Digital commerce stories
Stay22 lands $122m from Summit Partners to fuel global expansion of its creator commerce tools beyond travel into wider retail.
Shoppers are turning to AI tools like ChatGPT to hunt for personalised retail deals, valuing quality offers over rock-bottom prices.
Visa has appointed former consulting chief David Peacock as Country Manager for New Zealand and the Pacific amid rapid digital payments growth.
SHAREit shifts from offline file-sharing staple to AI-fuelled ad platform, chasing emerging-market growth with 2.4 billion users.
Retail media platform Zitcha has named former Meta executive Phil Bonanno APAC Commercial Director to drive its Asia Pacific growth strategy.
Linnworks report finds mid-market retail growth closely tied to operational maturity, automation, AI use and stronger multichannel logistics.
Revuze now tracks TikTok Shop sales and creator performance, unifying commerce data with customer feedback in its market platform.
As AI disrupts brand protection, global rights owners face a volatile fight against online piracy that regulation alone cannot tame.
Google and Klaviyo are deepening ties to power AI “agentic commerce”, linking ads, search and RCS messaging to real-time customer data.
Exa Capital has acquired Auckland-based Flow Software to expand its ANZ footprint, keeping the integration specialist operating independently.
Ubigi teams with Tripsora to fold travel eSIM data into AI trip planning, promising savings of up to 75% and fewer roaming bill shocks.
Datadog opens registration for DASH 2026 in New York, putting AI-in-production observability, security and reliability centre stage.
ACI clinches its first UK bank for the Connetic cloud platform, unifying SWIFT, CHAPS and Faster Payments on Microsoft Azure.
Unilever taps Google Cloud's AI and data platforms in a five-year deal to build an enterprise-wide digital backbone for its global brands.
Aero backs Tech She Can with a GBP £500 matched fundraising drive to spotlight and tackle the persistent gender gap in tech careers.
Poor product data is costing Indian eCommerce about INR ₹5,000 crore a year in lost margins and returns, a new sector-wide study warns.
As AI agents start spending on our behalf, payments must be secured even when no human is present to pass traditional authentication checks.
UK retail sales jumped in January as online spending saw its fastest annual rise since 2021, signalling a more resilient consumer mood.
M2M Data Connect launches AI-powered travel eSIM that buyers can activate in under a minute directly via WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.
Akeneo and Stripe launch integration to pipe AI-ready product data into agentic checkout flows, cutting disruption for merchants.