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CNBC
Pinterest plunges 21%, posts second-worst day ever as tariffs drag on ad revenue
Third-quarter sales in the U.S. and Canada came in at $786 million, missing analyst projections.
CNBC
Pinterest plunges 20% after weak results as tariffs drag on ad revenue
Third-quarter sales in the U.S. and Canada came in at $786 million, missing analyst projections.
Bloomberg
Amazon Tests Whole Foods Store that Sells Kraft Mac & Cheese
Amazon.com Inc. has combined a Whole Foods Market store with a mini warehouse stocked with products the chain hasn’t previously sold.
Amazon Tests Whole Foods Store that Sells Kraft Mac & Cheese
PYMNTS.com
Amazon and Perplexity Clash Over Deployment of Third-Party AI Shopping Agents
4), citing a paywalled article by travel news publication Skift. Tripadvisor did not immediately reply to PYMNTS' request for comment. Bloomberg...
Bloomberg
France Seeks Shein Suspension on Sex Doll, Weapon Complaints
The French government said it would temporarily suspend the Chinese e-commerce giant Shein, just hours after it opened its first store in Paris, following complaints over sales of childlike sex dolls and weapons on its platform.
France Seeks Shein Suspension on Sex Doll, Weapon Complaints
Bloomberg
Amazon to Offer Nubank Customers More Credit in Brazil Push
Amazon.com Inc. will offer customers of Brazilian financial firm Nu Holdings Ltd. a slew of special payment options, including more credit to shop with the e-commerce giant, as online competition intensifies ahead of the holiday season.
Amazon to Offer Nubank Customers More Credit in Brazil Push
CNBC
How Chinese EV makers are winning in Brazil
China automakers have turned to emerging markets like Brazil to offload their massive supply. Brands including BYD now make up over 80% of EV sales in Brazil.
CNBC
Amazon upheaval: With morale shaken, Jassy looks for next big play after mass layoffs
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has been overhauling the company's corporate culture in recent years, and went even further last week, announcing 14,000 layoffs.
TechCrunch
Shopify says AI traffic is up 7x since January, AI-driven orders are up 11x | TechCrunch
However, the stock sagged on news that the company's operating income of $434 million had missed estimates of $437 million. Topics. AI, Commerce, e-...
Reuters
Perplexity receives legal threat from Amazon over agentic AI shopping tool | Reuters
... news. Sign up here. Perplexity called the move a broader threat to user choice and the future of AI assistants. "Bullying is when large...
Bloomberg
Amazon Sues to Stop Perplexity From Using AI Tool to Buy Stuff
Amazon.com Inc. is suing Perplexity AI Inc. to try and stop the startup from helping users buy items on the world’s largest online marketplace, setting up a showdown that may have implications for the reach of so-called agentic artificial intelligence.
Amazon Sues to Stop Perplexity From Using AI Tool to Buy Stuff
Bloomberg
Amazon Demands Perplexity Stop AI Tool From Making Purchases
Amazon.com Inc. has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity AI Inc. demanding that the artificial intelligence search startup stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases online for users.
Amazon Demands Perplexity Stop AI Tool From Making Purchases
Bloomberg
Instacart Debuts White-Label AI Shopping Chatbot in Enterprise Push
Instacart is adding artificial intelligence-powered tools for grocers, including an assistant that can make product recommendations, the latest in a growing effort to sell enterprise software to retailers.
Instacart Debuts White-Label AI Shopping Chatbot in Enterprise Push
CNBC
Instacart rolls out AI tools for grocers, Sprouts will be first to use its Cart Assistant
Instacart's AI Solutions, a suite of artificial intelligence tools for grocers, includes agentic inventory tracking and an AI shopping assistant.
