The “Buy” Button in AI Search is Here: Demystifying Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) Wisam Abdulaziz For years, the promise of AI in shopping felt tantalizingly close, yet always stopped short of the finish line. We’ve all experienced it: asking an AI assistant to find the perfect gift, compare prices, or … Continue reading The “Buy” Button in AI Search is Here: Demystifying Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)
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
Google’s new commerce framework cranks up the heat on ‘agentic shopping’ The Universal Commerce Protocol introduces three new major AI features meant to reduce friction when online shopping. Jackson Chen Mon, January 12, 2026 Google To further push the limits of consumerism, Google has launched a new open standard for agentic commerce that’s called … Continue reading Google’s new commerce framework cranks up the heat on ‘agentic shopping’
December 23, 2025 U.S. economy shows strong growth in third quarter, Commerce Department says
TikTok Shop showed social is now the storefront and creators are converting. Are you ready to close the sale? MarTechBot on August 25, 2025 In MarTech’s “MarTechBot explains it all” feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot, which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has access to the … Continue reading What to expect from social commerce during the upcoming holiday shopping season
Social drives discovery, but data often gets lost. Klaviyo broke out the checkbook to help fill that gap. Mike Pastore on August 19, 2025 Today, Klaviyo announced the acquisition of Gatsby, a social commerce platform that helps brands convert social media engagement into owned customer relationships. Consumers are increasingly starting their shopping journeys on … Continue reading Klaviyo acquires Gatsby to improve social commerce insight
AI Ads, Commerce Drama Trigger Promises Of Billions by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, August 15, 2025 OpenAI’s ChatGPT reached 700 million active users in August — although not enough to sustain financial growth without ads, Nick Turley, vice president and head of ChatGPT, said during an interview this week on the Decoder podcast. He … Continue reading AI Ads, Commerce Drama Trigger Promises Of Billions
Captiv8 will join the previously acquired Influential in the Publicis Groupe portfolio. Mike Pastore on May 21, 2025 Publicis Groupe announced Wednesday it acquired Captiv8, adding another influencer marketing platform to its portfolio. Publicis acquired Influential back in July 2024. As influencer marketing evolves from a cottage industry to a popular and ever-growing channel, … Continue reading Publicis Groupe buys Captiv8 to grow influencer and social commerce capabilities
Investments In Connected Commerce, Tech Stacks Rise To $585B by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, January 30, 2025 Online channels will completely overtake offline channels this year. Offline overall will decline by an estimated 5.5% year-over-year by the end of 2025, while online marketing spend will grow by 12.3% — with data, analytics and data … Continue reading Investments In Connected Commerce, Tech Stacks Rise To $585B
Agentic Commerce And ‘Futurecasting’ Big Bets In 2025 by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, December 4, 2024 As 2025 tempts marketers to chase “the next big thing,” this year’s biggest opportunities will not present themselves as massive leaps, but rather strategic moves that add up to sustainable impacts. It’s no longer about personalization, but rather … Continue reading Agentic Commerce And ‘Futurecasting’ Big Bets In 2025
