Universal Commerce Protocol lets AI agents connect directly to merchants and complete transactions in platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot. By Constantine von Hoffman January 12, 2026 Shopify announced the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) (February 24, 2026), an open standard co-developed with Google that lets AI agents connect directly to merchants and complete … Continue reading Shopify wants to put commerce inside every AI conversation
By Jared Lindzon Andy Wood never loved big city life, though he accepted it as a career necessity. The native of Carleton Place, Ontario—a town of about 12,000, roughly half an hour southwest of Ottawa—had been living in Toronto for 13 years, spending the previous 6 working for e-commerce giant Shopify, where he currently … Continue reading How Shopify’s anti-meeting, anti-mandatory-office experiment is going
Ecommerce on streaming TV is becoming more mainstream as buying becomes easier with ad forms like Roku Action Ads. Chris Wood on July 14, 2023 Streaming platform Roku has partnered with Shopify, giving shoppers the ability to make purchases from Shopify merchants through their TVs. As a result of the new partnership, Roku watchers are … Continue reading Roku partners with Shopify to allow purchases direct from TV
Shopify And Criteo Are ‘Kindred Spirits’ by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 1, 2023 The evolution of retail media — commerce media, where brands go beyond a retailer’s website to engage with consumers — continues to grow in popularity. Commerce media has the potential to generate more than $1.3 trillion of enterprise value in … Continue reading Shopify And Criteo Are ‘Kindred Spirits’
By Shalene Gupta February 01, 2023 On average, Black-owned businesses start with $35,000 in capital, compared to white-owned businesses, which start with $107,000, according to a McKinsey study. Yet Black-owned businesses could add a potential $190 billion to the economy, according to a new study by Shopify. Shopify interviewed over 500 Black entrepreneurs to understand … Continue reading Shopify: Black-owned businesses could add $190 billion to the economy but still struggle to get funding
Marketers can expand commerce through SMS campaigns and improve text experiences. Chris Wood on August 9, 2022 Conversational commerce platform Attentive has launched a new text-to-buy solution built with Shopify’s Shop Pay payments tool. Customers can now buy directly when in an SMS conversation with a brand. What it does. Attentive’s text-to-buy solution connects customers … Continue reading Attentive launches text-to-buy solution with Shopify’s Shop Pay
Now Is Not the Time to Buy Shopify Stock InvestorPlace / 05 Jul 2022 Don’t buy flailing SHOP stock in the hope of a turnaround happening anytime soon. Shopify (SHOP) stock dropped 5.9% on Wednesday after the company completed its stock split. On a split-adjusted basis, SHOP stock is now down over 75% so far … Continue reading Now Is Not the Time to Buy Shopify Stock
