How To Choose an Agentic Commerce Platform: A Buyer’s Evaluation Guide

Marketer selecting the best agentic commerce platform

Agentic commerce is already here. AI agents are browsing, comparing, and buying on behalf of consumers right now, and retailers who haven’t structured their catalogs for agent discovery are already losing the sale before a human visitor ever lands on their site. What makes evaluation difficult is that agentic commerce requires two simultaneous decisions. Your […]

The Best AI Shopping Assistants for Ecommerce in 2026

Shaping the customer experience with the best AI shopping assistants

Amazon’s launch of Alexa for Shopping in May 2026 signals a broader acceptance of AI shopping assistants. It’s no longer a matter of whether you should embrace this technology — it’s a matter of how. In particular, how do you choose the best AI shopping assistants to research and ultimately implement on your own site?  […]

What Is AI Marketing Automation? A Guide for Ecommerce Teams

AI Marketing Automation

Marketing automation isn’t new, but how marketers use it is changing. Traditionally, marketers would have to figure out which rule applies to each scenario. With AI marketing automation, the system determines what the customer’s most likely to do next and the best action to take as a result.  Now, technology is taking it even further. […]

The 10 Best Ecommerce Personalization Platforms in 2026

Marketing using Bloomreach's Loomi, one of the best ecommerce personalization platforms available

If you’ve spent the last two years adding tools to your martech stack (e.g., an email platform, a search tool, a web personalization layer, a CDP, an analytics overlay), you’ve probably noticed that they don’t talk to each other the way they should. There are plenty of times when a customer who sees personalized products […]

AI Agents for Ecommerce: From Discovery to Cart Recovery

AI Agents for Ecommerce

Every ecommerce team knows the same leakage points: shoppers arrive but can’t find what they need, they view products but don’t add to cart, they reach checkout and hesitate, or they abandon entirely.  Most brands address these with static solutions: better filters, rule-based pop-ups, templated emails. AI agents for ecommerce work differently. Instead of waiting […]

AI Marketing Agents Explained: 6 Types Helping Marketing Teams Move Faster

AI Marketing Agents

Your marketing team is managing more channels, more SKUs, and more audience complexity than ever, but your headcount hasn’t budged. Between building audience segments, writing personalized copy, scheduling sends, and pulling performance reports, your team is buried in production work.  This is where AI marketing agents can help. These autonomous systems handle the building, targeting, […]