Vidhi Choudhary

1 day ago | retailbrew.com | Vidhi Choudhary

Believe it or not, fall shopping deals are already here, and this year could well be the one that establishes early summer as a key kickoff for both fall and winter holiday shopping. Back-to-school shopping, per Gartner, began as early as Memorial Day weekend. According to Kassi Socha, director analyst at Gartner, a few sales at major mass retailers such as Wayfair, Target, Walmart, Nordstrom, and Amazon, created space for new inventory that’s typically brought in for fall.

3 days ago | retailbrew.com | Vidhi Choudhary

Pet tech provider Fi has a new dog collar on the market to enable dog parents to keep up with their dog’s health—including their next belly rub and location. Fi’s new Series 3+ has been “in the works for years,” Jonathan Bensamoun, founder and CEO of Fi, told Retail Brew. “We always wanted to understand dogs better,” he added. “Our goal is to really try to understand everything that’s happening to the dog…And everything includes any health issue,” Bensamoun said.

1 week ago | retailbrew.com | Vidhi Choudhary

Over the years, Google’s AI strategy for merchants has focused on streamlining content creation and personalization. On Wednesday, the tech giant took that premise a step further with the rollout of a new set of AI tools that online sellers can use to save them from endless hours of content-tweaking and video-resizing headaches. At Google Marketing Live, Google unveiled Asset Studio, Image-to-Video, and Brand Profiles,which will all soon be available to retailers in the US.

2 weeks ago | retailbrew.com | Vidhi Choudhary

Google wants to refine its AI shopping experience with three new tools. At Google’s I/O conference, the tech giant announced the rollout of a new AI search tool called AI Mode, a new virtual try-it-on feature, and teased the upcoming launch of a checkout feature powered by (you guessed it) agentic AI.

2 weeks ago | retailbrew.com | Vidhi Choudhary

Shopify is expanding its AI ecosystem—moving beyond the basics like using AI for content generation—with new AI tools and upgrades to better support merchants throughout their journey. This new AI strategy begins with the launch of Horizon, Shopifyʼs new theme architecture that comes with built-in AI, and controls how an online Shopify store looks and feels. Plus, there is a new AI Store Builder that will take keyword prompts within Horizon to create a new store design for sellers quickly.