Shopping ExperiencesMonday, September 14, 2026
PayPal introduced 'agent ready' and 'store sync' services on October 28, 2025, enabling merchants to accept payments and expose catalogs on AI surfaces like Perplexity.
Global digital wallet users surpassed 4.3 billion by mid-2025, with 65% of US adults now using a wallet and 51% refusing to shop at retailers that do not accept their preferred app.
GroupM forecasts that global retail media advertising expenditure will grow from $136 billion in 2024 to approximately $178 billion within four years, driven by the decline of third-party cookies and increased advertiser adoption of multiple networks.
DHL Supply Chain acquired Inmar Supply Chain Solutions in January 2025 to expand its reverse logistics capabilities for retail e-commerce returns.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a Circular Supply Chains Accelerator providing up to $12.5 million to commercialize circularity technologies for critical materials, with concept papers due in March 2025.
