Walmart's new checkout rules, while potentially introducing fresh limits for shoppers, are part of the retailer's ongoing ...

Google is rolling out a suite of AI shopping updates just ahead of the holiday season. The company on Thursday unveiled a host of new tools and features, including conversational shopping in Google ...

Shopping online? Google wants you to trust AI to click the buy button for you. Rolling out today, Google's new "agentic checkout" adds onto the company's existing price-tracking feature, so it's not ...

Your favorite latte at the local coffee shop could soon cost $5, $5.10 or $5.25—depending on how you pay. A settlement between Visa, Mastercard and U.S. merchants announced this week could usher in a ...

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REGISTERS AT SUPERMARKETS ALL ACROSS THE STATE. JENNIFER BENITEZ IS LIVE IN DEDHAM TONIGHT WHERE NOT EVERYONE IS BUYING THAT IDEA. RIGHT, JEN? YEAH. ED AND ERIKA. SOME SHOPPERS SAY THAT THEY LIKE THE ...

Indie-rock band Cusp made their live debut in Rochester, New York, the city where they got together, just before the COVID pandemic. “We really weren’t sure what our futures held for us in Rochester,” ...

As my luck would have it, I was stuck in the longest line inside the Monterey Park Costco when I visited last week. Shoppers in the self-checkout queue varied from those with carts jam packed with 20 ...

The new technology would change everything, the evangelist said. It was “transforming culture, economics and politics far more thoroughly than the computer age did,” he wrote. “A new economy is ...

Key Insight: Checkout.com is seeking a limited bank license in Georgia. What's at Stake: Fiserv and Stripe already have similar licenses. Forward Look: The license would enable the firm to provide ...

Aldi does things a little differently than other supermarkets, but as long as you follow directions and bring the right attitude, you'll get through the chain's unique checkout process with no trouble ...