Google's New AI-Based Shopping Features Getting Buy-In From Big Retail -- Market Talk

Dow Jones03-20 19:32

0732 ET - Agentic commerce is still in the early innings, but companies are slowly assembling building blocks needed to help retailers roll out AI agents that help shoppers find products, provide customer support and let people order food at restaurants, Mizuho says in a note. Analyst David Bellinger says Google on Thursday showed off several new agentic shopping features including multi-item cart capabilities and deepening access to retailer catalogs, inventories and real-time pricing. "This is again a good development, in our view," he says. "Management teams seem to be buying in," he adds, noting that companies including Walmart, Target, Wayfair, Chewy, Home Depot and Lowe's stand to benefit from their ties to Google. (connor.hart@wsj.com)

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