The Prosper Pathway

The insider’s library of tactics, trends and analysis for sellers 

Another AI Answer Engine Debuts

Another AI Answer Engine Debuts

TAMPA, FL – North America's largest furniture store brand (Ashley) recently launched a fully transactional shopping experience through Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine. With PayPal's payment technology, the new experience gives customers the ability to complete...

ChatGPT Launches Shopping Research Feature

ChatGPT Launches Shopping Research Feature

  SAN FRANCISCO - OpenAI’s ChatGPT recently introduced a new shopping research feature designed to help consumers find the “right” products. A news item on OpenAI decried the chore of “sifting through dozens of sites” in favor of simply describing “what you’re...

BFCM Progress Report – View From the Trenches

BFCM Progress Report – View From the Trenches

  NEW YORK – Black Friday and cyber Monday are in the rear-view mirror and the holiday shopping season continues to hum along. Initial numbers are positive, but how’s it going out there in the trenches? Pathway asked a few FOPs (friends of Prosper) for a progress...

SHEIN Touts Carbon Neutrality at China Facility

SHEIN Touts Carbon Neutrality at China Facility

  CHINA – SHEIN’s Weilong Zhaoqing High-Tech Logistics Park facility in China recently achieved carbon neutrality by reducing the majority of its emissions at source. The facility has also achieved a zero waste to Landfill certification that verifies that its...

Online Sales Growth Tops In-Store Retail

Online Sales Growth Tops In-Store Retail

  PURCHASE, N.Y. - According to preliminary insights from Mastercard SpendingPulse™, U.S. retail sales (excluding automobiles) were up +4.1% on Black Friday (Nov. 28) compared to Black Friday 2024. Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail...

Walmart Names New President and CEO

Walmart Names New President and CEO

  BENTONVILLE, AR — Walmart Inc.’s Board of Directors elected 51-year-old John Furner as its new president and CEO, succeeding Doug McMillon, 59. Furner officially takes his post starting February 1, 2026. Furner was also elected to the company’s Board of...