblaw to integrate AI Mode and Gemini into grocery shopping in Canada. Google
- Loblaw launched Canada's first ChatGPT shopping app for grocery list building and direct purchasing. Business Insider
- Reddit began testing AI-powered shopping carousels in search results linking community recommendations to product catalogs. Tech News
- eBay piloted agentic AI search features with enthusiast buyer segments. Tech Publication
- Amazon sent cease-and-desist to Perplexity demanding halt of Buy with Pro shopping feature. MSN
- Perplexity retreated from ads, signaling a strategic shift in monetization approach. WIRED
- Search Engine Journal published a technical guide for retailers preparing for Google's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). Search Engine Journal
- OpenAI is tapping retail giants for its first wave of ChatGPT ad testing, signaling a move into commerce monetization. PYMNTS.com
- Walmart's AI chief explained the difference between its Google Gemini deal (transactional) and ChatGPT deal (informational). AOL.com
February 23, 2026
February 22, 2026
February 21, 2026
February 20, 2026
- Rezolve AI acquires Reward for $230M to expand agentic commerce platform capabilities AI Insider
- Google launches agentic commerce features with Etsy and Wayfair partnerships PYMNTS.com
- OpenAI expanding agentic commerce capabilities beyond initial launch Digital Commerce 360
- Loblaw launched Canada's first ChatGPT shopping app with direct purchase capability Business Insider
- Alibaba's Qwen AI assistant processed 120M orders in 6 days during shopping event South China Morning Post
- Adobe Commerce expanded support for agentic commerce standards Adobe for Business