Shopify is preparing for AI shopping agents to change everything, exec says https://t.co/lABm5rrshv ...

Shopify is preparing for the transformation of a lifetime, according to its president, Harley Finklestein. Speaking at this year’s Upfront Summit in Los Angeles, the longtime e-commerce veteran spoke about how the company is going all in on agentic shopping. Shopify is second-largest ecommerce provider in the U.S. behind Amazon in America. But Finklestein says that only about 18% of retail purchases in the U.S. are made online. Agentic can change that, acting as a new front door for e-commerce sellers. “We ...