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A big-box store's front entrance with a second, smaller door built beside the main doors, sized for a tidy little delivery robot that waits on a mat while a greeter checks a card it holds up

AI and Agents · What You Missed: Oct 19 to 25, 2026

Walmart just gave AI shopping assistants their own front door

Walmart announced profiles, spending limits and house rules for the AI assistants that shop for its customers, plus a dedicated way in for them. The biggest retailer is planning for the assistant. Your business needs the small version.

David SteelOctober 25, 20265 min read

A single wicker shopping basket on a town square, with small shopkeepers from different storefronts each placing one item into it, one item wrapped in a magenta ribbon

AI and Agents · What You Missed: Oct 12 to 18, 2026

Google built one cart for every store. Your product data is the shop window.

Google's Universal Cart went live in the US on October 15. Shoppers can fill one cart from many stores inside Google, and Google watches prices and stock for them. If your product data is wrong, that cart notices first.

David SteelOctober 18, 20265 min read

See your own locations in it.

Book a walkthrough with David Steel. Bring last month's lead count and one location you are worried about.

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