SCMP
Alibaba rebrands food delivery app Ele.me in instant retail push
Alibaba Group Holding is rebranding its Chinese food delivery platform Ele.me as Taobao Shangou, aligning the service more closely with its flagship e-commerce ecosystem, as the company seeks to enhance synergy across its consumer businesses. A logo of the beta version of the updated app, available to select users, adopts Taobao’s signature orange colour, according to screenshots seen on Chinese social media. The move aligns with Alibaba’s recent efforts to phase out Ele.me’s original branding,...
CNBC
Cramer: Amazon-OpenAI cloud deal puts an exclamation point on a remarkable few days
"Amazon just completely refuted" concerns about slowing growth in its cloud unit, Jim Cramer says.
ARPU
The Cloud Report Card
Programming note: ARPU will be off the rest of the week, back next Monday.Amazon's 20% ProblemFor the first time in a long time, Wall Street was genuinely relieved that Amazon Web Services had a good quarter. The company's stock soared more than 11% after
The Hill
AI could change the game in the Amazon case
As AI reshapes the market, Washington's antitrust enforcers face a ... More Technology News. See All · Technology · Isaacman and Duffy are playing...
SCMP
Alibaba boosts instant commerce drive with US$281 million convenience store plan
Alibaba Group Holding on Friday unveiled a 2 billion yuan (US$281 million) investment as part of a programme that will see a network of Taobao-branded convenience stores across China support the operations of the firm’s instant commerce and on-demand delivery business. Rather than establishing Taobao Shangou’s own bricks-and-mortar shops, the programme would primarily provide existing convenience stores with a tech facelift, leveraging Alibaba’s digital infrastructure, according to Hu Qiugen,...
CNBC
While AI spending is top of mind, online ads are driving a lot of Big Tech's growth
Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft reported quarterly earnings that showed rising digital ad sales and increased AI infrastructure spending.
PYMNTS.com
Walmart Adds AI-Powered In-Store Search, Shopping List and Party Planner | PYMNTS.com
... AI, artificial intelligence, News, PYMNTS News, shopping, walmart, What's Hot. Cities Deploy Robots as Firefighters, Tour Guides and Lawnmowers. By...
Reuters
Amazon shares soar as AI boom fuels stellar growth in AWS cloud unit - Reuters
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CNBC
Reddit stock jumps 7% after showing strong advertising and user growth
Reddit's stock popped after the company surpassed third-quarter estimates due to strong advertising growth.
CNBC
Amazon's stock soars 10% on third-quarter beat, increased spending guidance
Amazon blew past analyst estimates in its third-quarter earnings report and raised its capital expenditures forecast for the year to $125 billion.
CNBC
Cramer says Amazon CEO Andy Jassy just sent a very expensive message to the bears
It was not surprising that Amazon shares surged on Friday morning.
CNBC
Amazon's stock soars 12% on third-quarter beat and increased spending guidance
Amazon blew past analyst estimates in its third-quarter earnings report and raised its capital expenditures forecast for the year to $125 billion.
CNBC
Affirm gets boost from New York Life with $750 million loan deal
Affirm has secured similar funding lines with Liberty Mutual Investments, PGIM, and Sixth Street Partners, a trend across the buy-now-pay-later sector.
CNBC
Amazon's earnings rally, Netflix's stock split, chocolate inflation and more in Morning Squawk
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.
SCMP
Amazon reports higher sales and earnings on fast-growing web services business
Amazon posted higher fiscal third quarter profit and sales compared with a year ago, fuelled by accelerating growth in its cloud computing business and strong spending by its customers looking for low prices at a time when inflation is resurging. The results, announced Thursday, beat Wall Street expectations. The company’s prominent cloud computing arm also surpassed analysts’ expectations, rising 20 per cent. But Amazon issued a cautious sales outlook for the fiscal fourth quarter. Shares,...
CNBC
Amazon raises spending forecast to $125 billion as third-quarter results top estimates
AWS revenue accelerated 20.2% to $33 billion, which CEO Andy Jassy said was a pace it hadn't seen since 2022.