Starship Technologies surpasses 8 million autonomous deliveries in 2025
Starship Technologies has completed over 8 million cumulative autonomous deliveries across more than 100 service areas in the US, UK, and EU.
Retail Industry News — Thursday, October 22, 2026
Thursday, October 22, 2026
EU customs clearance times cut by 27% via blockchain
Research published in early 2025 by the European Customs Authority found that blockchain usage reduced customs clearance time by 27% in EU cross-border trade.
Visa launches protocol to verify AI shopping agents
Visa launched the Trusted Agent Protocol on October 14, 2025, enabling merchants to verify the legitimacy of AI agents by signing their identities into HTTP request headers.